Chrome PDF viewer
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Chrome PDF viewer is a built-in Google Chrome component that lets users open, view, and interact with PDF files directly in the browser without needing external plugins or software.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chrome PDF viewer canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12975058 — 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: Chrome PDF viewer Context triple: [Pepper Plugin API, notableUse, Chrome PDF viewer]
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A.
SumatraPDF
SumatraPDF is a lightweight, open-source document viewer for Windows that supports formats like PDF, ePub, MOBI, XPS, DjVu, and comic book files, known for its speed and minimalistic interface.
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B.
GSview
GSview is a graphical user interface for viewing and managing PostScript and PDF files using the Ghostscript interpreter.
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C.
Atril document viewer
Atril document viewer is a lightweight, multi-format document viewer commonly used in Linux environments, particularly within the MATE desktop, to display PDFs, PostScript, and other document types.
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D.
Okular document viewer
Okular document viewer is a versatile, open-source multi-format document viewer from the KDE ecosystem that supports PDFs, e-books, images, and more with advanced annotation and navigation features.
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E.
Evince
Evince is a free, open-source document viewer for the GNOME desktop environment that supports formats like PDF, PostScript, DjVu, and TIFF.
- 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: Chrome PDF viewer Target entity description: Chrome PDF viewer is a built-in Google Chrome component that lets users open, view, and interact with PDF files directly in the browser without needing external plugins or software.
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A.
SumatraPDF
SumatraPDF is a lightweight, open-source document viewer for Windows that supports formats like PDF, ePub, MOBI, XPS, DjVu, and comic book files, known for its speed and minimalistic interface.
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B.
GSview
GSview is a graphical user interface for viewing and managing PostScript and PDF files using the Ghostscript interpreter.
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C.
Atril document viewer
Atril document viewer is a lightweight, multi-format document viewer commonly used in Linux environments, particularly within the MATE desktop, to display PDFs, PostScript, and other document types.
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D.
Okular document viewer
Okular document viewer is a versatile, open-source multi-format document viewer from the KDE ecosystem that supports PDFs, e-books, images, and more with advanced annotation and navigation features.
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E.
Evince
Evince is a free, open-source document viewer for the GNOME desktop environment that supports formats like PDF, PostScript, DjVu, and TIFF.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
PDF viewer
ⓘ
browser component ⓘ built-in Chrome feature ⓘ |
| basedOn | PDFium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canBe | disabled via Chrome settings or policies ⓘ |
| competesWith |
Adobe Acrobat Reader browser plugin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Microsoft Edge built-in PDF viewer ⓘ |
| defaultState | enabled by default ⓘ |
| developer | Google ⓘ |
| doesNotRequire |
external PDF plugin
ⓘ
separate PDF application ⓘ |
| feature |
basic annotation viewing
ⓘ
basic form filling ⓘ copy text ⓘ download PDF ⓘ fit to page ⓘ fit to width ⓘ inline PDF viewing ⓘ page navigation ⓘ print PDF ⓘ rotate pages ⓘ search within document ⓘ table of contents sidebar ⓘ text selection ⓘ thumbnails sidebar ⓘ two-page view ⓘ zoom controls ⓘ |
| integratedWith | Chrome DevTools printing pipeline NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Google Chrome 8 ⓘ |
| license | proprietary ⓘ |
| partOf | Google Chrome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platform |
Android
ⓘ
ChromeOS NERFINISHED ⓘ Linux ⓘ Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| replaced | NPAPI-based PDF plugins in Chrome ⓘ |
| requires | Google Chrome installation ⓘ |
| runsIn | Google Chrome browser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| securityFeature |
automatic updates via Chrome
ⓘ
sandboxed execution ⓘ |
| supports |
embedded PDFs in web pages
ⓘ
opening PDFs from local files ⓘ opening PDFs from web URLs ⓘ |
| supportsFileFormat | PDF ⓘ |
| usedFor |
previewing downloaded PDFs
ⓘ
printing web pages to PDF ⓘ viewing PDF attachments in webmail ⓘ |
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: Chrome PDF viewer Description of subject: Chrome PDF viewer is a built-in Google Chrome component that lets users open, view, and interact with PDF files directly in the browser without needing external plugins or software.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.