Montgomery Cemetery, Norristown, Pennsylvania
E149843
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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Montgomery Cemetery, Norristown, Pennsylvania canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1313098 — 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: Montgomery Cemetery, Norristown, Pennsylvania Context triple: [Winfield Scott Hancock, burialPlace, Montgomery Cemetery, Norristown, Pennsylvania]
-
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.
-
B.
Woodward Hill Cemetery, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Woodward Hill Cemetery in Lancaster, Pennsylvania is a historic burial ground best known as the final resting place of U.S. President James Buchanan.
-
C.
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia
Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia is a historic 19th-century rural cemetery and National Historic Landmark known for its elaborate monuments and as the resting place of many prominent Americans.
-
D.
Shreiner-Concord Cemetery, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Shreiner-Concord Cemetery in Lancaster, Pennsylvania is a historic burial ground best known as the final resting place of prominent abolitionist and statesman Thaddeus Stevens.
-
E.
West Point Cemetery
West Point Cemetery is a historic military burial ground at the United States Military Academy, serving as the final resting place for many prominent American soldiers and leaders.
- 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: Montgomery Cemetery, Norristown, Pennsylvania Target entity description: 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.
-
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.
-
B.
Woodward Hill Cemetery, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Woodward Hill Cemetery in Lancaster, Pennsylvania is a historic burial ground best known as the final resting place of U.S. President James Buchanan.
-
C.
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia
Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia is a historic 19th-century rural cemetery and National Historic Landmark known for its elaborate monuments and as the resting place of many prominent Americans.
-
D.
Shreiner-Concord Cemetery, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Shreiner-Concord Cemetery in Lancaster, Pennsylvania is a historic burial ground best known as the final resting place of prominent abolitionist and statesman Thaddeus Stevens.
-
E.
West Point Cemetery
West Point Cemetery is a historic military burial ground at the United States Military Academy, serving as the final resting place for many prominent American soldiers and leaders.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
burial ground
ⓘ
cemetery ⓘ historic cemetery ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| hasApproximateEstablishmentPeriod | mid-19th century ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
American Civil War cemeteries
ⓘ
Buildings and structures in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania ⓘ Burials in Pennsylvania ⓘ Cemeteries in Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
burial place
ⓘ
historic site ⓘ memorial site ⓘ |
| hasGravesFromConflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| hasHistoricSignificance |
American Civil War history
ⓘ
local history of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
family plots of local notable families
ⓘ
graves of prominent Civil War figures ⓘ monuments and headstones from the 19th century ⓘ |
| hasVisitorAccess | yes ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | historic burial ground ⓘ |
| inception | 19th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
ⓘ
Norristown, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Norristown, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedOn | Schuylkill River ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Historical Society of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| notableBurial |
Adam J. Slemmer
ⓘ
Civil War veterans ⓘ John Frederick Hartranft ⓘ Samuel K. Zook NERFINISHED ⓘ Union Army officers ⓘ Winfield Scott Hancock ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Historical Society of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| region | Southeastern Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commemoration of Civil War soldiers
ⓘ
public historical tours ⓘ |
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: Montgomery Cemetery, Norristown, Pennsylvania Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.