Danvers, Massachusetts (reinterment site)
E105831
Danvers, Massachusetts (reinterment site) is the modern burial location of Salem witch trials victim George Jacobs Sr., where his remains were reinterred as part of efforts to acknowledge and memorialize those wrongfully executed.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Danvers, Massachusetts (reinterment site) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T887182 — 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: Danvers, Massachusetts (reinterment site) Context triple: [George Jacobs Sr., burialPlace, Danvers, Massachusetts (reinterment site)]
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A.
Stockbridge Cemetery, Massachusetts
Stockbridge Cemetery in Massachusetts is a historic burial ground best known as the final resting place of iconic American illustrator Norman Rockwell.
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B.
Union Cemetery, Amesbury, Massachusetts
Union Cemetery in Amesbury, Massachusetts is a historic burial ground best known as the final resting place of the poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier.
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C.
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.
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D.
Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, Massachusetts
Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts is a historic 19th-century garden cemetery known for its notable burials, landscaped grounds, and significant funerary art.
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E.
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Massachusetts, United States
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, Massachusetts is a historic 19th-century burial ground famed for its "Authors' Ridge," where prominent American writers such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Louisa May Alcott are interred.
- 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: Danvers, Massachusetts (reinterment site) Target entity description: Danvers, Massachusetts (reinterment site) is the modern burial location of Salem witch trials victim George Jacobs Sr., where his remains were reinterred as part of efforts to acknowledge and memorialize those wrongfully executed.
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A.
Stockbridge Cemetery, Massachusetts
Stockbridge Cemetery in Massachusetts is a historic burial ground best known as the final resting place of iconic American illustrator Norman Rockwell.
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B.
Union Cemetery, Amesbury, Massachusetts
Union Cemetery in Amesbury, Massachusetts is a historic burial ground best known as the final resting place of the poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier.
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C.
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.
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D.
Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, Massachusetts
Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts is a historic 19th-century garden cemetery known for its notable burials, landscaped grounds, and significant funerary art.
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E.
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Massachusetts, United States
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, Massachusetts is a historic 19th-century burial ground famed for its "Authors' Ridge," where prominent American writers such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Louisa May Alcott are interred.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
burial site
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memorial site ⓘ reinterment site ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Salem witch trials ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson | George Jacobs Sr. ⓘ |
| commemorates |
George Jacobs Sr.
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victims of the Salem witch trials ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | site of posthumous recognition of a Salem witch trials victim ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod | 17th-century American history ⓘ |
| hasReinterredPerson | George Jacobs Sr. ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
historical injustice
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witchcraft persecutions in colonial New England ⓘ |
| hasUse |
educational site about the Salem witch trials
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public commemoration ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | local historical significance ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Danvers, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Essex County, Massachusetts
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Massachusetts ⓘ |
| memorialType | grave reinterment ⓘ |
| purpose |
acknowledgment of wrongful executions during the Salem witch trials
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memorialization of Salem witch trials victims ⓘ |
| relatedPlace |
Salem, Massachusetts
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Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
surface form:
former Salem Village
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| theme |
public historical memory of the Salem witch trials
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remembrance of wrongful execution ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Danvers, Massachusetts (reinterment site) Description of subject: Danvers, Massachusetts (reinterment site) is the modern burial location of Salem witch trials victim George Jacobs Sr., where his remains were reinterred as part of efforts to acknowledge and memorialize those wrongfully executed.
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