Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York, United States

E2237

cemetery historic place

Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira, New York, is a historic burial ground best known as the final resting place of author Mark Twain and members of his family.

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Label	Occurrences
Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York, United States canonical	6
Woodlawn Cemetery (Elmira, New York)	5
Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York	5
Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T29382 — 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: Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York, United States
Context triple: [Mark Twain, burialPlace, Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York, United States]

A. Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York, United States
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York, is a historic rural cemetery famed for its notable burials and its association with Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”
B. Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery is a historic garden cemetery and arboretum renowned as one of the first rural cemeteries in the United States and a significant cultural and natural landmark.
C. Roselawn Cemetery, Champaign, Illinois, United States
Roselawn Cemetery in Champaign, Illinois, is a local burial ground notable as the final resting place of Nobel Prize–winning physicist John Bardeen.
D. Hyde Park, New York, United States
Hyde Park, New York, United States is a Hudson River town best known as the lifelong home of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and site of his presidential library and estate.
E. Huntington, New York, United States
Huntington, New York, United States, is a historic town on the north shore of Long Island known for its suburban communities, waterfront, and cultural amenities within the New York metropolitan area.
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: Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York, United States
Target entity description: Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira, New York, is a historic burial ground best known as the final resting place of author Mark Twain and members of his family.

A. Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York, United States
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York, is a historic rural cemetery famed for its notable burials and its association with Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”
B. Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery is a historic garden cemetery and arboretum renowned as one of the first rural cemeteries in the United States and a significant cultural and natural landmark.
C. Roselawn Cemetery, Champaign, Illinois, United States
Roselawn Cemetery in Champaign, Illinois, is a local burial ground notable as the final resting place of Nobel Prize–winning physicist John Bardeen.
D. Hyde Park, New York, United States
Hyde Park, New York, United States is a Hudson River town best known as the lifelong home of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and site of his presidential library and estate.
E. Huntington, New York, United States
Huntington, New York, United States, is a historic town on the north shore of Long Island known for its suburban communities, waterfront, and cultural amenities within the New York metropolitan area.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cemetery ⓘ historic place ⓘ
adjacentTo	Woodlawn National Cemetery ⓘ linked to: Woodlawn Cemetery and Woodlawn National Cemetery Historic District
associatedWith	Clemens family ⓘ Langdon family ⓘ Mark Twain ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
hasAccessibility	road access from Elmira ⓘ
hasCoordinateLocation	approximate coordinates in Elmira, New York ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	historic burial site in Chemung County ⓘ literary tourism site ⓘ
hasFeature	Mark Twain family plot ⓘ historic grave markers ⓘ monuments ⓘ
hasFunction	interment of the dead ⓘ
hasLandscapeType	lawn cemetery ⓘ
hasName	Woodlawn Cemetery ⓘ linked to: Woodlawn Cemetery and Woodlawn National Cemetery Historic District
hasNearbyAttraction	Mark Twain Study (Elmira College) ⓘ linked to: Mark Twain
hasReligiousAffiliation	non-sectarian cemetery ⓘ
hasUse	public burial ground ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Register of Historic Places listing ⓘ linked to: National Register of Historic Places
locatedIn	Chemung County, New York ⓘ Elmira, New York ⓘ New York (state) ⓘ linked to: New York
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
notableBurial	Clara Clemens ⓘ Jean Clemens ⓘ Langdon Clemens ⓘ Langdon family members ⓘ Mark Twain ⓘ Olivia Langdon Clemens ⓘ Samuel Langhorne Clemens ⓘ linked to: Mark Twain Susy Clemens ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
ownedBy	local cemetery association ⓘ
partOf	Woodlawn Cemetery and Woodlawn National Cemetery Historic District ⓘ
region	Southern Tier of New York ⓘ linked to: Southern Tier region (overlap)

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Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mark Twain → burialPlace → Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York, United States ⓘ

Olivia Langdon Clemens → burialPlace → Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York, United States ⓘ

Olivia Susan Clemens → burialPlace → Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira ⓘ