Sherlock 2 search tool
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Sherlock 2 search tool was an enhanced internet and local search utility in Mac OS 9 that integrated web, file, and media searching through a customizable, channel-based interface.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sherlock (in later 8.x versions) | 1 |
| Sherlock 2 search tool canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1931537 — 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: Sherlock 2 search tool Context triple: [Mac OS 9, notableFeature, Sherlock 2 search tool]
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A.
Sherlock
Sherlock is a modern television adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the brilliant but eccentric consulting detective in contemporary London.
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B.
Holmes
Holmes is a common English surname borne by numerous notable figures, including writers, jurists, and fictional characters such as Sherlock Holmes.
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C.
Holmes
Holmes is a consumer brand best known for its home comfort products such as fans, heaters, and air purifiers.
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D.
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
"Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon" is a 1943 mystery film in the long-running Sherlock Holmes series, starring Basil Rathbone as the famed detective in a World War II–era espionage story loosely based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s "The Adventure of the Dancing Men."
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E.
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is a 2011 action-mystery film directed by Guy Ritchie, serving as the sequel to the 2009 Sherlock Holmes movie and following the famed detective’s battle against his arch-nemesis Professor Moriarty.
- 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: Sherlock 2 search tool Target entity description: Sherlock 2 search tool was an enhanced internet and local search utility in Mac OS 9 that integrated web, file, and media searching through a customizable, channel-based interface.
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A.
Sherlock
Sherlock is a modern television adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the brilliant but eccentric consulting detective in contemporary London.
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B.
Holmes
Holmes is a common English surname borne by numerous notable figures, including writers, jurists, and fictional characters such as Sherlock Holmes.
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C.
Holmes
Holmes is a consumer brand best known for its home comfort products such as fans, heaters, and air purifiers.
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D.
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
"Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon" is a 1943 mystery film in the long-running Sherlock Holmes series, starring Basil Rathbone as the famed detective in a World War II–era espionage story loosely based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s "The Adventure of the Dancing Men."
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E.
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is a 2011 action-mystery film directed by Guy Ritchie, serving as the sequel to the 2009 Sherlock Holmes movie and following the famed detective’s battle against his arch-nemesis Professor Moriarty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mac OS component
ⓘ
search utility ⓘ software feature ⓘ |
| branding | part of Apple Sherlock search brand ⓘ |
| customization |
channels could be updated via the internet
ⓘ
users could add or remove channels ⓘ |
| developer | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| distribution | bundled with Mac OS 9 ⓘ |
| executionEnvironment | ran as an application within Mac OS 9 ⓘ |
| feature |
channel-based interface
ⓘ
customizable search channels ⓘ internet search integration ⓘ local file search ⓘ media search ⓘ plug-in based search modules ⓘ |
| genre |
desktop search software
ⓘ
web search software ⓘ |
| integration | integrated with Mac OS 9 Finder search capabilities ⓘ |
| interfaceElement |
channel list
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search field ⓘ search results pane ⓘ |
| license | proprietary software ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | Mac OS 9 ⓘ |
| platform | Classic Mac OS ⓘ |
| predecessor | Sherlock ⓘ |
| purpose | to unify web and local search in a single tool ⓘ |
| releaseContext | introduced as part of Mac OS 9 feature set ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Mac OS X Sherlock versions ⓘ |
| searchScope |
local files
ⓘ
media content ⓘ web ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| successor | Sherlock 3 ⓘ |
| targetUser | Mac OS 9 users ⓘ |
| userInterface | graphical user interface ⓘ |
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: Sherlock 2 search tool Description of subject: Sherlock 2 search tool was an enhanced internet and local search utility in Mac OS 9 that integrated web, file, and media searching through a customizable, channel-based interface.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sherlock (in later 8.x versions)