Old Burying Ground (Brookline)
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Old Burying Ground (Brookline) is a historic colonial-era cemetery in Brookline, Massachusetts, notable as one of the town’s oldest surviving burial grounds.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Burying Ground (Brookline) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9432668 — 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: Old Burying Ground (Brookline) Context triple: [Brookline, Massachusetts, hasHistoricSite, Old Burying Ground (Brookline)]
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A.
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.
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B.
Old Burying Ground (Bedford, Massachusetts)
Old Burying Ground in Bedford, Massachusetts is a historic colonial-era cemetery notable for its early New England gravestones and the town’s earliest burials.
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C.
Eliot Burying Ground, Roxbury
Eliot Burying Ground in Roxbury is one of the oldest colonial cemeteries in Boston, notable as the resting place of prominent early Massachusetts figures such as Governor Joseph Dudley.
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D.
Old Hill Burying Ground
Old Hill Burying Ground is a historic cemetery in Concord, Massachusetts, notable for its early colonial-era graves and association with the town’s Revolutionary War heritage.
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E.
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.
- 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: Old Burying Ground (Brookline) Target entity description: Old Burying Ground (Brookline) is a historic colonial-era cemetery in Brookline, Massachusetts, notable as one of the town’s oldest surviving burial grounds.
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A.
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.
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B.
Old Burying Ground (Bedford, Massachusetts)
Old Burying Ground in Bedford, Massachusetts is a historic colonial-era cemetery notable for its early New England gravestones and the town’s earliest burials.
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C.
Eliot Burying Ground, Roxbury
Eliot Burying Ground in Roxbury is one of the oldest colonial cemeteries in Boston, notable as the resting place of prominent early Massachusetts figures such as Governor Joseph Dudley.
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D.
Old Hill Burying Ground
Old Hill Burying Ground is a historic cemetery in Concord, Massachusetts, notable for its early colonial-era graves and association with the town’s Revolutionary War heritage.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic cemetery
ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| hasAccess | pedestrian access ⓘ |
| hasConservationConcern | weathering of historic gravestones ⓘ |
| hasCulturalValue |
educational resource on colonial history
ⓘ
local heritage site ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment | outdoor site ⓘ |
| hasEra | colonial America ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
cemetery
ⓘ
historic site ⓘ |
| hasHistoricSignificance |
contains graves of early Brookline residents
ⓘ
one of the oldest surviving burial grounds in Brookline ⓘ reflects early colonial settlement of Brookline ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English (on most grave markers) ⓘ |
| hasNearbyCity | Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
burials of early Brookline families
ⓘ
early colonial gravestone carvings ⓘ |
| hasOwner |
municipal government of Brookline
ⓘ
linked to:
Town of Brookline
|
| hasPreservationStatus | protected as historic resource (local level) ⓘ |
| hasStyle | New England colonial funerary art ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
colonial-era burial practices
ⓘ
local genealogy ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfGraveMarkers |
headstones
ⓘ
table tombs ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | listed historic cemetery (local significance) ⓘ |
| inception | colonial era ⓘ |
| isPublicPlace | yes ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
ⓘ
linked to:
Massachusetts
Norfolk County, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| location |
Brookline, Massachusetts
ⓘ
linked to:
Brookline
|
| maintainedBy |
Town of Brookline (local authorities)
ⓘ
linked to:
Town of Brookline
|
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| partOf | Town of Brookline historic resources ⓘ |
| region | New England ⓘ |
| usedFor |
burials
ⓘ
commemoration of the dead ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Old Burying Ground (Brookline) Description of subject: Old Burying Ground (Brookline) is a historic colonial-era cemetery in Brookline, Massachusetts, notable as one of the town’s oldest surviving burial grounds.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Brookline, Massachusetts, United States of America