OS X El Capitan
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OS X El Capitan is the twelfth major release of Apple's Mac operating system, focused on performance improvements, stability, and refinements to the user experience introduced in OS X Yosemite.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| OS X El Capitan canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5016246 — 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: OS X El Capitan Context triple: [Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2015, announced, OS X El Capitan]
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A.
OS X Yosemite
OS X Yosemite is a major version of Apple’s Mac operating system that introduced a flatter, modern design and tighter integration with iOS devices.
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B.
macOS Sierra
macOS Sierra is a version of Apple's Mac operating system that focused on tighter integration with iOS, including features like Siri support and cross-device continuity tools.
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C.
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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D.
macOS Catalina
macOS Catalina is a version of Apple's Mac operating system that introduced features like Sidecar for using an iPad as a second display, enhanced security, and the replacement of iTunes with separate media apps.
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E.
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
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.
- 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: OS X El Capitan Target entity description: OS X El Capitan is the twelfth major release of Apple's Mac operating system, focused on performance improvements, stability, and refinements to the user experience introduced in OS X Yosemite.
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A.
OS X Yosemite
OS X Yosemite is a major version of Apple’s Mac operating system that introduced a flatter, modern design and tighter integration with iOS devices.
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B.
macOS Sierra
macOS Sierra is a version of Apple's Mac operating system that focused on tighter integration with iOS, including features like Siri support and cross-device continuity tools.
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C.
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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D.
macOS Catalina
macOS Catalina is a version of Apple's Mac operating system that introduced features like Sidecar for using an iPad as a second display, enhanced security, and the replacement of iTunes with separate media apps.
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E.
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (69)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apple operating system
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Mac operating system ⓘ desktop operating system ⓘ |
| announcedAt | WWDC 2015 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| announcementDate | 2015-06-08 ⓘ |
| basedOn | OS X Yosemite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| codename | El Capitan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| defaultBrowser | Safari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| defaultEmailClient | Mail ⓘ |
| defaultFileSystem | HFS+ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| defaultShell | bash ⓘ |
| developer | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| focus |
performance improvements
ⓘ
stability ⓘ user experience refinements ⓘ |
| includedApplication |
Activity Monitor
NERFINISHED
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App Store NERFINISHED ⓘ Calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ FaceTime NERFINISHED ⓘ Mail NERFINISHED ⓘ Maps NERFINISHED ⓘ Messages NERFINISHED ⓘ Notes ⓘ Photos NERFINISHED ⓘ Reminders NERFINISHED ⓘ Safari NERFINISHED ⓘ Terminal NERFINISHED ⓘ iTunes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedFeature |
Mail enhancements
ⓘ
Metal for Mac ⓘ Mission Control improvements ⓘ Safari Pinned Tabs NERFINISHED ⓘ Split View ⓘ System Integrity Protection NERFINISHED ⓘ improved Spotlight search ⓘ |
| includedUserInterface | Aqua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesFramework |
Carbon (legacy)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cocoa NERFINISHED ⓘ Core Animation NERFINISHED ⓘ Core Graphics NERFINISHED ⓘ Metal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| initialReleaseDate | 2015-09-30 ⓘ |
| kernelName | XNU NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kernelType | hybrid kernel ⓘ |
| latestReleaseDate | 2018-07-09 ⓘ |
| latestReleaseVersion | 10.11.6 ⓘ |
| license |
Apple Public Source License (for some components)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
proprietary software ⓘ |
| majorReleaseNumber | 12 ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
El Capitan rock formation
NERFINISHED
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Yosemite National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfFamily |
OS X
NERFINISHED
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macOS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platform | x86-64 ⓘ |
| predecessor | OS X Yosemite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| securityFeature | System Integrity Protection NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceModel | closed source with open-source components ⓘ |
| successor | macOS Sierra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportedArchitecture | Intel 64-bit ⓘ |
| supports |
Mac Pro
NERFINISHED
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Mac mini NERFINISHED ⓘ MacBook NERFINISHED ⓘ MacBook Air NERFINISHED ⓘ MacBook Pro NERFINISHED ⓘ iMac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsPackageManager | Mac App Store NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportStatus | unsupported by Apple ⓘ |
| updateModel | Mac App Store NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| versionNumber | 10.11 ⓘ |
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: OS X El Capitan Description of subject: OS X El Capitan is the twelfth major release of Apple's Mac operating system, focused on performance improvements, stability, and refinements to the user experience introduced in OS X Yosemite.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.