St. James’ Episcopal Churchyard, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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St. James’ Episcopal Churchyard in Lancaster, Pennsylvania is a historic Episcopal burial ground notable as the final resting place of Revolutionary War General Edward Hand.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| St. James’ Episcopal Churchyard, Lancaster, Pennsylvania canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10417599 — 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: St. James’ Episcopal Churchyard, Lancaster, Pennsylvania Context triple: [Edward Hand, burialPlace, St. James’ Episcopal Churchyard, Lancaster, Pennsylvania]
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A.
Woodward Hill Cemetery, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Woodward Hill Cemetery in Lancaster, Pennsylvania is a historic burial ground best known as the final resting place of U.S. President James Buchanan.
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B.
St. Peter’s Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia
St. Peter’s Episcopal Churchyard in Philadelphia is a historic colonial-era burial ground associated with St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, known for being the final resting place of prominent 18th- and 19th-century American figures.
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C.
St. James the Less Church Cemetery, Philadelphia
St. James the Less Church Cemetery in Philadelphia is a historic burial ground associated with the Episcopal Church of St. James the Less, known for interring prominent local figures including department store magnate Rodman Wanamaker.
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D.
Prospect Hill Cemetery, York, Pennsylvania
Prospect Hill Cemetery in York, Pennsylvania is a historic burial ground known for interring notable figures from American history, including Founding Father Philip Livingston.
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E.
St. Paul’s Episcopal Churchyard, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, United States
St. Paul’s Episcopal Churchyard in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, is a historic cemetery known as the final resting place of Titanic victim and noted book collector Harry Elkins Widener.
- 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: St. James’ Episcopal Churchyard, Lancaster, Pennsylvania Target entity description: St. James’ Episcopal Churchyard in Lancaster, Pennsylvania is a historic Episcopal burial ground notable as the final resting place of Revolutionary War General Edward Hand.
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A.
Woodward Hill Cemetery, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Woodward Hill Cemetery in Lancaster, Pennsylvania is a historic burial ground best known as the final resting place of U.S. President James Buchanan.
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B.
St. Peter’s Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia
St. Peter’s Episcopal Churchyard in Philadelphia is a historic colonial-era burial ground associated with St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, known for being the final resting place of prominent 18th- and 19th-century American figures.
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C.
St. James the Less Church Cemetery, Philadelphia
St. James the Less Church Cemetery in Philadelphia is a historic burial ground associated with the Episcopal Church of St. James the Less, known for interring prominent local figures including department store magnate Rodman Wanamaker.
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D.
Prospect Hill Cemetery, York, Pennsylvania
Prospect Hill Cemetery in York, Pennsylvania is a historic burial ground known for interring notable figures from American history, including Founding Father Philip Livingston.
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E.
St. Paul’s Episcopal Churchyard, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, United States
St. Paul’s Episcopal Churchyard in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, is a historic cemetery known as the final resting place of Titanic victim and noted book collector Harry Elkins Widener.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
churchyard
ⓘ
historic site ⓘ person ⓘ |
| allegiance | Continental Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American Revolutionary War history
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St. James’ Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlaceOf | Edward Hand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| buriedIn | St. James’ Episcopal Churchyard, Lancaster, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | approximate: 40.04°N 76.31°W ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| denomination | Episcopal Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function | parish burial ground ⓘ |
| hasGraveType |
historic headstones
ⓘ
marked graves ⓘ |
| hasNotableBurial | Edward Hand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritage | Revolutionary War–era historic burial ground ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
NERFINISHED
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ Pennsylvania ⓘ downtown Lancaster, Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the burial place of Revolutionary War General Edward Hand
ⓘ
service as a general in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| occupation | military officer ⓘ |
| ownedBy | St. James’ Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Anglicanism ⓘ |
| tradition | Anglican burial customs ⓘ |
| usedFor | Christian burials ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: St. James’ Episcopal Churchyard, Lancaster, Pennsylvania Description of subject: St. James’ Episcopal Churchyard in Lancaster, Pennsylvania is a historic Episcopal burial ground notable as the final resting place of Revolutionary War General Edward Hand.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.