U.S. National Cemetery

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federal designation military cemetery type of cemetery

A U.S. National Cemetery is a federally designated burial ground for members of the armed forces and eligible veterans, maintained by the U.S. government as part of the national system of military cemeteries.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
United States National Cemetery System	8
Cypress Hills National Cemetery	1
National Cemetery System	1
U.S. National Cemetery canonical	1
United States Army cemeteries	1
United States National Cemetery	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1366384 — 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: U.S. National Cemetery
Context triple: [U.S. National Memorial, isDifferentFrom, U.S. National Cemetery]

A. Soldiers' National Cemetery
Soldiers' National Cemetery is a historic military burial ground in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, best known as the site where President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address.
B. Woodlawn National Cemetery
Woodlawn National Cemetery is a United States national military burial ground in Elmira, New York, known for interring Civil War prisoners of war and other American veterans.
C. Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery is a United States military cemetery and national memorial site where many American service members and notable figures are buried.
D. Andrew Johnson National Cemetery
Andrew Johnson National Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Greeneville, Tennessee, that serves as the final resting place of the 17th U.S. president, Andrew Johnson, and is preserved as part of a national historic site.
E. San Francisco National Cemetery
San Francisco National Cemetery is a historic United States military burial ground located in the Presidio of San Francisco, California, serving as the final resting place for numerous veterans and notable military figures.
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: U.S. National Cemetery
Target entity description: A U.S. National Cemetery is a federally designated burial ground for members of the armed forces and eligible veterans, maintained by the U.S. government as part of the national system of military cemeteries.

A. Soldiers' National Cemetery
Soldiers' National Cemetery is a historic military burial ground in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, best known as the site where President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address.
B. Woodlawn National Cemetery
Woodlawn National Cemetery is a United States national military burial ground in Elmira, New York, known for interring Civil War prisoners of war and other American veterans.
C. Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery is a United States military cemetery and national memorial site where many American service members and notable figures are buried.
D. Andrew Johnson National Cemetery
Andrew Johnson National Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Greeneville, Tennessee, that serves as the final resting place of the 17th U.S. president, Andrew Johnson, and is preserved as part of a national historic site.
E. San Francisco National Cemetery
San Francisco National Cemetery is a historic United States military burial ground located in the Presidio of San Francisco, California, serving as the final resting place for numerous veterans and notable military figures.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal designation ⓘ military cemetery ⓘ type of cemetery ⓘ
administeredUnder	National Cemetery Administration policies ⓘ
burialCostsForEligible	no cost for government headstone or marker ⓘ no cost for gravesite ⓘ no cost for opening and closing of the grave ⓘ no cost for perpetual care ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
distinctFrom	Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ private cemeteries ⓘ state veterans cemeteries ⓘ
eligibilityDeterminedBy	federal law ⓘ
eligibilityIncludes	active duty service members ⓘ certain Reserve and National Guard members ⓘ certain dependent children of eligible service members and veterans ⓘ certain spouses of eligible service members and veterans ⓘ veterans who meet service requirements ⓘ
fundedBy	United States federal budget ⓘ
governedBy	Title 38 of the United States Code ⓘ federal regulations on veterans’ benefits ⓘ
hasFeature	avenues and sections laid out in planned designs ⓘ columbarium niches for cremated remains ⓘ committal shelters for burial services ⓘ flagpoles for display of the United States flag ⓘ memorial sections for remains not recovered or identified ⓘ memorials and monuments honoring military service ⓘ perpetual care of gravesites ⓘ records of interments maintained by federal authorities ⓘ standard government-furnished headstones or markers ⓘ
hasHistoricalRole	burial of U.S. Civil War dead in many early national cemeteries ⓘ commemoration of U.S. military personnel from multiple wars ⓘ
hasLanguageOfRecords	English ⓘ
hasPrimaryFunction	burial of certain eligible family members ⓘ burial of eligible veterans ⓘ burial of members of the armed forces ⓘ
maintainedBy	National Cemetery Administration ⓘ National Park Service ⓘ United States Department of Veterans Affairs ⓘ United States Department of the Army ⓘ United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
partOf	U.S. National Cemetery self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: United States National Cemetery System
purpose	honor military service and sacrifice ⓘ preserve national military heritage ⓘ provide burial benefits to eligible veterans ⓘ
regulatedBy	United States Department of Veterans Affairs regulations ⓘ
requires	verification of military service for interment ⓘ
scope	national ⓘ
sector	public sector ⓘ
symbolOf	national recognition of military service ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

U.S. National Memorial → isDifferentFrom → U.S. National Cemetery ⓘ

Andrew Johnson National Cemetery → designation → U.S. National Cemetery ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States National Cemetery

Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States → adjacentTo → U.S. National Cemetery ⓘ

subject surface form: Cypress Hills Cemetery

this entity surface form: Cypress Hills National Cemetery

Woodlawn National Cemetery → partOf → U.S. National Cemetery ⓘ