Hill Valley Train Station
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Hill Valley Train Station is a fictional railway station in the Back to the Future film series, serving as a key setting for the time-traveling DeLorean’s dramatic arrivals and departures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hill Valley Train Station canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7940346 — 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: Hill Valley Train Station Context triple: [Hill Valley, hasLandmark, Hill Valley Train Station]
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A.
Arrowood station
Arrowood station is a light rail stop on Charlotte's LYNX Blue Line serving the Arrowood Road area in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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B.
Sunnydale station
Sunnydale station is a light rail stop in San Francisco serving as the southern terminus of the Muni Metro T Third Street line.
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C.
Central Station
Central Station is a key elevated stop on Jacksonville’s automated Skyway people mover system in downtown Jacksonville, Florida.
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D.
Central Station
Central Station is a 1998 Brazilian drama film by Walter Salles that follows the emotional journey of a retired schoolteacher and a young boy traveling across Brazil in search of his father.
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E.
Central Station
Central Station is a key light rail stop on the METRO Green Line serving as an important transit hub in its area.
- 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: Hill Valley Train Station Target entity description: Hill Valley Train Station is a fictional railway station in the Back to the Future film series, serving as a key setting for the time-traveling DeLorean’s dramatic arrivals and departures.
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A.
Arrowood station
Arrowood station is a light rail stop on Charlotte's LYNX Blue Line serving the Arrowood Road area in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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B.
Sunnydale station
Sunnydale station is a light rail stop in San Francisco serving as the southern terminus of the Muni Metro T Third Street line.
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C.
Central Station
Central Station is a key elevated stop on Jacksonville’s automated Skyway people mover system in downtown Jacksonville, Florida.
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D.
Central Station
Central Station is a 1998 Brazilian drama film by Walter Salles that follows the emotional journey of a retired schoolteacher and a young boy traveling across Brazil in search of his father.
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E.
Central Station
Central Station is a key light rail stop on the METRO Green Line serving as an important transit hub in its area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
ⓘ
fictional railway station ⓘ film location ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Back to the Future
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Back to the Future Part II NERFINISHED ⓘ Back to the Future Part III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | time travel film ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacterArc | Doc Brown and Clara Clayton leaving in time-traveling train ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
DeLorean pushed by locomotive to reach 88 mph
ⓘ
final time jump from 1885 to 1985 ⓘ |
| createdFor | Back to the Future Part III production NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diegeticFunction | transportation hub in Hill Valley ⓘ |
| diegeticTimeTravelMechanism | DeLorean pushed by steam locomotive ⓘ |
| fandomDomain | Back to the Future fandom ⓘ |
| fictionalCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1990 ⓘ |
| franchiseCreator |
Bob Gale
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert Zemeckis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus | canonical location in Back to the Future films ⓘ |
| hasFictionalRailroad | Hill Valley railroad line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStructureType |
railway station platform
ⓘ
train tracks ⓘ |
| hasTransportationMode |
time machine
ⓘ
train ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedInFictional | Hill Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
time travel arrival point
ⓘ
time travel departure point ⓘ |
| notableFeature | railroad bridge used for DeLorean time jump ⓘ |
| partOf | Back to the Future franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Back to the Future: The Ultimate Visual History NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
1885 (fictional year)
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19th century American West ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ |
| usedByCharacter |
Clara Clayton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Emmett Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ Marty McFly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedByVehicle |
DeLorean time machine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
steam locomotive ⓘ |
| usedForSceneType |
climactic action sequence
ⓘ
farewell scene ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hill Valley Train Station Description of subject: Hill Valley Train Station is a fictional railway station in the Back to the Future film series, serving as a key setting for the time-traveling DeLorean’s dramatic arrivals and departures.
Referenced by (1)
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