Script Editor (macOS)
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Script Editor (macOS) is Apple’s built-in macOS application for creating, editing, and running AppleScript and JavaScript for Automation scripts to automate tasks on the system.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Script Editor | 2 |
| Script Editor (macOS) canonical | 2 |
| JXA | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6789920 — 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: Script Editor (macOS) Context triple: [AppleScript, hasImplementation, Script Editor (macOS)]
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A.
ExtendScript
ExtendScript is Adobe's JavaScript-based scripting language used to automate and extend functionality across Creative Cloud applications like After Effects and Photoshop.
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B.
AppleScript
AppleScript is a scripting language created by Apple for automating tasks and controlling applications on macOS.
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C.
Alfred (macOS application)
Alfred (macOS application) is a productivity and application launcher tool for macOS that enhances and extends Spotlight-style search with powerful workflows, hotkeys, and automation features.
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D.
Xcode
Xcode is Apple's integrated development environment (IDE) for creating software across macOS, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS platforms.
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E.
NeXTSTEP Interface Builder
NeXTSTEP Interface Builder was a pioneering graphical tool for visually designing user interfaces and connecting them to application code in the NeXTSTEP operating system.
- 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: Script Editor (macOS) Target entity description: Script Editor (macOS) is Apple’s built-in macOS application for creating, editing, and running AppleScript and JavaScript for Automation scripts to automate tasks on the system.
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A.
ExtendScript
ExtendScript is Adobe's JavaScript-based scripting language used to automate and extend functionality across Creative Cloud applications like After Effects and Photoshop.
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B.
AppleScript
AppleScript is a scripting language created by Apple for automating tasks and controlling applications on macOS.
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C.
Alfred (macOS application)
Alfred (macOS application) is a productivity and application launcher tool for macOS that enhances and extends Spotlight-style search with powerful workflows, hotkeys, and automation features.
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D.
Xcode
Xcode is Apple's integrated development environment (IDE) for creating software across macOS, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS platforms.
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E.
ScriptUI framework
ScriptUI framework is Adobe's user interface library for ExtendScript that lets developers create custom dialog boxes, panels, and other UI elements for Adobe Creative Suite applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
macOS application
ⓘ
script editor ⓘ |
| canInspect | scripting dictionaries of applications ⓘ |
| canRun |
AppleScript scripts directly
ⓘ
JavaScript for Automation scripts directly ⓘ |
| canSaveAs |
compiled script
ⓘ
script application ⓘ text script ⓘ |
| category |
automation tool
ⓘ
developer tool ⓘ |
| developer | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| distributionModel | bundled with macOS ⓘ |
| fileTypeSupported |
.app (script application)
ⓘ
.applescript ⓘ .scpt ⓘ .scptd ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
AppleScript dictionary browsing
ⓘ
bundle script editing ⓘ code completion ⓘ dictionary viewer ⓘ event log ⓘ result viewer ⓘ script recording ⓘ script saving as application ⓘ script saving as script file ⓘ script saving as text ⓘ syntax highlighting ⓘ |
| hasUserInterface | graphical user interface ⓘ |
| includedWith | macOS ⓘ |
| license | proprietary ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | macOS ⓘ |
| platform |
Apple silicon Mac computers
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple silicon
Intel-based Mac computers ⓘ
linked to:
Intel-based Mac
|
| predecessor |
Script Editor (classic Mac OS)
ⓘ
linked to:
AppleScript Editor (legacy)
|
| primaryFunction |
create scripts
ⓘ
edit scripts ⓘ run scripts ⓘ |
| replaced |
AppleScript Editor
ⓘ
linked to:
AppleScript Editor (legacy)
|
| supportsDebugging |
AppleScript
ⓘ
JavaScript for Automation ⓘ |
| supportsLanguage |
AppleScript
ⓘ
JavaScript for Automation ⓘ |
| supportsTechnology |
Apple Events
ⓘ
linked to:
AppleEvents
JavaScriptCore (for JXA) ⓘ
linked to:
JavaScriptCore
Open Scripting Architecture ⓘ |
| usedFor |
automation of macOS tasks
ⓘ
testing AppleScript scripts ⓘ testing JavaScript for Automation scripts ⓘ |
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: Script Editor (macOS) Description of subject: Script Editor (macOS) is Apple’s built-in macOS application for creating, editing, and running AppleScript and JavaScript for Automation scripts to automate tasks on the system.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Script Editor (macOS)
linked to: Script Editor (macOS)
linked to: Script Editor (macOS)