Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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Greenwood Cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana, is a historic 19th-century burial ground known for its elaborate above-ground tombs and as the resting place of notable figures including author John Kennedy Toole.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12861028 — 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: Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States Context triple: [John Kennedy Toole, burialPlace, Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States]
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Garden of Memories Cemetery, Metairie, Louisiana, United States
Garden of Memories Cemetery in Metairie, Louisiana, is a notable burial ground in the New Orleans metropolitan area that serves as the final resting place of several prominent local and national figures, including famed football coach Hank Stram.
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St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans
St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 in New Orleans is the city’s oldest and most famous above-ground cemetery, renowned for its historic tombs and notable burials.
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Winnfield Cemetery, Winnfield, Louisiana, United States
Winnfield Cemetery in Winnfield, Louisiana, is a historic burial ground best known as the final resting place of former Louisiana governor Earl K. Long.
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Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi, United States
Greenwood Cemetery in Jackson, Mississippi, is a historic burial ground known for being the final resting place of notable figures including former NFL quarterback Steve McNair.
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Providence Memorial Park, Metairie, Louisiana, United States
Providence Memorial Park in Metairie, Louisiana, is a cemetery best known as the final resting place of legendary gospel singer Mahalia Jackson.
- 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: Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States Target entity description: Greenwood Cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana, is a historic 19th-century burial ground known for its elaborate above-ground tombs and as the resting place of notable figures including author John Kennedy Toole.
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A.
Garden of Memories Cemetery, Metairie, Louisiana, United States
Garden of Memories Cemetery in Metairie, Louisiana, is a notable burial ground in the New Orleans metropolitan area that serves as the final resting place of several prominent local and national figures, including famed football coach Hank Stram.
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B.
St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans
St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 in New Orleans is the city’s oldest and most famous above-ground cemetery, renowned for its historic tombs and notable burials.
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C.
Winnfield Cemetery, Winnfield, Louisiana, United States
Winnfield Cemetery in Winnfield, Louisiana, is a historic burial ground best known as the final resting place of former Louisiana governor Earl K. Long.
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D.
Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi, United States
Greenwood Cemetery in Jackson, Mississippi, is a historic burial ground known for being the final resting place of notable figures including former NFL quarterback Steve McNair.
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E.
Providence Memorial Park, Metairie, Louisiana, United States
Providence Memorial Park in Metairie, Louisiana, is a cemetery best known as the final resting place of legendary gospel singer Mahalia Jackson.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cemetery
ⓘ
historic cemetery ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Metairie Cemetery
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialType | above-ground tombs ⓘ |
| city | New Orleans ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| established | 1852 ⓘ |
| foundedInCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| hasBurialOf |
Civil War veterans
ⓘ
John Kennedy Toole NERFINISHED ⓘ local political figures ⓘ members of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
example of New Orleans above-ground burial practices
ⓘ
tourist interest site in New Orleans ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
ornate stonework
ⓘ
statues ⓘ vaults ⓘ |
| hasNotableBurial |
John Kennedy Toole
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
members of fraternal organizations ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
Elks tumulus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
family tombs ⓘ large society tombs ⓘ mausoleums ⓘ monuments ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
19th-century funerary art
ⓘ
New Orleans above-ground burial tradition ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic burial ground ⓘ |
| knownFor |
elaborate above-ground tombs
ⓘ
historic funerary architecture ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Louisiana
ⓘ
New Orleans, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Orleans Parish, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedInNeighborhood | Mid-City, New Orleans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
I-10 (Interstate 10)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Metairie Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | City Park Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy | private cemetery association ⓘ |
| partOf | New Orleans cemetery district along City Park Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | U.S. Gulf Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Louisiana ⓘ |
| usedFor |
burials
ⓘ
funerary ceremonies ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States Description of subject: Greenwood Cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana, is a historic 19th-century burial ground known for its elaborate above-ground tombs and as the resting place of notable figures including author John Kennedy Toole.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.