Old Burying Ground Historic District
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The Old Burying Ground Historic District is a historically significant area in Arlington, Massachusetts, encompassing early colonial-era sites and structures associated with the town’s 18th-century history and the American Revolution.
All labels observed (1)
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| Old Burying Ground Historic District canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4050290 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Burying Ground Historic District Context triple: [Jason Russell House, partOf, Old Burying Ground Historic District]
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A.
Copp's Hill Burying Ground
Copp's Hill Burying Ground is a historic colonial-era cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts, notable for its prominent early American burials and inclusion on the city's Freedom Trail.
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B.
King's Chapel Burying Ground
King's Chapel Burying Ground is a historic 17th-century cemetery in downtown Boston, known as one of the city’s oldest graveyards and the resting place of many prominent colonial figures.
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C.
Granary Burying Ground
Granary Burying Ground is a historic 17th-century cemetery in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, known as the resting place of several prominent figures of the American Revolution, including Paul Revere.
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D.
Dorchester North Burying Ground
Dorchester North Burying Ground is a historic colonial-era cemetery in Dorchester, Massachusetts, notable as the resting place of prominent early New England figures.
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E.
Christ Church Burial Ground
Christ Church Burial Ground is a historic Philadelphia cemetery best known as the final resting place of Benjamin Franklin and other prominent colonial and Revolutionary-era figures.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Burying Ground Historic District Target entity description: The Old Burying Ground Historic District is a historically significant area in Arlington, Massachusetts, encompassing early colonial-era sites and structures associated with the town’s 18th-century history and the American Revolution.
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A.
Copp's Hill Burying Ground
Copp's Hill Burying Ground is a historic colonial-era cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts, notable for its prominent early American burials and inclusion on the city's Freedom Trail.
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B.
King's Chapel Burying Ground
King's Chapel Burying Ground is a historic 17th-century cemetery in downtown Boston, known as one of the city’s oldest graveyards and the resting place of many prominent colonial figures.
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C.
Granary Burying Ground
Granary Burying Ground is a historic 17th-century cemetery in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, known as the resting place of several prominent figures of the American Revolution, including Paul Revere.
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D.
Dorchester North Burying Ground
Dorchester North Burying Ground is a historic colonial-era cemetery in Dorchester, Massachusetts, notable as the resting place of prominent early New England figures.
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E.
Christ Church Burial Ground
Christ Church Burial Ground is a historic Philadelphia cemetery best known as the final resting place of Benjamin Franklin and other prominent colonial and Revolutionary-era figures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic district
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historic site ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
18th-century history of Arlington, Massachusetts
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American Revolution ⓘ
linked to:
American Revolutionary War
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| associatedWithEvent |
American Revolutionary period
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linked to:
American Revolutionary era
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| category |
Arlington, Massachusetts history
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Cemeteries in Massachusetts ⓘ Historic districts in Massachusetts ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| era |
18th century
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colonial era ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
commemoration of early settlers of Arlington, Massachusetts
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commemoration of participants in the American Revolution ⓘ |
| hasPart |
18th-century structures
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Old Burying Ground cemetery ⓘ
linked to:
Old Burying Ground (Bedford, Massachusetts)
early colonial-era sites ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Register of Historic Places listing
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linked to:
National Register of Historic Places
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| locatedIn |
Massachusetts
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Middlesex County, Massachusetts ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| location | Arlington, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| partOf | historic resources of Arlington, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| region | New England ⓘ |
| significance | historically significant area in Arlington, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| usedFor | burial ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Old Burying Ground Historic District Description of subject: The Old Burying Ground Historic District is a historically significant area in Arlington, Massachusetts, encompassing early colonial-era sites and structures associated with the town’s 18th-century history and the American Revolution.
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