Pet Sematary (children’s graveyard)

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burial ground cemetery fictional location

Pet Sematary (children’s graveyard) is the eerie burial ground for children’s pets in Stephen King’s horror novel, where interring animals (and more) leads to their sinister resurrection.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Pet Sematary (fictional pet cemetery)	2
Pet Sematary universe	2
Pet Sematary (children’s graveyard) canonical	1
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1908008 — 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: Pet Sematary (children’s graveyard)
Context triple: [Pet Sematary, containsFictionalPlace, Pet Sematary (children’s graveyard)]

A. Cemetery Junction
Cemetery Junction is a 2010 British coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, set in 1970s Reading and focusing on three young friends navigating love, class, and ambition.
B. Prazeres Cemetery
Prazeres Cemetery is a historic and monumental cemetery in Lisbon, Portugal, known for its elaborate mausoleums and as the resting place of many notable Portuguese figures.
C. Wamego City Cemetery
Wamego City Cemetery is a local burial ground serving the community of Wamego in Pottawatomie County, Kansas.
D. Cavernas cemetery
Cavernas cemetery is an ancient burial site in Peru associated with the Paracas culture, notable for its rock-cut tombs and rich archaeological finds.
E. Santa Ifigenia Cemetery
Santa Ifigenia Cemetery is a historic necropolis in Santiago de Cuba renowned as the burial place of prominent Cuban figures, including national hero José Martí and former president Fidel Castro.
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: Pet Sematary (children’s graveyard)
Target entity description: Pet Sematary (children’s graveyard) is the eerie burial ground for children’s pets in Stephen King’s horror novel, where interring animals (and more) leads to their sinister resurrection.

A. Cemetery Junction
Cemetery Junction is a 2010 British coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, set in 1970s Reading and focusing on three young friends navigating love, class, and ambition.
B. Prazeres Cemetery
Prazeres Cemetery is a historic and monumental cemetery in Lisbon, Portugal, known for its elaborate mausoleums and as the resting place of many notable Portuguese figures.
C. Wamego City Cemetery
Wamego City Cemetery is a local burial ground serving the community of Wamego in Pottawatomie County, Kansas.
D. Cavernas cemetery
Cavernas cemetery is an ancient burial site in Peru associated with the Paracas culture, notable for its rock-cut tombs and rich archaeological finds.
E. Santa Ifigenia Cemetery
Santa Ifigenia Cemetery is a historic necropolis in Santiago de Cuba renowned as the burial place of prominent Cuban figures, including national hero José Martí and former president Fidel Castro.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	burial ground ⓘ cemetery ⓘ fictional location ⓘ
adaptedIn	Pet Sematary (1989 film) ⓘ surface form: film Pet Sematary (1989) Pet Sematary (2019 film) ⓘ surface form: film Pet Sematary (2019)
appearsIn	novel Pet Sematary ⓘ
appearsInWorkBy	Stephen King ⓘ
associatedWith	tragic events in the Creed family ⓘ
associatedWithTheme	death ⓘ grief ⓘ resurrection ⓘ the consequences of denying death ⓘ
connectedTo	ancient Mi’kmaq burial ground (in the story’s lore) ⓘ
countryOfFictionalSetting	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdByInFiction	local children of Ludlow ⓘ
firstAppearance	Pet Sematary ⓘ surface form: novel Pet Sematary (1983)
genreContext	horror fiction ⓘ
hasAtmosphere	eerie ⓘ foreboding ⓘ
hasBoundary	deadfall barrier ⓘ
hasConsequence	resurrected beings return changed and sinister ⓘ
hasNameOrigin	childlike misspelling of “pet cemetery” ⓘ
hasSupernaturalProperty	burials there can return the dead to life ⓘ
inspiredRealWorld	tourist interest at related filming and book locations ⓘ
isNear	Creed family home ⓘ highway where many pets are killed ⓘ
locatedInFictionalSetting	Ludlow, Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ
markedBy	crude headstones ⓘ homemade grave markers ⓘ
medium	literature ⓘ
narrativeFunction	gateway to darker supernatural forces ⓘ
primaryUse	burial place for children’s pets ⓘ
symbolizes	corruption of natural order ⓘ the dangerous allure of reversing death ⓘ
targetOfWarningBy	Jud Crandall ⓘ
visitedByCharacter	Ellie Creed ⓘ Jud Crandall ⓘ Louis Creed ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Pet Sematary → adaptedInto → Pet Sematary (children’s graveyard) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

Pet Sematary → containsFictionalPlace → Pet Sematary (children’s graveyard) ⓘ

Rachel Creed → fictionalUniverse → Pet Sematary (children’s graveyard) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pet Sematary universe

Ellie Creed → associatedWith → Pet Sematary (children’s graveyard) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pet Sematary (fictional pet cemetery)

Gage Creed → fictionalUniverse → Pet Sematary (children’s graveyard) ⓘ