Holmesburg Prison cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Holmesburg Prison cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a burial ground historically associated with inmates of the former Holmesburg Prison, including the later interment of Lincoln assassination conspirator Lewis Powell.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Holmesburg Prison cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5649919 — 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: Holmesburg Prison cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Context triple: [Lewis Powell, laterBurialPlace, Holmesburg Prison cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States]
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The Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia
The Woodlands Cemetery in Philadelphia is a historic 19th-century rural cemetery and former estate known for its notable burials, landscaped grounds, and significant funerary art and architecture.
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B.
Calvary Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Calvary Cemetery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a large historic Catholic burial ground known as the final resting place of many notable local figures, including boxing champion Fritzie Zivic.
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C.
Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Oaklands Cemetery in West Chester, Pennsylvania, is a historic burial ground noted for being the final resting place of American composer Samuel Barber.
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D.
Montgomery Cemetery, Norristown, Pennsylvania
Montgomery Cemetery in Norristown, Pennsylvania is a historic 19th-century burial ground known for being the final resting place of prominent Civil War figures, including Union General Winfield Scott Hancock.
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E.
Prospect Hill Cemetery, York, Pennsylvania
Prospect Hill Cemetery in York, Pennsylvania is a historic burial ground known for interring notable figures from American history, including Founding Father Philip Livingston.
- 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: Holmesburg Prison cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Target entity description: Holmesburg Prison cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a burial ground historically associated with inmates of the former Holmesburg Prison, including the later interment of Lincoln assassination conspirator Lewis Powell.
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A.
The Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia
The Woodlands Cemetery in Philadelphia is a historic 19th-century rural cemetery and former estate known for its notable burials, landscaped grounds, and significant funerary art and architecture.
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B.
Calvary Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Calvary Cemetery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a large historic Catholic burial ground known as the final resting place of many notable local figures, including boxing champion Fritzie Zivic.
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C.
Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Oaklands Cemetery in West Chester, Pennsylvania, is a historic burial ground noted for being the final resting place of American composer Samuel Barber.
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D.
Montgomery Cemetery, Norristown, Pennsylvania
Montgomery Cemetery in Norristown, Pennsylvania is a historic 19th-century burial ground known for being the final resting place of prominent Civil War figures, including Union General Winfield Scott Hancock.
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E.
Prospect Hill Cemetery, York, Pennsylvania
Prospect Hill Cemetery in York, Pennsylvania is a historic burial ground known for interring notable figures from American history, including Founding Father Philip Livingston.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | cemetery ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | American Civil War era aftermath ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Holmesburg Prison
ⓘ
Philadelphia prison system ⓘ
linked to:
Philadelphia Prison System
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| burialType |
inmate burials
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unclaimed prisoner remains ⓘ |
| category |
Burial sites of people involved in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
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Cemeteries in Philadelphia ⓘ Prison cemeteries in the United States ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasCoordinates | unknown precise coordinates ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| heritage | penal history of Philadelphia ⓘ |
| historicalAssociation |
19th-century penal system in Philadelphia
ⓘ
20th-century penal system in Philadelphia ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Holmesburg, Philadelphia
ⓘ
linked to:
Holmesburg
Northeast Philadelphia ⓘ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to:
Philadelphia
|
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
ⓘ
linked to:
Philadelphia County
|
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Holmesburg Prison ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Holmesburg Prison ⓘ |
| notableBurial |
Lewis Powell
ⓘ
Lewis Thornton Powell ⓘ Lincoln assassination conspirator Lewis Powell ⓘ |
| partOf |
Holmesburg Prison complex
ⓘ
linked to:
Holmesburg Prison
|
| use | burial of inmates ⓘ |
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: Holmesburg Prison cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Description of subject: Holmesburg Prison cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a burial ground historically associated with inmates of the former Holmesburg Prison, including the later interment of Lincoln assassination conspirator Lewis Powell.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Lewis Powell
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laterBurialPlace
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Holmesburg Prison cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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