Time After Time
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Time After Time is a 1979 science fiction film that imagines H.G. Wells pursuing Jack the Ripper into modern-day San Francisco using a time machine.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Time After Time canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10281630 — 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: Time After Time Context triple: [Malcolm McDowell, notableWork, Time After Time]
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A.
Time After Time
"Time After Time" is a 1983 pop ballad by Cyndi Lauper that became one of her signature hits, known for its emotional lyrics and melodic, synth-driven sound.
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B.
Time After Time
"Time After Time" is a popular 1947 American standard song composed by Jule Styne with lyrics by Sammy Cahn, widely recorded by jazz and pop vocalists.
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C.
Only Time
"Only Time" is a widely recognized New Age ballad by Irish singer Enya, known for its ethereal vocals and use in numerous films, commercials, and memorial tributes.
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D.
Time (Clock of the Heart)
"Time (Clock of the Heart)" is a 1982 synth-pop ballad by Culture Club, featuring Boy George, that became one of the band's signature hits.
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E.
Another Time
"Another Time" is a soulful, groove-driven track by the duo NxWorries (Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge) from their collaborative album *Yes Lawd!*.
- 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: Time After Time Target entity description: Time After Time is a 1979 science fiction film that imagines H.G. Wells pursuing Jack the Ripper into modern-day San Francisco using a time machine.
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A.
Time After Time
"Time After Time" is a popular 1947 American standard song composed by Jule Styne with lyrics by Sammy Cahn, widely recorded by jazz and pop vocalists.
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B.
Time After Time
"Time After Time" is a 1983 pop ballad by Cyndi Lauper that became one of her signature hits, known for its emotional lyrics and melodic, synth-driven sound.
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C.
Only Time
"Only Time" is a widely recognized New Age ballad by Irish singer Enya, known for its ethereal vocals and use in numerous films, commercials, and memorial tributes.
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D.
Time (Clock of the Heart)
"Time (Clock of the Heart)" is a 1982 synth-pop ballad by Culture Club, featuring Boy George, that became one of the band's signature hits.
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E.
Another Time
"Another Time" is a soulful, groove-driven track by the duo NxWorries (Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge) from their collaborative album *Yes Lawd!*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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science fiction film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Time After Time (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Karl Alexander NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Paul Lohmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Nicholas Meyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy |
Warner Bros. Pictures
ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros.
|
| distributorRegion |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| editedBy | Robert Swink NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmRatingUS | PG ⓘ |
| genre |
romance
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
fish out of water
ⓘ
romantic relationship across time ⓘ time travel ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Amy Robbins
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
H. G. Wells NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack the Ripper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Miklós Rózsa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | historical figures placed in a modern setting ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | H. G. Wells pursues Jack the Ripper to modern-day San Francisco using a time machine. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portraysCity | San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portraysFictionalVersionOf |
H. G. Wells
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jack the Ripper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDateUS | 1979-08-31 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| runningTimeMinutes | 112 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Nicholas Meyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
San Francisco
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Victorian London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars |
David Warner
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Malcolm McDowell NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Steenburgen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeTravelElement | H. G. Wells uses a time machine to travel to the future. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Time After Time Description of subject: Time After Time is a 1979 science fiction film that imagines H.G. Wells pursuing Jack the Ripper into modern-day San Francisco using a time machine.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.