Confederate Soldiers’ Pyramid
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The Confederate Soldiers’ Pyramid is a massive stone monument in Richmond, Virginia’s Hollywood Cemetery commemorating thousands of Confederate enlisted men who died during the American Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Confederate Soldiers’ Pyramid canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2444023 — 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: Confederate Soldiers’ Pyramid Context triple: [Hollywood Cemetery, hasMonument, Confederate Soldiers’ Pyramid]
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A.
Confederate Soldiers Monument
The Confederate Soldiers Monument is a commemorative statue complex honoring Confederate military personnel, located on the grounds of the Texas State Capitol in Austin.
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B.
Civil War Unknowns Monument
The Civil War Unknowns Monument is a memorial at Arlington National Cemetery honoring unidentified Union soldiers who died during the American Civil War.
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C.
Sam Davis Memorial
The Sam Davis Memorial is a monument in Pulaski, Tennessee, honoring Sam Davis, a Confederate scout often referred to as the “Boy Hero of the Confederacy.”
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D.
Stonewall Jackson Monument
The Stonewall Jackson Monument is a commemorative statue honoring Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, located on the Manassas National Battlefield in Virginia.
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E.
Stonewall Jackson Shrine
Stonewall Jackson Shrine is a historic site and preserved building where Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson died in 1863, now maintained as a memorial and museum.
- 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: Confederate Soldiers’ Pyramid Target entity description: The Confederate Soldiers’ Pyramid is a massive stone monument in Richmond, Virginia’s Hollywood Cemetery commemorating thousands of Confederate enlisted men who died during the American Civil War.
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A.
Confederate Soldiers Monument
The Confederate Soldiers Monument is a commemorative statue complex honoring Confederate military personnel, located on the grounds of the Texas State Capitol in Austin.
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B.
Civil War Unknowns Monument
The Civil War Unknowns Monument is a memorial at Arlington National Cemetery honoring unidentified Union soldiers who died during the American Civil War.
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C.
Sam Davis Memorial
The Sam Davis Memorial is a monument in Pulaski, Tennessee, honoring Sam Davis, a Confederate scout often referred to as the “Boy Hero of the Confederacy.”
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D.
Stonewall Jackson Monument
The Stonewall Jackson Monument is a commemorative statue honoring Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, located on the Manassas National Battlefield in Virginia.
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E.
Stonewall Jackson Shrine
Stonewall Jackson Shrine is a historic site and preserved building where Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson died in 1863, now maintained as a memorial and museum.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cenotaph
ⓘ
monument ⓘ war memorial ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | pyramidal stone monument ⓘ |
| associatedCemetery | Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Confederate States of America
ⓘ
Lost Cause of the Confederacy ⓘ |
| builtBy |
Hollywood Memorial Association
ⓘ
women of the Hollywood Memorial Association ⓘ |
| category |
Civil War memorial in Virginia
ⓘ
Confederate monument ⓘ |
| cemeterySection |
Confederate Soldiers’ Section
ⓘ
surface form:
Confederate section of Hollywood Cemetery
|
| city | Richmond ⓘ |
| commemorates |
Confederate States Army enlisted men
ⓘ
Confederate States Army ⓘ
surface form:
Confederate soldiers
|
| commemoratesConflict | American Civil War ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1868 ⓘ |
| context | post–Civil War Confederate memorialization in the American South ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dedicatedTo |
Confederate enlisted soldiers buried in Hollywood Cemetery
ⓘ
approximately 18,000 Confederate enlisted men ⓘ |
| features |
inscriptions honoring Confederate dead
ⓘ
rough-cut granite blocks ⓘ stone cross at the apex ⓘ |
| hasCross | stone cross at top of pyramid ⓘ |
| hasNearbyBurials |
Confederate soldiers buried in individual graves
ⓘ
Confederate soldiers buried in mass graves ⓘ |
| height | approximately 90 feet ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | part of Hollywood Cemetery listing on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| inaugurationDate | November 8, 1869 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Richmond, Virginia
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Virginia ⓘ |
| location | Hollywood Cemetery ⓘ |
| material | granite ⓘ |
| memorialType | collective memorial for unidentified and identified soldiers ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the largest Confederate monuments in Richmond
ⓘ
its massive rough-hewn granite construction ⓘ |
| owner |
Hollywood Cemetery
ⓘ
surface form:
Hollywood Cemetery Company
|
| shape | pyramid ⓘ |
| state | Virginia ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| yearCompleted | 1869 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Confederate Soldiers’ Pyramid Description of subject: The Confederate Soldiers’ Pyramid is a massive stone monument in Richmond, Virginia’s Hollywood Cemetery commemorating thousands of Confederate enlisted men who died during the American Civil War.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.