Magnifier
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Magnifier is a Windows accessibility tool that enlarges portions of the screen to make text and images easier to see for users with visual impairments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Magnifier canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8287352 — 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: Magnifier Context triple: [Ease of Access Center, containsTool, Magnifier]
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A.
Augenspiegel
Augenspiegel is a 1511 humanist treatise by Johann Reuchlin defending Jewish writings and scholarship against calls for their destruction.
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B.
Looking Glass
Looking Glass is a masked vigilante and member of Tulsa's police force in the HBO series "Watchmen," known for his reflective mask and keen interrogative skills.
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C.
Looking Glass
Looking Glass is the callsign for the U.S. Navy’s Boeing E-6 Mercury aircraft that serves as an airborne command post for nuclear command and control operations.
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D.
Looking Glass
Looking Glass was a prominent Nez Perce leader and war chief who played a key strategic role during the Nez Perce War of 1877.
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E.
Phantoscope
The Phantoscope was an early motion picture projector whose design formed the basis for later commercial projectors like the Vitascope.
- 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: Magnifier Target entity description: Magnifier is a Windows accessibility tool that enlarges portions of the screen to make text and images easier to see for users with visual impairments.
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A.
Augenspiegel
Augenspiegel is a 1511 humanist treatise by Johann Reuchlin defending Jewish writings and scholarship against calls for their destruction.
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B.
Looking Glass
Looking Glass is a masked vigilante and member of Tulsa's police force in the HBO series "Watchmen," known for his reflective mask and keen interrogative skills.
-
C.
Looking Glass
Looking Glass is the callsign for the U.S. Navy’s Boeing E-6 Mercury aircraft that serves as an airborne command post for nuclear command and control operations.
-
D.
Looking Glass
Looking Glass was a prominent Nez Perce leader and war chief who played a key strategic role during the Nez Perce War of 1877.
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E.
Phantoscope
The Phantoscope was an early motion picture projector whose design formed the basis for later commercial projectors like the Vitascope.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Windows accessibility tool
ⓘ
screen magnification software ⓘ |
| accessibilityFeatureOf | Windows NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canBeLaunchedVia |
Windows Settings
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
keyboard shortcut ⓘ |
| category |
accessibility software
ⓘ
assistive technology ⓘ |
| configurableParameter |
color and contrast options
ⓘ
magnification increments ⓘ tracking behavior ⓘ zoom level ⓘ |
| designedFor |
enhancing visibility of interface elements
ⓘ
improving on-screen readability ⓘ |
| developedBy | Microsoft ⓘ |
| distributionModel | bundled with Windows operating system ⓘ |
| function |
enlarge portions of the screen
ⓘ
magnify images ⓘ magnify text ⓘ |
| hasMode |
docked mode
ⓘ
full-screen mode ⓘ lens mode ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
invert colors option
ⓘ
view options ⓘ zoom options ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Windows 10
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Windows 11 NERFINISHED ⓘ Windows 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ Windows 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ Windows Vista NERFINISHED ⓘ Windows XP NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| keyboardShortcutExample |
Windows logo key + Esc to turn off Magnifier
ⓘ
Windows logo key + Plus sign (+) to turn on Magnifier ⓘ |
| license | proprietary software ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Windows
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
|
| partOf |
Windows Accessibility features
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Windows Ease of Access NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose | assist users with visual impairments ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
color inversion
ⓘ
high-contrast viewing ⓘ screen zoom ⓘ smooth magnification ⓘ touchscreen gestures (on supported devices) ⓘ tracking of keyboard focus ⓘ tracking of mouse pointer ⓘ tracking of text cursor ⓘ |
| targetUserGroup |
people with low vision
ⓘ
users with visual impairments ⓘ |
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: Magnifier Description of subject: Magnifier is a Windows accessibility tool that enlarges portions of the screen to make text and images easier to see for users with visual impairments.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.