Symonds Street Cemetery
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Symonds Street Cemetery is one of Auckland, New Zealand’s oldest and most historically significant burial grounds, notable as the resting place of many early colonial figures including the city’s first governor, William Hobson.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2368404 — 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: Symonds Street Cemetery Context triple: [William Hobson, burialPlace, Symonds Street Cemetery]
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Concordia Cemetery
Concordia Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Forest Park, Illinois, known for serving the area's German Lutheran community.
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Broadstone Cemetery
Broadstone Cemetery is a burial ground in Broadstone, Dorset, England, best known as the final resting place of naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace.
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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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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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Anif Cemetery
Anif Cemetery is the local burial ground serving the municipality of Anif in the Salzburg region of Austria.
- 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: Symonds Street Cemetery Target entity description: Symonds Street Cemetery is one of Auckland, New Zealand’s oldest and most historically significant burial grounds, notable as the resting place of many early colonial figures including the city’s first governor, William Hobson.
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A.
Concordia Cemetery
Concordia Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Forest Park, Illinois, known for serving the area's German Lutheran community.
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B.
Broadstone Cemetery
Broadstone Cemetery is a burial ground in Broadstone, Dorset, England, best known as the final resting place of naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace.
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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.
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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E.
Anif Cemetery
Anif Cemetery is the local burial ground serving the municipality of Anif in the Salzburg region of Austria.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cemetery
ⓘ
historic place ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Grafton Bridge
ⓘ
Grafton Gully ⓘ |
| city | Auckland ⓘ |
| closedForBurials | late 19th century ⓘ |
| containsGraveOf |
David Nathan
ⓘ
John Logan Campbell ⓘ William Hobson ⓘ many early European settlers ⓘ merchants ⓘ military personnel ⓘ missionaries ⓘ prominent colonial officials ⓘ |
| country | New Zealand ⓘ |
| era | colonial era ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
family plots
ⓘ
historic headstones ⓘ mature trees ⓘ memorials ⓘ |
| hasSection |
Anglican section
ⓘ
Catholic section ⓘ Jewish section ⓘ Presbyterian section ⓘ Wesleyan section ⓘ public or non-denominational section ⓘ |
| hasUse |
commemorative events
ⓘ
genealogical research ⓘ heritage tourism ⓘ |
| heritageProtection | protected under New Zealand heritage legislation ⓘ |
| heritageRegister | New Zealand Heritage List ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | Category I historic place ⓘ |
| inception | 1842 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Auckland
ⓘ
Auckland CBD ⓘ
linked to:
Auckland
North Island ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Symonds Street ⓘ |
| managedBy | Auckland Council ⓘ |
| near |
Auckland City Hospital
ⓘ
University of Auckland ⓘ |
| notableFor |
graves of early colonial leaders
ⓘ
heritage landscape ⓘ historic funerary monuments ⓘ |
| opened | 1842 ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Auckland Council ⓘ |
| region | Auckland Region ⓘ |
| significance |
major early colonial burial ground
ⓘ
one of Auckland’s oldest cemeteries ⓘ one of New Zealand’s oldest urban cemeteries ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Symonds Street Cemetery Description of subject: Symonds Street Cemetery is one of Auckland, New Zealand’s oldest and most historically significant burial grounds, notable as the resting place of many early colonial figures including the city’s first governor, William Hobson.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Symonds Street Cemetery