DeLorean time machine
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The DeLorean time machine is the iconic, gull-winged car modified with a flux capacitor that enables time travel in the "Back to the Future" film series.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DeLorean time machine canonical | 8 |
| flux capacitor | 4 |
| DeLorean DMC-12 | 2 |
| time-traveling DeLorean | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1636916 — 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: DeLorean time machine Context triple: [Back to the Future, featuresVehicle, DeLorean time machine]
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A.
TARDIS
The TARDIS is the Doctor’s iconic time-traveling spacecraft and time machine, famous for its blue British police box exterior and vast, advanced interior.
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B.
Infinite Improbability Drive
The Infinite Improbability Drive is a fictional propulsion system from *The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy* that allows a spaceship to instantaneously traverse vast interstellar distances by exploiting extremely improbable events.
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C.
Time-Turner
The Time-Turner is a magical hourglass device in the Harry Potter series that allows its user to travel back in time for a limited period.
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D.
Back to the Future
Back to the Future is a 1985 science-fiction comedy film about a teenager who accidentally travels back in time and must ensure his parents fall in love to preserve his own existence.
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E.
Man Vehicle Laboratory
Man Vehicle Laboratory is an MIT research lab focused on human factors, human–machine interaction, and human performance in aerospace and other complex vehicle systems.
- 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: DeLorean time machine Target entity description: The DeLorean time machine is the iconic, gull-winged car modified with a flux capacitor that enables time travel in the "Back to the Future" film series.
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A.
TARDIS
The TARDIS is the Doctor’s iconic time-traveling spacecraft and time machine, famous for its blue British police box exterior and vast, advanced interior.
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B.
Infinite Improbability Drive
The Infinite Improbability Drive is a fictional propulsion system from *The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy* that allows a spaceship to instantaneously traverse vast interstellar distances by exploiting extremely improbable events.
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C.
Time-Turner
The Time-Turner is a magical hourglass device in the Harry Potter series that allows its user to travel back in time for a limited period.
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D.
Back to the Future
Back to the Future is a 1985 science-fiction comedy film about a teenager who accidentally travels back in time and must ensure his parents fall in love to preserve his own existence.
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E.
Man Vehicle Laboratory
Man Vehicle Laboratory is an MIT research lab focused on human factors, human–machine interaction, and human performance in aerospace and other complex vehicle systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional time machine
ⓘ
fictional vehicle ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Back to the Future
ⓘ
Back to the Future Part II ⓘ Back to the Future Part III ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Amblin Entertainment
ⓘ
Bob Gale ⓘ Robert Zemeckis ⓘ Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| basedOn | DeLorean DMC-12 ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Dr. Emmett Brown
ⓘ
surface form:
Doc Brown
|
| culturalImpact |
icon of 1980s pop culture
ⓘ
iconic movie car ⓘ |
| designedFor | time travel ⓘ |
| fictionalCreator |
Dr. Emmett Brown
ⓘ
surface form:
Emmett Brown
|
| fictionalStatus | nonexistent in real world ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Back to the Future
ⓘ
surface form:
film Back to the Future (1985)
|
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasBodyStyle | gull-winged sports car ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
DeLorean time machine
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
flux capacitor
|
| hasControl | time circuit keypad ⓘ |
| hasDisplay |
destination time display
ⓘ
last time departed display ⓘ present time display ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Mr. Fusion Home Energy Reactor
ⓘ
surface form:
Mr. Fusion unit
digital time display ⓘ flying capability ⓘ fold-down wheels ⓘ gull-wing doors ⓘ hover conversion ⓘ time circuits ⓘ |
| hasIconicElement |
88 mph speed requirement
ⓘ
DeLorean time machine self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
flux capacitor
gull-wing doors ⓘ |
| hasMaterial | stainless steel body ⓘ |
| notableDestination |
1885
ⓘ
1955 ⓘ 1985 ⓘ 2015 ⓘ |
| poweredBy |
Mr. Fusion Home Energy Reactor
ⓘ
plutonium-powered nuclear reactor ⓘ |
| primaryUser |
Dr. Emmett Brown
ⓘ
surface form:
Doc Brown
Marty McFly ⓘ |
| propType | film prop car ⓘ |
| requiresSpeed | 88 miles per hour ⓘ |
| setInUniverse |
Back to the Future trilogy
ⓘ
surface form:
Back to the Future universe
|
| timeTravelActivationSpeed | 88 mph ⓘ |
| timeTravelMethod | temporal displacement ⓘ |
| usesTechnology | flux capacitor ⓘ |
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: DeLorean time machine Description of subject: The DeLorean time machine is the iconic, gull-winged car modified with a flux capacitor that enables time travel in the "Back to the Future" film series.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
DeLorean DMC-12
this entity surface form:
time-traveling DeLorean
this entity surface form:
flux capacitor
this entity surface form:
DeLorean DMC-12
this entity surface form:
flux capacitor
this entity surface form:
flux capacitor
this entity surface form:
flux capacitor
this entity surface form:
time-traveling DeLorean