St. Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
E389798
St. Joseph Cemetery in West Roxbury, Boston, is a historic Catholic burial ground known as the final resting place of prominent local and national political figures.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3812492 — 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: St. Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, United States Context triple: [John F. Fitzgerald, burialPlace, St. Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, United States]
-
A.
Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden, Massachusetts
Holy Cross Cemetery in Malden, Massachusetts is a Roman Catholic burial ground known as the final resting place of numerous local figures, including former Boston Red Sox star Tony Conigliaro.
-
B.
Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Granary Burying Ground in Boston is a historic colonial-era cemetery notable as the resting place of prominent American Revolution figures, including John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and Paul Revere.
-
C.
Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, Massachusetts
Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts is a historic 19th-century garden cemetery known for its notable burials, landscaped grounds, and significant funerary art.
-
D.
Holyhood Cemetery, Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
Holyhood Cemetery in Brookline, Massachusetts is a historic Catholic burial ground best known as the final resting place of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and other members of the prominent Kennedy family.
-
E.
St. John’s Cemetery, Worcester, Massachusetts
St. John’s Cemetery in Worcester, Massachusetts is a historic Catholic burial ground known as the final resting place of numerous local figures, including baseball player and manager Jack Barry.
- 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: St. Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, United States Target entity description: St. Joseph Cemetery in West Roxbury, Boston, is a historic Catholic burial ground known as the final resting place of prominent local and national political figures.
-
A.
Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden, Massachusetts
Holy Cross Cemetery in Malden, Massachusetts is a Roman Catholic burial ground known as the final resting place of numerous local figures, including former Boston Red Sox star Tony Conigliaro.
-
B.
Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Granary Burying Ground in Boston is a historic colonial-era cemetery notable as the resting place of prominent American Revolution figures, including John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and Paul Revere.
-
C.
Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, Massachusetts
Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts is a historic 19th-century garden cemetery known for its notable burials, landscaped grounds, and significant funerary art.
-
D.
Holyhood Cemetery, Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
Holyhood Cemetery in Brookline, Massachusetts is a historic Catholic burial ground best known as the final resting place of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and other members of the prominent Kennedy family.
-
E.
St. John’s Cemetery, Worcester, Massachusetts
St. John’s Cemetery in Worcester, Massachusetts is a historic Catholic burial ground known as the final resting place of numerous local figures, including baseball player and manager Jack Barry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic cemetery
ⓘ
burial ground ⓘ cemetery ⓘ |
| access | public visitation subject to cemetery rules ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Catholic funeral homes in Greater Boston
ⓘ
Catholic parishes in Boston ⓘ |
| category |
Burial sites of politicians in the United States
ⓘ
Cemeteries in Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ Roman Catholic cemeteries in Massachusetts ⓘ |
| context | Catholic community of Greater Boston ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| denomination | Roman Catholic ⓘ |
| function |
place of interment
ⓘ
place of memorialization ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
family plots
ⓘ
grave markers ⓘ landscaped grounds ⓘ monuments ⓘ religious statuary ⓘ |
| hasGravesOf |
Catholic clergy
ⓘ
lay Catholics ⓘ local political figures ⓘ national political figures ⓘ |
| hasStatus | active cemetery ⓘ |
| hasType | religious cemetery ⓘ |
| hasUse |
commemorative ceremonies
ⓘ
religious burials ⓘ |
| heritage | Catholic burial tradition ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Catholic cemetery system of the Archdiocese of Boston ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Boston, Massachusetts
ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ Suffolk County, Massachusetts ⓘ West Roxbury ⓘ |
| notableFor |
burials of national political figures
ⓘ
burials of prominent local political figures ⓘ historic Catholic cemetery grounds ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston
ⓘ
linked to:
Archdiocese of Boston
|
| ownedBy |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston
ⓘ
linked to:
Archdiocese of Boston
|
| regionServed |
Boston metropolitan area
ⓘ
linked to:
Greater Boston
|
| religion |
Catholicism
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| tradition | Christian burial customs ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Catholic funeral rites
ⓘ
interment of human remains ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: St. Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, United States Description of subject: St. Joseph Cemetery in West Roxbury, Boston, is a historic Catholic burial ground known as the final resting place of prominent local and national political figures.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
John F. Fitzgerald
→
burialPlace
→
St. Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
ⓘ
Charles W. Sweeney
→
burialPlace
→
St. Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury, Massachusetts, United States
ⓘ
subject linked to:
aircraft commander Charles W. Sweeney
linked to: St. Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Honey Fitz
→
burial place
→
St. Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
ⓘ