Granary Burial Ground
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Granary Burial Ground is a historic 17th-century cemetery in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, known as the resting place of many prominent figures from the American Revolutionary era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Granary Burial Ground canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1600174 — 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: Granary Burial Ground Context triple: [Granary Burying Ground, alsoKnownAs, Granary Burial Ground]
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A.
Bunhill Fields
Bunhill Fields is a historic London burial ground best known as the resting place of many prominent Nonconformist and dissenting figures from the 17th to 19th centuries.
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B.
Brompton Cemetery
Brompton Cemetery is a historic Victorian garden cemetery in West London, known as one of the “Magnificent Seven” cemeteries and noted for its grand architecture and notable burials.
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C.
St Marylebone Cemetery
St Marylebone Cemetery is a historic London burial ground known for being the final resting place of notable figures such as biologist and educator Thomas Henry Huxley.
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D.
Royal Hospital Chelsea burial ground
The Royal Hospital Chelsea burial ground is the historic cemetery in London where Chelsea Pensioners and staff of the Royal Hospital Chelsea are laid to rest.
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E.
Gunnersbury Cemetery
Gunnersbury Cemetery is a London burial ground known for being the final resting place of several notable figures, including Polish World War II commander Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski.
- 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: Granary Burial Ground Target entity description: Granary Burial Ground is a historic 17th-century cemetery in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, known as the resting place of many prominent figures from the American Revolutionary era.
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A.
Bunhill Fields
Bunhill Fields is a historic London burial ground best known as the resting place of many prominent Nonconformist and dissenting figures from the 17th to 19th centuries.
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B.
Brompton Cemetery
Brompton Cemetery is a historic Victorian garden cemetery in West London, known as one of the “Magnificent Seven” cemeteries and noted for its grand architecture and notable burials.
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C.
St Marylebone Cemetery
St Marylebone Cemetery is a historic London burial ground known for being the final resting place of notable figures such as biologist and educator Thomas Henry Huxley.
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D.
Royal Hospital Chelsea burial ground
The Royal Hospital Chelsea burial ground is the historic cemetery in London where Chelsea Pensioners and staff of the Royal Hospital Chelsea are laid to rest.
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E.
Gunnersbury Cemetery
Gunnersbury Cemetery is a London burial ground known for being the final resting place of several notable figures, including Polish World War II commander Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
burial ground
ⓘ
historic cemetery ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Boston Common
ⓘ
Park Street Church ⓘ |
| burialPlaceOf |
Benjamin Franklin’s parents
ⓘ
Crispus Attucks memorialized ⓘ James Otis Jr. ⓘ John Hancock ⓘ Paul Revere ⓘ Robert Treat Paine ⓘ Samuel Adams ⓘ |
| century | 17th century ⓘ |
| city |
Boston
ⓘ
linked to:
Boston, Massachusetts
|
| coordinates | approx. 42.357°N 71.062°W ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| establishedIn | 1660 ⓘ |
| hasApproximateNumberOfGraves | over 2000 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Boston Massacre victims’ memorial
ⓘ
linked to:
Boston Massacre victims’ monument
Paul Revere’s grave marker ⓘ
linked to:
Copp's Hill Burying Ground
obelisk monument to Benjamin Franklin’s parents ⓘ tomb of John Hancock ⓘ tomb of Samuel Adams ⓘ |
| hasIconography |
cherubs and urn-and-willow designs
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winged skull motifs ⓘ |
| hasMaterial |
granite monuments
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sandstone markers ⓘ slate gravestones ⓘ |
| hasOldestGravestonesFrom | 1660s ⓘ |
| hasStyle | colonial-era funerary art ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| knownFor |
graves of American Revolutionary era figures
ⓘ
historic tombstones and monuments ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Boston’s Tremont Street area
ⓘ
linked to:
Downtown Boston
downtown Boston ⓘ |
| location |
Boston
ⓘ
linked to:
Boston, Massachusetts
Massachusetts ⓘ |
| managedBy |
City of Boston
ⓘ
linked to:
Boston, Massachusetts
|
| namedAfter | town granary that once stood nearby ⓘ |
| NRHPType | contributing property to a historic district ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
City of Boston
ⓘ
linked to:
Boston, Massachusetts
|
| partOf | Freedom Trail ⓘ |
| region | New England ⓘ |
| significance | important site of American Revolutionary history ⓘ |
| state | Massachusetts ⓘ |
| touristVisitsPerYear | hundreds of thousands ⓘ |
| usedFor | burials from 17th to 19th centuries ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Granary Burial Ground Description of subject: Granary Burial Ground is a historic 17th-century cemetery in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, known as the resting place of many prominent figures from the American Revolutionary era.
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