Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, Massachusetts
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Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts is a historic 19th-century garden cemetery known for its notable burials, landscaped grounds, and significant funerary art.
All labels observed (6)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T636349 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, Massachusetts Context triple: [Reggie Lewis, burialPlace, Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, Massachusetts]
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Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Granary Burying Ground in Boston is a historic colonial-era cemetery notable as the resting place of prominent American Revolution figures, including John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and Paul Revere.
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Stockbridge Cemetery, Massachusetts
Stockbridge Cemetery in Massachusetts is a historic burial ground best known as the final resting place of iconic American illustrator Norman Rockwell.
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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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Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Sleepy Hollow, New York, famed for its association with author Washington Irving and his classic tale "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
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Union Cemetery, Amesbury, Massachusetts
Union Cemetery in Amesbury, Massachusetts is a historic burial ground best known as the final resting place of the poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier.
- 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: Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, Massachusetts Target entity description: Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts is a historic 19th-century garden cemetery known for its notable burials, landscaped grounds, and significant funerary art.
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A.
Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Granary Burying Ground in Boston is a historic colonial-era cemetery notable as the resting place of prominent American Revolution figures, including John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and Paul Revere.
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B.
Stockbridge Cemetery, Massachusetts
Stockbridge Cemetery in Massachusetts is a historic burial ground best known as the final resting place of iconic American illustrator Norman Rockwell.
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C.
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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Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Sleepy Hollow, New York, famed for its association with author Washington Irving and his classic tale "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
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Union Cemetery, Amesbury, Massachusetts
Union Cemetery in Amesbury, Massachusetts is a historic burial ground best known as the final resting place of the poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
garden cemetery
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historic cemetery ⓘ rural cemetery ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Victorian landscape design ⓘ |
| city |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston
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| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| designedAs | garden cemetery ⓘ |
| establishedInCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole |
outdoor museum of funerary art
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urban green space ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
chapel
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columbarium ⓘ lakes ⓘ mature trees ⓘ mausoleums ⓘ memorials ⓘ sculpture garden elements ⓘ winding paths ⓘ |
| hasNotableBurial |
Anne Sexton
ⓘ
Curtis Guild Jr. ⓘ E. E. Cummings ⓘ Eugene O'Neill ⓘ
surface form:
Eugene O’Neill
Francis Parkman ⓘ George A. Aiken ⓘ Henry Dearborn ⓘ James Michael Curley ⓘ John T. Trowbridge ⓘ Joseph Warren Bailey ⓘ Lucy Stone ⓘ William Cooper Nell ⓘ William Lloyd Garrison ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | historic cemetery of Boston ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Mount Auburn Cemetery ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Victorian-era monuments
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funerary art ⓘ landscaped grounds ⓘ notable burials ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| location |
Jamaica Plain
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surface form:
Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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| neighborhood | Jamaica Plain ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1848 ⓘ |
| partOf | garden cemetery movement in the United States ⓘ |
| state | Massachusetts ⓘ |
| usedFor |
burials
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cremation ⓘ historical tourism ⓘ memorialization ⓘ passive recreation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, Massachusetts Description of subject: Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts is a historic 19th-century garden cemetery known for its notable burials, landscaped grounds, and significant funerary art.
Referenced by (11)
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this entity surface form:
Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
this entity surface form:
Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston
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Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
this entity surface form:
Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
this entity surface form:
Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
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Forest Hills Cemetery vicinity, Roxbury area (historical)
this entity surface form:
Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
this entity surface form:
Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston
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Forest Hills Cemetery (Boston) plans and improvements