Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States
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Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, is a historic 19th-century rural cemetery and National Historic Landmark known for its picturesque landscape and as the resting place of many notable Americans.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3187310 — 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: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States Context triple: [Samuel Morse, burialPlace, Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States]
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Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Cypress Hills Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, is a historic burial ground known for interring notable figures such as civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph.
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Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City
Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York City, is a historic, park-like burial ground renowned for its elaborate mausoleums, notable architecture, and many prominent American figures interred there.
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Cypress Hills Cemetery, New York City
Cypress Hills Cemetery in New York City is a historic, non-sectarian burial ground in Brooklyn and Queens known for its notable interments and expansive, park-like landscape.
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Flushing Cemetery, Queens, New York, United States
Flushing Cemetery in Queens, New York, is a historic burial ground known for being the final resting place of notable figures including jazz legend Louis Armstrong.
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Moravian Cemetery, Staten Island, New York
Moravian Cemetery in Staten Island, New York, is a historic burial ground best known as the final resting place of 19th-century industrialist and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt and many members of the Vanderbilt family.
- 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: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States Target entity description: Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, is a historic 19th-century rural cemetery and National Historic Landmark known for its picturesque landscape and as the resting place of many notable Americans.
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A.
Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Cypress Hills Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, is a historic burial ground known for interring notable figures such as civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph.
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B.
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City
Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York City, is a historic, park-like burial ground renowned for its elaborate mausoleums, notable architecture, and many prominent American figures interred there.
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Cypress Hills Cemetery, New York City
Cypress Hills Cemetery in New York City is a historic, non-sectarian burial ground in Brooklyn and Queens known for its notable interments and expansive, park-like landscape.
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Flushing Cemetery, Queens, New York, United States
Flushing Cemetery in Queens, New York, is a historic burial ground known for being the final resting place of notable figures including jazz legend Louis Armstrong.
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E.
Moravian Cemetery, Staten Island, New York
Moravian Cemetery in Staten Island, New York, is a historic burial ground best known as the final resting place of 19th-century industrialist and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt and many members of the Vanderbilt family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
National Historic Landmark
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cemetery ⓘ historic site ⓘ rural cemetery ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | rural cemetery movement ⓘ |
| contains | Battle Hill ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dateOfEstablishment | 1838 ⓘ |
| designer | David Bates Douglass ⓘ |
| elevationFeature | Battle Hill, one of the highest natural points in Brooklyn ⓘ |
| founder | Henry Evelyn Pierrepont ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalStyle | Gothic Revival (main gate) ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Cemeteries in Brooklyn
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National Historic Landmarks in New York ⓘ
surface form:
National Historic Landmarks in New York City
Rural cemeteries in the United States ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
burial ground
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historic landscape park ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| hasLandscapeFeature |
hills
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lakes ⓘ mature trees ⓘ winding paths ⓘ |
| hasNotableBurials |
Boss Tweed
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Charles Ebbets ⓘ Charles L. Tiffany ⓘ
surface form:
Charles Lewis Tiffany
DeWitt Clinton ⓘ Elias Howe ⓘ Frank Winfield Woolworth ⓘ
surface form:
F. W. Woolworth
Henry Chadwick ⓘ Henry Steinway ⓘ Henry Ward Beecher ⓘ Horace Greeley ⓘ James Gordon Bennett Sr. ⓘ Jean-Michel Basquiat ⓘ Leonard Bernstein ⓘ Lola Montez ⓘ Louis Comfort Tiffany ⓘ Peter Cooper ⓘ Samuel Morse ⓘ
surface form:
Samuel F. B. Morse
Susan Smith McKinney Steward ⓘ Boss Tweed ⓘ
surface form:
William “Boss” Tweed
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| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
ⓘ
surface form:
National Historic Landmark of the United States
National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. National Register of Historic Places listing
|
| influenced | creation of public parks in New York City ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brooklyn
ⓘ
Kings County ⓘ
surface form:
Kings County, New York
New York ⓘ
surface form:
New York (state)
New York City ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Park Slope
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surface form:
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Sunset Park ⓘ
surface form:
Sunset Park, Brooklyn
Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn ⓘ |
| notableFor |
19th-century rural cemetery design
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Gothic Revival entrance gate ⓘ burial place of many notable Americans ⓘ picturesque landscape ⓘ |
| partOf | Borough of Brooklyn ⓘ |
| usedAs | public park-like space in the 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States Description of subject: Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, is a historic 19th-century rural cemetery and National Historic Landmark known for its picturesque landscape and as the resting place of many notable Americans.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
James Fletcher Hamilton Henderson Jr.
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burialPlace
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Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States
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this entity surface form:
Greenwood Cemetery, New York (uncertain)
this entity surface form:
historic Green-Wood Cemetery
this entity surface form:
historic landscape of Green-Wood Cemetery
this entity surface form:
Green-Wood Cemetery National Historic Landmark
this entity surface form:
Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn
this entity surface form:
Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States