Lorraine Baines McFly
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Lorraine Baines McFly is a central character in the "Back to the Future" film series, known as Marty McFly's mother whose teenage past he inadvertently disrupts when he travels back to 1955.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lorraine Baines McFly canonical | 10 |
| Lorraine Baines-McFly | 9 |
| Lorraine Baines McFly (2015 timeline) | 1 |
| Lorraine Baines McFly (alternate 1985 timeline implication) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7940244 — 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)
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Target entity: Lorraine Baines McFly Context triple: [Marty McFly, mother, Lorraine Baines McFly]
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A.
Justine Bateman
Justine Bateman is an American actress, writer, and director best known for her role as Mallory Keaton on the 1980s sitcom "Family Ties."
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B.
Den Watts
Den Watts is a notorious and charismatic fictional landlord and villain from the British soap opera *EastEnders*, best known for his tumultuous relationships and dramatic storylines.
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C.
Christopher Lawford
Christopher Lawford was an American actor, author, and activist, and a member of the Kennedy family known for his work on addiction recovery and public health advocacy.
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D.
Lipsha Morrissey
Lipsha Morrissey is a central, spiritually gifted and emotionally conflicted young man in Louise Erdrich’s interconnected novels about the Ojibwe Kashpaw family, most prominently featured in Love Medicine.
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E.
Elly Jackson
Elly Jackson is an English singer, songwriter, and musician best known as the lead vocalist of the synth-pop act La Roux.
- 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: Lorraine Baines McFly Target entity description: Lorraine Baines McFly is a central character in the "Back to the Future" film series, known as Marty McFly's mother whose teenage past he inadvertently disrupts when he travels back to 1955.
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A.
Justine Bateman
Justine Bateman is an American actress, writer, and director best known for her role as Mallory Keaton on the 1980s sitcom "Family Ties."
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B.
Den Watts
Den Watts is a notorious and charismatic fictional landlord and villain from the British soap opera *EastEnders*, best known for his tumultuous relationships and dramatic storylines.
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C.
Christopher Lawford
Christopher Lawford was an American actor, author, and activist, and a member of the Kennedy family known for his work on addiction recovery and public health advocacy.
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D.
Lipsha Morrissey
Lipsha Morrissey is a central, spiritually gifted and emotionally conflicted young man in Louise Erdrich’s interconnected novels about the Ojibwe Kashpaw family, most prominently featured in Love Medicine.
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E.
Elly Jackson
Elly Jackson is an English singer, songwriter, and musician best known as the lead vocalist of the synth-pop act La Roux.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Back to the Future
ⓘ
Back to the Future Part II ⓘ Back to the Future Part III ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Enchantment Under the Sea dance
ⓘ
Hill Valley High School ⓘ |
| centralTo |
Back to the Future (1985 film plot)
ⓘ
linked to:
Back to the Future
|
| characterArc | transitions from insecure teenager to confident adult in revised timeline ⓘ |
| child |
Dave McFly
ⓘ
Linda McFly ⓘ Marty McFly ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Bob Gale
ⓘ
Robert Zemeckis ⓘ |
| fictionalBirthPlace |
Hill Valley, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Hill Valley
|
| fictionalUniverse |
Back to the Future universe
ⓘ
linked to:
Back to the Future trilogy
|
| firstAppearance | Back to the Future ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| fullName | Lorraine Baines McFly ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction film character ⓘ |
| keyRelationship | mother–son relationship with Marty McFly ⓘ |
| languageOfCharacter | English ⓘ |
| loveInterest | George McFly ⓘ |
| maidenName | Lorraine Baines ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married to George McFly (original and corrected timelines) ⓘ |
| medium | live-action film ⓘ |
| nationality | American (fictional) ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
attends the Enchantment Under the Sea dance
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falls in love with Marty McFly before timeline is corrected ⓘ meets her future son Marty McFly in 1955 ⓘ |
| occupation | homemaker ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
middle-aged mother in 1985
ⓘ
older woman in 2015 future timeline ⓘ teenager in 1955 ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Lea Thompson ⓘ |
| pursuedBy | Biff Tannen ⓘ |
| relative |
Milton Baines
ⓘ
Sally Baines ⓘ Sam Baines ⓘ Stella Baines ⓘ Toby Baines ⓘ |
| residence |
Hill Valley, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Hill Valley
|
| spouse | George McFly ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted |
1955
ⓘ
1985 ⓘ 2015 (alternate future) ⓘ alternate 1985 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lorraine Baines McFly Description of subject: Lorraine Baines McFly is a central character in the "Back to the Future" film series, known as Marty McFly's mother whose teenage past he inadvertently disrupts when he travels back to 1955.
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