Hill Valley Courthouse Square
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Hill Valley Courthouse Square is the iconic central town square and courthouse setting prominently featured in the Back to the Future film series.
All labels observed (9)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7940331 — 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 Courthouse Square Context triple: [Hill Valley, hasLandmark, Hill Valley Courthouse Square]
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San Gabriel Square
San Gabriel Square is a prominent Chinese-themed shopping center in the San Gabriel Valley, known for its Asian supermarkets, restaurants, and specialty shops.
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Monterey Square
Monterey Square is one of Savannah, Georgia’s most picturesque and historically significant public squares, known for its elegant surrounding architecture and tranquil, tree-lined setting.
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Vellucci Plaza
Vellucci Plaza is a small public square and community gathering spot located in the Inman Square neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Pioneer Plaza
Pioneer Plaza is a large public park and sculpture installation in Dallas, Texas, best known for its dramatic bronze cattle-drive statues commemorating the city's Old West heritage.
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Pioneer Plaza
Pioneer Plaza is a prominent commercial office complex in downtown Honolulu known for housing various businesses and financial institutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hill Valley Courthouse Square Target entity description: Hill Valley Courthouse Square is the iconic central town square and courthouse setting prominently featured in the Back to the Future film series.
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A.
San Gabriel Square
San Gabriel Square is a prominent Chinese-themed shopping center in the San Gabriel Valley, known for its Asian supermarkets, restaurants, and specialty shops.
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B.
Monterey Square
Monterey Square is one of Savannah, Georgia’s most picturesque and historically significant public squares, known for its elegant surrounding architecture and tranquil, tree-lined setting.
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C.
Vellucci Plaza
Vellucci Plaza is a small public square and community gathering spot located in the Inman Square neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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D.
Pioneer Plaza
Pioneer Plaza is a large public park and sculpture installation in Dallas, Texas, best known for its dramatic bronze cattle-drive statues commemorating the city's Old West heritage.
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E.
Pioneer Plaza
Pioneer Plaza is a prominent commercial office complex in downtown Honolulu known for housing various businesses and financial institutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
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town square ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Back to the Future
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Back to the Future Part II ⓘ Back to the Future Part III ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Biff Tannen
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Doc Brown ⓘ
linked to:
Dr. Emmett Brown
George McFly ⓘ Lorraine Baines McFly ⓘ Marty McFly ⓘ |
| centralTo | Hill Valley civic life ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalSetting |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdFor |
Back to the Future film series
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linked to:
Back to the Future trilogy
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| fandomSubjectOf | Back to the Future fan tours ⓘ |
| fictionalFirstAppearanceYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| hasCentralBuilding | Hill Valley Courthouse ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
clock tower
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courthouse steps ⓘ street intersection ⓘ surrounding shops ⓘ town green ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
comedy film setting
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science fiction setting ⓘ |
| hasIconicProp | stopped clock at 10:04 ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | visual anchor for different timelines ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
1985 skateboard chase involving Marty McFly and Biff Tannen
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2015 hoverboard chase in alternate future ⓘ Western-era festival in 1885 timeline ⓘ lightning strike on clock tower in 1955 timeline ⓘ time-travel DeLorean lightning strike sequence ⓘ |
| partOf | Hill Valley ⓘ |
| stateOfFictionalSetting |
California
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linked to:
California, United States
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| symbolizes |
changes across alternate timelines
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impact of time travel on everyday life ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted |
1885
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1955 ⓘ 1985 ⓘ 2015 ⓘ alternate 1985 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hill Valley Courthouse Square Description of subject: Hill Valley Courthouse Square is the iconic central town square and courthouse setting prominently featured in the Back to the Future film series.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Texaco gas station
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Courthouse Square backlot at Universal Studios Hollywood
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Hill Valley town square set
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