Birmingham city cemetery system
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The Birmingham city cemetery system is the municipal network of public cemeteries in Birmingham, Alabama, encompassing historic burial grounds such as Elmwood Cemetery.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Birmingham city cemetery system canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7254271 — 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: Birmingham city cemetery system Context triple: [Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, Alabama), isPartOf, Birmingham city cemetery system]
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A.
Friends' burial ground, Birmingham
Friends' burial ground, Birmingham is a historic Quaker cemetery in Birmingham, England, associated with the local Religious Society of Friends community.
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B.
Southern Cemetery, Manchester
Southern Cemetery, Manchester is one of the largest municipal cemeteries in the United Kingdom, serving as a major Victorian-era burial ground for the city and the resting place of many notable figures.
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C.
Weaste Cemetery
Weaste Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Salford, Greater Manchester, known for its Victorian-era monuments and notable local interments.
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D.
St. Albani cemetery complex
The St. Albani cemetery complex is a historic burial ground known for housing notable graves and monuments, including that of mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss.
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E.
Glasgow Necropolis
Glasgow Necropolis is a vast Victorian garden cemetery in Glasgow, Scotland, known for its elaborate monuments, historic graves, and panoramic views over the city.
- 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: Birmingham city cemetery system Target entity description: The Birmingham city cemetery system is the municipal network of public cemeteries in Birmingham, Alabama, encompassing historic burial grounds such as Elmwood Cemetery.
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A.
Friends' burial ground, Birmingham
Friends' burial ground, Birmingham is a historic Quaker cemetery in Birmingham, England, associated with the local Religious Society of Friends community.
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B.
Southern Cemetery, Manchester
Southern Cemetery, Manchester is one of the largest municipal cemeteries in the United Kingdom, serving as a major Victorian-era burial ground for the city and the resting place of many notable figures.
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C.
Weaste Cemetery
Weaste Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Salford, Greater Manchester, known for its Victorian-era monuments and notable local interments.
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D.
St. Albani cemetery complex
The St. Albani cemetery complex is a historic burial ground known for housing notable graves and monuments, including that of mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss.
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E.
Glasgow Necropolis
Glasgow Necropolis is a vast Victorian garden cemetery in Glasgow, Scotland, known for its elaborate monuments, historic graves, and panoramic views over the city.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cemetery system
ⓘ
municipal service ⓘ |
| category |
Cemeteries in Birmingham, Alabama
ⓘ
Municipal cemeteries in the United States ⓘ |
| containsGravesOf |
business leaders of Birmingham
ⓘ
civil rights era figures ⓘ local political figures ⓘ veterans ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| geographicScope | urban Birmingham area ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
includes historic burial grounds
ⓘ
municipally owned ⓘ nonprofit public service ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
maintenance of cemetery grounds
ⓘ
operation of burial plots ⓘ provision of memorialization options ⓘ record-keeping of interments ⓘ |
| hasOnlinePresence | City of Birmingham official website ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Crematory and columbarium facilities of Birmingham
ⓘ
East Lake Cemetery (Birmingham, Alabama) NERFINISHED ⓘ Elmwood Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ Fraternal Cemetery (Birmingham, Alabama) NERFINISHED ⓘ Greenwood Cemetery (Birmingham, Alabama) NERFINISHED ⓘ Oak Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, Alabama) NERFINISHED ⓘ Shadow Lawn Memorial Gardens (Birmingham, Alabama) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | includes sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| industry |
cemetery management
ⓘ
funeral services ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialDocuments | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Birmingham, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Jefferson County, Alabama
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
State of Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Birmingham Department of Public Works NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePart |
Elmwood Cemetery
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oak Hill Cemetery (Birmingham, Alabama) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | City of Birmingham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | City of Birmingham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicAccess | yes ⓘ |
| purpose |
burial of the dead
ⓘ
preservation of historic graves ⓘ provision of affordable burial space ⓘ |
| regulatedBy |
City of Birmingham ordinances
ⓘ
State of Alabama cemetery laws ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
Jefferson County region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
residents of Birmingham, Alabama ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Birmingham city cemetery system Description of subject: The Birmingham city cemetery system is the municipal network of public cemeteries in Birmingham, Alabama, encompassing historic burial grounds such as Elmwood Cemetery.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, Alabama)