BMW E23
E340946
The BMW E23 is the first generation of BMW's flagship 7 Series luxury sedan, produced from the late 1970s through the 1980s and known for introducing advanced technology and executive-class comfort to the lineup.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| BMW E23 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3182056 — 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: BMW E23 Context triple: [BMW 7 Series, hasGeneration, BMW E23]
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A.
BMW 132
The BMW 132 was a German nine-cylinder air-cooled radial aircraft engine widely used in Luftwaffe bombers and transport aircraft during the 1930s and World War II.
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B.
BMW 02 Series
The BMW 02 Series is a classic line of compact executive cars from the late 1960s and 1970s that helped establish BMW’s reputation for sporty, driver-focused vehicles.
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C.
BMW Z3
The BMW Z3 is a compact two-seat roadster (and later coupe) produced by BMW from the mid-1990s to early 2000s, known for its sporty handling and appearance in the James Bond film "GoldenEye."
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D.
BMW 3 Series
The BMW 3 Series is a line of compact executive cars renowned for its sporty handling, premium build quality, and status as one of BMW’s most popular and influential models.
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E.
BMW 5 Series
The BMW 5 Series is a line of executive mid-size luxury cars known for combining performance, comfort, and advanced technology.
- 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: BMW E23 Target entity description: The BMW E23 is the first generation of BMW's flagship 7 Series luxury sedan, produced from the late 1970s through the 1980s and known for introducing advanced technology and executive-class comfort to the lineup.
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A.
BMW 132
The BMW 132 was a German nine-cylinder air-cooled radial aircraft engine widely used in Luftwaffe bombers and transport aircraft during the 1930s and World War II.
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B.
BMW 02 Series
The BMW 02 Series is a classic line of compact executive cars from the late 1960s and 1970s that helped establish BMW’s reputation for sporty, driver-focused vehicles.
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C.
BMW Z3
The BMW Z3 is a compact two-seat roadster (and later coupe) produced by BMW from the mid-1990s to early 2000s, known for its sporty handling and appearance in the James Bond film "GoldenEye."
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D.
BMW 3 Series
The BMW 3 Series is a line of compact executive cars renowned for its sporty handling, premium build quality, and status as one of BMW’s most popular and influential models.
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E.
BMW 5 Series
The BMW 5 Series is a line of executive mid-size luxury cars known for combining performance, comfort, and advanced technology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
BMW 7 Series
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executive car ⓘ luxury sedan ⓘ |
| assemblyLocation |
Dingolfing, Germany
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Munich ⓘ
surface form:
Munich, Germany
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| bodyStyle | 4-door sedan ⓘ |
| class | full-size luxury car ⓘ |
| designer | Paul Bracq ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | inline-six petrol engines ⓘ |
| engineFamily | BMW M30 ⓘ |
| fuelType | petrol ⓘ |
| height | 1430 mm ⓘ |
| introduced | 1977 Frankfurt Motor Show ⓘ |
| layout | front-engine, rear-wheel-drive ⓘ |
| length | 4860 mm ⓘ |
| manufacturer | BMW ⓘ |
| market |
European market
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Japanese market ⓘ North American market ⓘ |
| marketSegment | flagship model ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
ABS brakes (optional then standard on later models)
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advanced onboard electronics ⓘ check control system ⓘ climate control system ⓘ cruise control (optional) ⓘ driver airbag on later models in some markets ⓘ on-board computer (OBC) ⓘ service interval indicator ⓘ |
| platform | BMW E23 platform ⓘ |
| predecessor | BMW E3 ⓘ |
| productionEnd | 1986 ⓘ |
| productionStart | 1977 ⓘ |
| safetyFeature |
anti-lock braking system
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driver airbag (late models, selected markets) ⓘ |
| series | BMW 7 Series ⓘ |
| specialModel | 745i turbocharged variant ⓘ |
| successor | BMW E32 ⓘ |
| successorSeries |
BMW E32
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surface form:
BMW 7 Series E32 generation
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| transmissionOption |
3-speed automatic
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4-speed automatic ⓘ 4-speed manual ⓘ 5-speed manual ⓘ |
| trimLevel |
728
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728i ⓘ 730 ⓘ 732i ⓘ 733i ⓘ 735i ⓘ 745i ⓘ |
| wheelbase | 2795 mm ⓘ |
| width | 1800 mm ⓘ |
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: BMW E23 Description of subject: The BMW E23 is the first generation of BMW's flagship 7 Series luxury sedan, produced from the late 1970s through the 1980s and known for introducing advanced technology and executive-class comfort to the lineup.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.