Lexington Battle Green
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Lexington Battle Green is the historic town common in Lexington, Massachusetts, where the opening shots of the American Revolutionary War were fired and which now serves as a memorial site to that event.
All labels observed (8)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23411 — 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: Lexington Battle Green Context triple: [Battles of Lexington and Concord, memorializedBy, Lexington Battle Green]
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A.
Belmont Center Historic District
Belmont Center Historic District is a historically significant commercial and civic core of Belmont, Massachusetts, noted for its early 20th-century architecture and role as the town’s primary downtown area.
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B.
Pioneer Courthouse Square
Pioneer Courthouse Square is a central public plaza in downtown Portland, Oregon, often called the city's "living room" and known for hosting community events, gatherings, and performances.
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C.
Sproul Plaza
Sproul Plaza is the central public square of UC Berkeley’s campus, historically renowned as a focal point for student activism and free speech movements.
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D.
Fairmount Park
Fairmount Park is a large historic urban park in Philadelphia known for its extensive green spaces, trails, and cultural institutions along the Schuylkill River.
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E.
Warm Springs Historic District
Warm Springs Historic District is a historically significant area in Georgia best known for its association with President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the therapeutic warm springs that drew him there.
- 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: Lexington Battle Green Target entity description: Lexington Battle Green is the historic town common in Lexington, Massachusetts, where the opening shots of the American Revolutionary War were fired and which now serves as a memorial site to that event.
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A.
Belmont Center Historic District
Belmont Center Historic District is a historically significant commercial and civic core of Belmont, Massachusetts, noted for its early 20th-century architecture and role as the town’s primary downtown area.
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B.
Pioneer Courthouse Square
Pioneer Courthouse Square is a central public plaza in downtown Portland, Oregon, often called the city's "living room" and known for hosting community events, gatherings, and performances.
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C.
Sproul Plaza
Sproul Plaza is the central public square of UC Berkeley’s campus, historically renowned as a focal point for student activism and free speech movements.
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D.
Fairmount Park
Fairmount Park is a large historic urban park in Philadelphia known for its extensive green spaces, trails, and cultural institutions along the Schuylkill River.
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E.
Warm Springs Historic District
Warm Springs Historic District is a historically significant area in Georgia best known for its association with President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the therapeutic warm springs that drew him there.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Revolutionary War site
ⓘ
historic town common ⓘ public park ⓘ |
| addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces | 1966 ⓘ |
| category |
American Revolutionary War sites
ⓘ
Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts ⓘ Parks in Middlesex County, Massachusetts ⓘ Protected areas of Middlesex County, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | geographic coordinates ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| dateOfEvent | 19 April 1775 ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Town of Lexington
ⓘ
linked to:
Lexington, Massachusetts
|
| hasAlternateName |
Lexington Common
ⓘ
linked to:
Lexington Battle Green
Lexington Green ⓘ
linked to:
Lexington Battle Green
|
| hasHeritageDesignation |
U.S. National Historic Landmark
ⓘ
linked to:
National Historic Landmark
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| hasMemorial |
Boulder marking the line of the minutemen
ⓘ
Memorial to the Lexington militia ⓘ
linked to:
Lexington Minuteman Statue
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| hasMonument |
Captain John Parker statue
ⓘ
linked to:
Lexington Minuteman Statue
Lexington Minuteman statue ⓘ
linked to:
Lexington Minuteman Statue
Revolutionary War Monument (Lexington) ⓘ
linked to:
Lexington Minuteman Statue
|
| hasNearbyBuilding |
Buckman Tavern
ⓘ
Hancock-Clarke House ⓘ Old Belfry site ⓘ |
| hasPlaque |
marker describing the Battle of Lexington
ⓘ
tablet listing names of Lexington militia killed and wounded ⓘ |
| hasView |
Lexington town center
ⓘ
linked to:
Lexington
|
| heritageDesignationDate | 1961 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Battle of Lexington
ⓘ
linked to:
Battles of Lexington and Concord
opening shots of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lexington, Massachusetts
ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ Middlesex County, Massachusetts ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| maintainedBy | Lexington Department of Public Works ⓘ |
| NRHPType | National Historic Landmark District contributing property ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Town of Lexington
ⓘ
linked to:
Lexington, Massachusetts
|
| partOf |
Lexington Battle Green Historic District
ⓘ
linked to:
Lexington Battle Green
Lexington Center historic district ⓘ
linked to:
Lexington Battle Green
|
| significance | symbol of the beginning of the American fight for independence ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Battle of Lexington on April 19, 1775
ⓘ
linked to:
Battles of Lexington and Concord
first armed clash between colonial militia and British troops in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commemorative events on Patriots’ Day
ⓘ
historical reenactments of the Battle of Lexington ⓘ public ceremonies ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lexington Battle Green Description of subject: Lexington Battle Green is the historic town common in Lexington, Massachusetts, where the opening shots of the American Revolutionary War were fired and which now serves as a memorial site to that event.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Lexington
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subject linked to:
Concord, Lexington, and Lincoln, Massachusetts
linked to: Lexington Battle Green