Ivy Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia
E308935
Ivy Hill Cemetery in Alexandria, Virginia is a historic burial ground known, among other things, as the final resting place of rocket engineer Wernher von Braun.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ivy Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2911722 — 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: Ivy Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia Context triple: [Wernher von Braun, burialPlace, Ivy Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia]
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A.
Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia
Mount Hebron Cemetery in Winchester, Virginia is a historic burial ground known for being the final resting place of prominent political figures, including long-serving U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd Sr.
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B.
Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia is a historic 19th-century garden cemetery known for its elaborate monuments and as the resting place of numerous notable Confederate leaders and U.S. presidents.
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C.
Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia, United States
Shockoe Hill Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia, is a historic burial ground best known as the final resting place of U.S. Chief Justice John Marshall and many other prominent 19th-century figures.
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D.
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery in Lexington, Virginia is a historic burial ground best known as the final resting place of Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson and other notable Civil War figures.
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E.
Monticello cemetery
Monticello cemetery is the historic family burial ground at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello estate near Charlottesville, Virginia, where Jefferson and many of his relatives are interred.
- 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: Ivy Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia Target entity description: Ivy Hill Cemetery in Alexandria, Virginia is a historic burial ground known, among other things, as the final resting place of rocket engineer Wernher von Braun.
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A.
Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia
Mount Hebron Cemetery in Winchester, Virginia is a historic burial ground known for being the final resting place of prominent political figures, including long-serving U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd Sr.
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B.
Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia is a historic 19th-century garden cemetery known for its elaborate monuments and as the resting place of numerous notable Confederate leaders and U.S. presidents.
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C.
Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia, United States
Shockoe Hill Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia, is a historic burial ground best known as the final resting place of U.S. Chief Justice John Marshall and many other prominent 19th-century figures.
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D.
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery in Lexington, Virginia is a historic burial ground best known as the final resting place of Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson and other notable Civil War figures.
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E.
Monticello cemetery
Monticello cemetery is the historic family burial ground at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello estate near Charlottesville, Virginia, where Jefferson and many of his relatives are interred.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
burial ground
ⓘ
cemetery ⓘ historic site ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasCulturalSignificance | historic burial ground in Alexandria, Virginia ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
memorial site
ⓘ
place of burial ⓘ |
| hasGeographicRegion | Northern Virginia ⓘ |
| hasName |
Ivy Hill Cemetery
ⓘ
Ivy Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia ⓘ |
| hasNotableBurial |
Wernher von Braun
ⓘ
aerospace engineer Wernher von Braun ⓘ
linked to:
Wernher von Braun
rocket engineer Wernher von Braun ⓘ
linked to:
Wernher von Braun
|
| hasNotableFeature |
grave of Wernher von Braun
ⓘ
graves of notable individuals ⓘ |
| hasReligiousAffiliation | non-denominational cemetery ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfUse | active cemetery ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic cemetery ⓘ |
| isAccessibleTo | public ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alexandria, Virginia
ⓘ
Alexandria, Virginia, United States ⓘ
linked to:
Alexandria, Virginia
Virginia ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
City of Alexandria
ⓘ
Commonwealth of Virginia ⓘ
linked to:
Virginia
|
| locatedInMetropolitanArea | Washington metropolitan area ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| partOf |
cemeteries in Alexandria, Virginia
ⓘ
cemeteries in Virginia ⓘ cemeteries in the United States ⓘ |
| usedFor |
funerary services
ⓘ
interment ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ivy Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia Description of subject: Ivy Hill Cemetery in Alexandria, Virginia is a historic burial ground known, among other things, as the final resting place of rocket engineer Wernher von Braun.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.