Oakwood Cemetery (Troy, New York)
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Oakwood Cemetery in Troy, New York is a large 19th-century rural cemetery known for its picturesque landscape, notable funerary art, and the graves of prominent local and national figures.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, New York | 5 |
| Oakwood Cemetery (Troy, New York) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T476755 — 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: Oakwood Cemetery (Troy, New York) Context triple: [Troy, New York, hasHistoricDistrict, Oakwood Cemetery (Troy, New York)]
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A.
Kensico Cemetery
Kensico Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery in Valhalla, New York, known as the final resting place of numerous notable figures from the arts, architecture, and entertainment.
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B.
Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York
Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York is a historic 19th-century cemetery known for its picturesque landscape and as the resting place of many notable figures, including abolitionists and social reformers.
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C.
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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D.
Calvary Cemetery, Queens
Calvary Cemetery in Queens is a large, historic Roman Catholic cemetery in New York City known for being the final resting place of many notable figures, including politicians, entertainers, and early immigrants.
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E.
Green-Wood Cemetery
Green-Wood Cemetery is a historic 19th-century rural cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, renowned for its elaborate monuments, picturesque landscape, and role as the resting place of many notable 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: Oakwood Cemetery (Troy, New York) Target entity description: Oakwood Cemetery in Troy, New York is a large 19th-century rural cemetery known for its picturesque landscape, notable funerary art, and the graves of prominent local and national figures.
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A.
Kensico Cemetery
Kensico Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery in Valhalla, New York, known as the final resting place of numerous notable figures from the arts, architecture, and entertainment.
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B.
Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York
Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York is a historic 19th-century cemetery known for its picturesque landscape and as the resting place of many notable figures, including abolitionists and social reformers.
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C.
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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D.
Calvary Cemetery, Queens
Calvary Cemetery in Queens is a large, historic Roman Catholic cemetery in New York City known for being the final resting place of many notable figures, including politicians, entertainers, and early immigrants.
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E.
Green-Wood Cemetery
Green-Wood Cemetery is a historic 19th-century rural cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, renowned for its elaborate monuments, picturesque landscape, and role as the resting place of many notable figures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cemetery
ⓘ
rural cemetery ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| foundedInPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| hasArtStyle |
Gothic Revival elements
ⓘ
Romanesque Revival elements ⓘ Victorian funerary art ⓘ |
| hasLandscapeFeature |
lakes and ponds
ⓘ
ravines ⓘ scenic overlooks ⓘ winding roads and paths ⓘ wooded hills ⓘ |
| hasLandscapeStyle | picturesque landscape design ⓘ |
| hasNotableBurial |
Amos Eaton
ⓘ
Emma Willard ⓘ George H. Thomas ⓘ
surface form:
George H. Thomas (cenotaph)
George M. Phelps ⓘ Henry Burden ⓘ John A. Griswold ⓘ John E. Wool ⓘ Joseph Bradford Carr ⓘ Russell Sage ⓘ Sam Wilson ⓘ
surface form:
Samuel Wilson
members of the Burden family ⓘ prominent Troy industrialists ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
Gardner Earl Memorial Chapel and Crematorium
ⓘ
family burial plots ⓘ mausoleums ⓘ |
| hasUse |
active burial ground
ⓘ
historic site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| hasView | panoramic views of Troy and the Hudson River Valley ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
ⓘ
surface form:
National Historic Landmark District
National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form:
National Register of Historic Places listing
|
| inception | 1848 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
graves of prominent local figures
ⓘ
graves of prominent national figures ⓘ monumental sculpture ⓘ notable funerary art ⓘ picturesque landscape ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hudson Valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Hudson River Valley
New York ⓘ
surface form:
New York (state)
Rensselaer County ⓘ
surface form:
Rensselaer County, New York
Troy, New York ⓘ |
| offers | guided tours ⓘ |
| overlooks |
Troy
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Troy
Hudson River ⓘ |
| partOf | rural cemetery movement ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Oakwood Cemetery (Troy, New York) Description of subject: Oakwood Cemetery in Troy, New York is a large 19th-century rural cemetery known for its picturesque landscape, notable funerary art, and the graves of prominent local and national figures.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Troy, New York
this entity surface form:
Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, New York
this entity surface form:
Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, New York
this entity surface form:
Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, New York
this entity surface form:
Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, New York
this entity surface form:
Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, New York