Camp Butler National Cemetery
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Camp Butler National Cemetery is a United States national military cemetery near Springfield, Illinois, that serves as a burial ground for American veterans and dates back to the Civil War era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Camp Butler National Cemetery canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2251499 — 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: Camp Butler National Cemetery Context triple: [Sangamon County, Illinois, contains, Camp Butler National Cemetery]
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A.
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.
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B.
U.S. National 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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C.
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.
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D.
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery is a large United States military cemetery near St. Louis, Missouri, serving as a burial ground for veterans and their eligible family members.
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E.
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.
- 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: Camp Butler National Cemetery Target entity description: Camp Butler National Cemetery is a United States national military cemetery near Springfield, Illinois, that serves as a burial ground for American veterans and dates back to the Civil War era.
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A.
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.
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B.
U.S. National 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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C.
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.
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D.
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery is a large United States military cemetery near St. Louis, Missouri, serving as a burial ground for veterans and their eligible family members.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States national cemetery
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military cemetery ⓘ |
| accessPolicy | open to the public ⓘ |
| category |
Cemeteries in Illinois
ⓘ
Military monuments and memorials in Illinois ⓘ United States national cemeteries ⓘ |
| commemorates | United States Armed Forces personnel ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| eligibilityCriteria |
U.S. military veterans
ⓘ
active duty service members ⓘ certain eligible family members ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateSystem | geographic coordinates ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
administration building
ⓘ
avenues lined with mature trees ⓘ commemorative monuments ⓘ committal shelters ⓘ flagpole plaza ⓘ orderly rows of government-issued headstones ⓘ section for Civil War burials ⓘ |
| hasGravesOf |
Confederate soldiers
ⓘ
Union soldiers ⓘ United States military veterans ⓘ service members from multiple wars ⓘ |
| hasUse | active burial ground ⓘ |
| hasWarBurials |
American Civil War
ⓘ
Korean War ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ other 20th-century conflicts ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| inception | American Civil War era ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Sangamon County, Illinois ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Springfield, Illinois ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | National Cemetery Administration grounds staff ⓘ |
| NRHPType | historic district ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
National Cemetery Administration
ⓘ
United States Department of Veterans Affairs ⓘ |
| originalFunction |
Civil War prisoner-of-war camp
ⓘ
Union Army training camp ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| partOf |
U.S. National Cemetery
ⓘ
surface form:
United States National Cemetery System
|
| region | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| state | Illinois ⓘ |
| usedFor |
eligible family member burials
ⓘ
military burials ⓘ veterans burials ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Camp Butler National Cemetery Description of subject: Camp Butler National Cemetery is a United States national military cemetery near Springfield, Illinois, that serves as a burial ground for American veterans and dates back to the Civil War era.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.