Phipps Street Burying Ground, Charlestown
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Phipps Street Burying Ground in Charlestown is a historic colonial-era cemetery best known as the final resting place of John Harvard, the namesake of Harvard University.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Phipps Street Burying Ground | 3 |
| Phipps Street Burying Ground, Charlestown canonical | 1 |
| Phipps Street Burying Ground, Charlestown, Massachusetts | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5292 — 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: Phipps Street Burying Ground, Charlestown Context triple: [John Harvard, burialPlace, Phipps Street Burying Ground, Charlestown]
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A.
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery is a historic garden cemetery and arboretum renowned as one of the first rural cemeteries in the United States and a significant cultural and natural landmark.
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B.
Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony was one of the earliest English settlements in New England, located across the Charles River from Boston and serving as an important colonial town in the 17th century.
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C.
Assembly Square, Somerville
Assembly Square is a major mixed-use commercial and residential district in Somerville, Massachusetts, featuring shopping, dining, offices, and transit access along the Mystic River waterfront.
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D.
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Hollywood Forever Cemetery is a historic and celebrity-filled burial ground in Los Angeles, California, known for being the final resting place of many notable figures from the entertainment industry.
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E.
Harvard Yard
Harvard Yard is the historic central area of Harvard University’s campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, known for its iconic brick buildings, freshman dormitories, and academic landmarks.
- 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: Phipps Street Burying Ground, Charlestown Target entity description: Phipps Street Burying Ground in Charlestown is a historic colonial-era cemetery best known as the final resting place of John Harvard, the namesake of Harvard University.
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A.
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery is a historic garden cemetery and arboretum renowned as one of the first rural cemeteries in the United States and a significant cultural and natural landmark.
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B.
Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony was one of the earliest English settlements in New England, located across the Charles River from Boston and serving as an important colonial town in the 17th century.
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C.
Chrysler Mausoleum
The Chrysler Mausoleum is an ornate family tomb in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery associated with the wealthy Chrysler automotive dynasty.
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D.
Assembly Square, Somerville
Assembly Square is a major mixed-use commercial and residential district in Somerville, Massachusetts, featuring shopping, dining, offices, and transit access along the Mystic River waterfront.
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E.
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Hollywood Forever Cemetery is a historic and celebrity-filled burial ground in Los Angeles, California, known for being the final resting place of many notable figures from the entertainment industry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial-era burying ground
ⓘ
historic cemetery ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| category |
Cemeteries in Boston, Massachusetts
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Historic sites in Charlestown, Boston ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era | colonial era ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
association with John Harvard
ⓘ
example of early New England burying ground ⓘ |
| hasFunction | commemoration of early residents of Charlestown ⓘ |
| hasNotableBurial |
John Harvard
ⓘ
colonial-era residents of Charlestown ⓘ early Charlestown settlers ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | historic burying ground ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being a colonial-era cemetery
ⓘ
being the final resting place of John Harvard ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Boston, Massachusetts
ⓘ
Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
surface form:
Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts
Massachusetts ⓘ |
| municipality |
Boston, Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Boston
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| namedAfter | Phipps Street ⓘ |
| neighborhood |
Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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surface form:
Charlestown
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| partOf | historic cemeteries of Boston ⓘ |
| region | New England ⓘ |
| usedFor | burials ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Phipps Street Burying Ground, Charlestown Description of subject: Phipps Street Burying Ground in Charlestown is a historic colonial-era cemetery best known as the final resting place of John Harvard, the namesake of Harvard University.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Phipps Street Burying Ground
this entity surface form:
Phipps Street Burying Ground
this entity surface form:
Phipps Street Burying Ground
this entity surface form:
Phipps Street Burying Ground, Charlestown, Massachusetts