Christ Church Burial Ground

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burial ground historic cemetery tourist attraction

Christ Church Burial Ground is a historic Philadelphia cemetery best known as the final resting place of Benjamin Franklin and other prominent colonial and Revolutionary-era figures.

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Label	Occurrences
Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia	8
Christ Church Burial Ground canonical	7
Christ Church Burial Ground (separate site)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T920017 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Christ Church Burial Ground
Context triple: [Old City historic district, contains, Christ Church Burial Ground]

A. King's Chapel Burying Ground
King's Chapel Burying Ground is a historic 17th-century cemetery in downtown Boston, known as one of the city’s oldest graveyards and the resting place of many prominent colonial figures.
B. Granary Burying Ground
Granary Burying Ground is a historic 17th-century cemetery in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, known as the resting place of several prominent figures of the American Revolution, including Paul Revere.
C. Trinity Church Cemetery
Trinity Church Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Manhattan, New York City, known as the resting place of many prominent figures from American history.
D. Dorchester North Burying Ground
Dorchester North Burying Ground is a historic colonial-era cemetery in Dorchester, Massachusetts, notable as the resting place of prominent early New England figures.
E. Copp's Hill Burying Ground
Copp's Hill Burying Ground is a historic colonial-era cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts, notable for its prominent early American burials and inclusion on the city's Freedom Trail.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Christ Church Burial Ground
Target entity description: Christ Church Burial Ground is a historic Philadelphia cemetery best known as the final resting place of Benjamin Franklin and other prominent colonial and Revolutionary-era figures.

A. King's Chapel Burying Ground
King's Chapel Burying Ground is a historic 17th-century cemetery in downtown Boston, known as one of the city’s oldest graveyards and the resting place of many prominent colonial figures.
B. Granary Burying Ground
Granary Burying Ground is a historic 17th-century cemetery in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, known as the resting place of several prominent figures of the American Revolution, including Paul Revere.
C. Trinity Church Cemetery
Trinity Church Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Manhattan, New York City, known as the resting place of many prominent figures from American history.
D. Dorchester North Burying Ground
Dorchester North Burying Ground is a historic colonial-era cemetery in Dorchester, Massachusetts, notable as the resting place of prominent early New England figures.
E. Copp's Hill Burying Ground
Copp's Hill Burying Ground is a historic colonial-era cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts, notable for its prominent early American burials and inclusion on the city's Freedom Trail.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	burial ground ⓘ historic cemetery ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
affiliation	Christ Church, Philadelphia ⓘ
architecturalStyle	18th-century urban graveyard ⓘ
area	approximately 2 acres ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	American Revolution ⓘ linked to: American Revolutionary era
associatedWithPerson	Founding Fathers of the United States ⓘ linked to: United States Founding Fathers
betweenStreets	4th Street and 5th Street ⓘ
city	Philadelphia ⓘ
cityHistoricDistrict	Old City Historic District ⓘ linked to: Old City historic district
country	United States of America ⓘ
custom	visitors leave coins on Benjamin Franklin’s grave ⓘ
denomination	Episcopal Church ⓘ
eraOfMostBurials	18th century ⓘ early 19th century ⓘ
established	1719 ⓘ
foundedBy	Christ Church parish ⓘ linked to: Christ Church
function	burial place for Christ Church parishioners ⓘ
hasFeature	brick perimeter wall ⓘ gated entrances ⓘ
hasGraveMarkers	headstones ⓘ ledger stones ⓘ table tombs ⓘ
heritageDesignation	part of Independence National Historical Park area of interest ⓘ
locatedIn	Old City, Philadelphia ⓘ
location	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ⓘ linked to: Philadelphia
managedBy	Christ Church Preservation Trust ⓘ linked to: Christ Church
near	Independence Hall ⓘ Liberty Bell Center ⓘ
notableBurial	Andrew Hamilton ⓘ Benjamin Franklin ⓘ Benjamin Rush ⓘ Charles Mason ⓘ Deborah Read Franklin ⓘ linked to: Deborah Read Francis Hopkinson ⓘ George Ross ⓘ Joseph Hewes ⓘ Robert Morris ⓘ
numberOfGraves	over 1,300 markers ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
period	American Revolutionary War era ⓘ colonial era ⓘ
religiousTradition	Anglicanism ⓘ linked to: Anglicanism (broadly)
significance	one of the most historic cemeteries in the United States ⓘ
state	Pennsylvania ⓘ
streetLocation	Arch Street ⓘ
touristAttractionFor	Benjamin Franklin’s grave ⓘ

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