Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City
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Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York City, is a historic, park-like burial ground renowned for its elaborate mausoleums, notable architecture, and many prominent American figures interred there.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T36648 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City Context triple: [Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, burialPlace, Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City]
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Astor Mausoleum
The Astor Mausoleum is an ornate family tomb of the prominent Astor family located within Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in New York.
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Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York, United States
Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira, New York, is a historic burial ground best known as the final resting place of author Mark Twain and members of his family.
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Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York, United States
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York, is a historic rural cemetery famed for its notable burials and its association with Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”
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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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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
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City Target entity description: Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York City, is a historic, park-like burial ground renowned for its elaborate mausoleums, notable architecture, and many prominent American figures interred there.
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A.
Astor Mausoleum
The Astor Mausoleum is an ornate family tomb of the prominent Astor family located within Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in New York.
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Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York, United States
Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira, New York, is a historic burial ground best known as the final resting place of author Mark Twain and members of his family.
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C.
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York, United States
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York, is a historic rural cemetery famed for its notable burials and its association with Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”
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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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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 (74)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cemetery
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garden cemetery ⓘ historic district ⓘ rural cemetery ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| architect |
Carrère and Hastings
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James Gamble Rogers ⓘ John Russell Pope ⓘ McKim, Mead & White ⓘ |
| area | approximately 400 acres ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| countrySubdivision | New York ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Woodlawn Cemetery Association
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| foundedIn | 1863 ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Woodlawn Cemetery (nonprofit organization)
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| hasBurial |
Admiral David Farragut
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Bat Masterson ⓘ Carrie Chapman Catt ⓘ Celeste Holm ⓘ Coleman Hawkins ⓘ Duke Ellington ⓘ Elizabeth Cady Stanton ⓘ Fiorello H. La Guardia ⓘ Fiorello H. La Guardia ⓘ
surface form:
Fiorello Henry La Guardia
Fiorello H. La Guardia ⓘ
surface form:
Fiorello La Guardia
Frank Winfield Woolworth ⓘ Gertrude Ederle ⓘ Herman Melville ⓘ Irving Berlin ⓘ J. C. Penney ⓘ Jay Gould ⓘ Jean-Michel Basquiat ⓘ Joseph Pulitzer ⓘ Lionel Hampton ⓘ Madam C. J. Walker ⓘ Max Roach ⓘ Miles Davis ⓘ Nellie Bly ⓘ R. H. Macy ⓘ Ruth Snyder ⓘ W. C. Handy ⓘ William Randolph Hearst ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
active burial ground
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cultural heritage site ⓘ public green space ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.thewoodlawncemetery.org/ ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
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National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form:
National Register of Historic Places listing
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| heritageDesignationDate | 2011 ⓘ |
| landscapeStyle |
park-like
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picturesque ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
The Bronx
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surface form:
Bronx
New York City ⓘ New York City borough of the Bronx ⓘ New York ⓘ
surface form:
New York State
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| neighborhood | Woodlawn ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Art Nouveau
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surface form:
Art Nouveau architecture
Beaux-Arts ⓘ
surface form:
Beaux-Arts architecture
Gothic Revival architecture ⓘ Romanesque Revival architecture ⓘ burials of many prominent Americans ⓘ elaborate mausoleums ⓘ mausoleums designed by leading architects ⓘ monumental funerary sculpture ⓘ |
| NRHPListing |
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)
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| NRHPType | historic district ⓘ |
| offers |
architectural tours
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guided tours ⓘ historical programs ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1863 ⓘ |
| sculptor |
Alexander Stirling Calder
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Daniel Chester French ⓘ Karl Bitter ⓘ |
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Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York, United States
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Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York
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Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York