Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
E220196
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion is a major release of Apple's desktop operating system that introduced numerous new features and interface changes inspired by iOS, including full-disk encryption, Launchpad, and Mission Control.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mac OS X 10.7 Lion canonical | 5 |
| OS X Lion | 3 |
| Mac OS X Lion | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1935211 — 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: Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Context triple: [FileVault 2, introducedIn, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion]
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A.
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard is a refinement-focused release of Apple's Mac operating system that emphasized performance, stability, and under-the-hood improvements over major new features.
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B.
OS X Mountain Lion
OS X Mountain Lion is the ninth major release of Apple’s Mac operating system, focusing on tighter integration with iOS services and enhanced security and cloud features.
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C.
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard is a major 2007 release of Apple’s Mac operating system that introduced features like Time Machine, Spaces, and an updated user interface while dropping support for running classic Mac OS applications.
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D.
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger is a major release of Apple’s desktop operating system that introduced features like Spotlight search and Dashboard widgets while bridging the transition from Classic Mac OS to modern macOS.
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E.
Mac OS Platinum
Mac OS Platinum is the distinctive, light-gray graphical user interface theme used in classic Mac OS versions, known for its clean 3D look and refined system-wide appearance.
- 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: Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Target entity description: Mac OS X 10.7 Lion is a major release of Apple's desktop operating system that introduced numerous new features and interface changes inspired by iOS, including full-disk encryption, Launchpad, and Mission Control.
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A.
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard is a refinement-focused release of Apple's Mac operating system that emphasized performance, stability, and under-the-hood improvements over major new features.
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B.
OS X Mountain Lion
OS X Mountain Lion is the ninth major release of Apple’s Mac operating system, focusing on tighter integration with iOS services and enhanced security and cloud features.
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C.
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard is a major 2007 release of Apple’s Mac operating system that introduced features like Time Machine, Spaces, and an updated user interface while dropping support for running classic Mac OS applications.
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D.
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger is a major release of Apple’s desktop operating system that introduced features like Spotlight search and Dashboard widgets while bridging the transition from Classic Mac OS to modern macOS.
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E.
Mac OS Platinum
Mac OS Platinum is the distinctive, light-gray graphical user interface theme used in classic Mac OS versions, known for its clean 3D look and refined system-wide appearance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mac OS X release
ⓘ
desktop operating system ⓘ proprietary software ⓘ |
| basedOn | Darwin ⓘ |
| codename | Lion ⓘ |
| defaultBrowser | Safari ⓘ |
| defaultEmailClient | Mail ⓘ |
| defaultMediaPlayer | iTunes ⓘ |
| developer | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| distributionMethod |
USB flash drive
ⓘ
digital distribution ⓘ |
| followedBy |
OS X Mountain Lion
ⓘ
surface form:
OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
|
| goldMasterDate | 2011-07-01 ⓘ |
| includedFeature |
AirDrop
ⓘ
Auto Save ⓘ FileVault ⓘ
surface form:
FileVault 2
Launchpad ⓘ Launchpad home-screen style app launcher ⓘ Mission Control ⓘ Resume ⓘ Versions ⓘ full-disk encryption ⓘ full-screen apps support ⓘ iOS-style Mail interface ⓘ iOS-style scrolling ⓘ multi-touch gestures ⓘ natural scrolling ⓘ |
| initialReleaseMethod | Mac App Store download ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | iOS ⓘ |
| kernelName | XNU ⓘ |
| kernelType | hybrid kernel ⓘ |
| latestReleaseType | point release ⓘ |
| latestReleaseVersion | 10.7.5 ⓘ |
| license |
Apple end-user license agreement
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple End User License Agreement
|
| partOfFamily |
macOS
ⓘ
surface form:
Mac OS X
macOS ⓘ
surface form:
OS X
|
| precededBy | Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2011-07-20 ⓘ |
| releaseStatus | major release ⓘ |
| sourceModel | closed source ⓘ |
| supportedPlatform |
Intel-based Macintosh
ⓘ
x86-64 ⓘ |
| supportStatus | unsupported by Apple ⓘ |
| systemRequirement |
2 GB RAM minimum
ⓘ
Intel Core 2 Duo or later processor ⓘ Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later for upgrade via Mac App Store ⓘ |
| updatePolicy | software updates via Mac App Store ⓘ |
| userInterface | Aqua ⓘ |
| versionNumber | 10.7 ⓘ |
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: Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Description of subject: Mac OS X 10.7 Lion is a major release of Apple's desktop operating system that introduced numerous new features and interface changes inspired by iOS, including full-disk encryption, Launchpad, and Mission Control.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
FileVault 2
this entity surface form:
Mac OS X Lion
this entity surface form:
OS X Lion
this entity surface form:
OS X Lion
this entity surface form:
OS X Lion