Lorraine American Cemetery
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Lorraine American Cemetery is a World War II military cemetery in France where thousands of American soldiers are buried and commemorated.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial | 4 |
| Lorraine American Cemetery canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T912032 — 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: Lorraine American Cemetery Context triple: [American Battle Monuments Commission, maintains, Lorraine American Cemetery]
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A.
Epinal American Cemetery
Epinal American Cemetery is a World War II military cemetery in France where thousands of American soldiers are buried and commemorated.
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B.
Rhone American Cemetery
Rhone American Cemetery is a World War II military cemetery in southern France where American service members who died in the region are buried and commemorated.
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C.
Brittany American Cemetery
Brittany American Cemetery is a World War II military cemetery in France where thousands of American soldiers who died in the European theater are buried and commemorated.
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D.
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery is a large World War I military burial ground in France where thousands of American soldiers who fell during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive are interred.
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E.
Oise-Aisne American Cemetery
Oise-Aisne American Cemetery is a World War I military burial ground in France honoring American soldiers who died in the region’s battles.
- 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: Lorraine American Cemetery Target entity description: Lorraine American Cemetery is a World War II military cemetery in France where thousands of American soldiers are buried and commemorated.
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A.
Epinal American Cemetery
Epinal American Cemetery is a World War II military cemetery in France where thousands of American soldiers are buried and commemorated.
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B.
Rhone American Cemetery
Rhone American Cemetery is a World War II military cemetery in southern France where American service members who died in the region are buried and commemorated.
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C.
Brittany American Cemetery
Brittany American Cemetery is a World War II military cemetery in France where thousands of American soldiers who died in the European theater are buried and commemorated.
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D.
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery is a large World War I military burial ground in France where thousands of American soldiers who fell during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive are interred.
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E.
Oise-Aisne American Cemetery
Oise-Aisne American Cemetery is a World War I military burial ground in France honoring American soldiers who died in the region’s battles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Battle Monuments Commission cemetery
ⓘ
World War II military cemetery ⓘ |
| administeredBy | United States government ⓘ |
| burialsFrom |
United States Army
ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ other U.S. military branches involved in European Theater ⓘ |
| commemoratesCampaign |
Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine
ⓘ
Battle of the Bulge ⓘ Lorraine campaign ⓘ
surface form:
Lorraine Campaign
|
| commemoratesConflict | World War II ⓘ |
| commemoratesTheater |
European Theater of Operations, United States Army
ⓘ
surface form:
European Theater of Operations
|
| country | France ⓘ |
| dedicated | 1960 ⓘ |
| dedicatedBy | American Battle Monuments Commission ⓘ |
| established | 1944 ⓘ |
| establishedAs | temporary military cemetery ⓘ |
| gravesOrientation | aligned in straight rows ⓘ |
| hasAccess | open to the public ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Wall of the Missing
ⓘ
chapel ⓘ grave plots with Latin cross and Star of David headstones ⓘ landscaped lawns and trees ⓘ memorial ⓘ reflecting pool ⓘ |
| hasInformationCenter | visitor center ⓘ |
| hasOfficialLanguageForInscriptions | English ⓘ |
| hasSecondaryLanguageForInscriptions | French ⓘ |
| hasSymbol |
American flag
ⓘ
Christian cross ⓘ Star of David ⓘ |
| hasVisitingHours | daily except certain holidays ⓘ |
| latitude | approximately 49.1 N ⓘ |
| locatedInHistoricalRegion | Lorraine ⓘ |
| locatedNear | German border ⓘ |
| location |
Saint-Avold
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint-Avold, Moselle, France
|
| longitude | approximately 6.7 E ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | American Battle Monuments Commission ⓘ |
| nearestCity | Saint-Avold ⓘ |
| notableFor | largest American World War II cemetery in Europe by number of graves ⓘ |
| numberOfBurials |
over 10000
ⓘ
over 10400 ⓘ |
| numberOfMemorializedMissing | over 440 ⓘ |
| numberOfUnknowns | over 280 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | American Battle Monuments Commission ⓘ |
| partOf |
American Battle Monuments Commission
ⓘ
surface form:
American Battle Monuments Commission World War II commemorative program
|
| purpose |
burial of American military dead of World War II
ⓘ
commemoration of missing American service members of World War II ⓘ |
| region | Grand Est ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lorraine American Cemetery Description of subject: Lorraine American Cemetery is a World War II military cemetery in France where thousands of American soldiers are buried and commemorated.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial
this entity surface form:
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial
this entity surface form:
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial
this entity surface form:
Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial