Old Ship Burying Ground, Hingham, Massachusetts
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Old Ship Burying Ground in Hingham, Massachusetts is a historic colonial-era cemetery notable as the final resting place of Revolutionary War general and statesman Benjamin Lincoln.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Old Ship Burying Ground, Hingham, Massachusetts canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6950231 — 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 Ship Burying Ground, Hingham, Massachusetts Context triple: [Benjamin Lincoln, burialPlace, Old Ship Burying Ground, Hingham, Massachusetts]
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Old Burying Ground (Bedford, Massachusetts)
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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B.
North Burial Ground, Providence, Rhode Island
North Burial Ground in Providence, Rhode Island is a historic municipal cemetery established in the early 18th century, known as the resting place of many notable local and national 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.
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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E.
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.
- 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 Ship Burying Ground, Hingham, Massachusetts Target entity description: Old Ship Burying Ground in Hingham, Massachusetts is a historic colonial-era cemetery notable as the final resting place of Revolutionary War general and statesman Benjamin Lincoln.
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A.
Old Burying Ground (Bedford, Massachusetts)
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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B.
North Burial Ground, Providence, Rhode Island
North Burial Ground in Providence, Rhode Island is a historic municipal cemetery established in the early 18th century, known as the resting place of many notable local and national 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.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Revolutionary War general
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historic cemetery ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Old Ship Church ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Old Ship Church ⓘ |
| buriedAt | Old Ship Burying Ground, Hingham, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| category |
Cemeteries in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
ⓘ
Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts ⓘ Hingham, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| denominationContext | Congregational ⓘ |
| hasUse |
burial site
ⓘ
cemetery ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic site ⓘ |
| historicPeriod | colonial era ⓘ |
| inception | 17th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hingham, Massachusetts
ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ Plymouth County, Massachusetts ⓘ
linked to:
Plymouth County
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| maintainedBy |
Town of Hingham
ⓘ
linked to:
Hingham, Massachusetts
|
| notableBurial | Benjamin Lincoln ⓘ |
| notableFor |
role in the American Revolutionary War
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service as a major general in the Continental Army ⓘ |
| significantEvent | American Revolutionary War burials ⓘ |
| state | Massachusetts ⓘ |
| tourism | heritage tourism attraction ⓘ |
| town |
Hingham
ⓘ
linked to:
Hingham, Massachusetts
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Old Ship Burying Ground, Hingham, Massachusetts Description of subject: Old Ship Burying Ground in Hingham, Massachusetts is a historic colonial-era cemetery notable as the final resting place of Revolutionary War general and statesman Benjamin Lincoln.
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Old Ship Burying Ground, Hingham, Massachusetts