Old Burying Ground (Bedford, Massachusetts)
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Old Burying Ground in Bedford, Massachusetts is a historic colonial-era cemetery notable for its early New England gravestones and the town’s earliest burials.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Burying Ground (Bedford, Massachusetts) canonical | 1 |
| Old Burying Ground cemetery | 1 |
| Old Burying Ground, Bedford, Massachusetts | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5608731 — 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: Old Burying Ground (Bedford, Massachusetts) Context triple: [Town of Bedford, hasHistoricSite, Old Burying Ground (Bedford, Massachusetts)]
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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.
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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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.
Old Burying Ground Historic District
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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E.
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.
- 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: Old Burying Ground (Bedford, Massachusetts) Target entity description: Old Burying Ground in Bedford, Massachusetts is a historic colonial-era cemetery notable for its early New England gravestones and the town’s earliest burials.
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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.
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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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.
Old Burying Ground Historic District
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | historic cemetery ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures in Bedford, Massachusetts
ⓘ
Cemeteries in Massachusetts ⓘ Historic sites in Middlesex County, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasCulturalContext |
New England colonial history
ⓘ
early American burial practices ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfSignage | English ⓘ |
| hasPart |
burial plots
ⓘ
gravestones ⓘ tombstones ⓘ |
| hasUse |
burial ground
ⓘ
cemetery ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | historic site ⓘ |
| heritageValue |
architectural and artistic significance of gravestones
ⓘ
local historical significance ⓘ |
| inception | colonial era ⓘ |
| isPublicAccess | yes ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bedford, Massachusetts
ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ Middlesex County, Massachusetts ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| locatedInTime | colonial period of New England ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Town of Bedford (local authorities)
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linked to:
Town of Bedford
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| municipality |
Town of Bedford, Massachusetts
ⓘ
linked to:
Bedford, Massachusetts
|
| notableFor |
colonial-era funerary art
ⓘ
early New England gravestones ⓘ town’s earliest burials ⓘ |
| region | New England ⓘ |
| servesAs | resting place for early Bedford residents ⓘ |
| state | Massachusetts ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Old Burying Ground (Bedford, Massachusetts) Description of subject: Old Burying Ground in Bedford, Massachusetts is a historic colonial-era cemetery notable for its early New England gravestones and the town’s earliest burials.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Old Burying Ground (Bedford, Massachusetts)
linked to: Old Burying Ground (Bedford, Massachusetts)