Quick Look
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Quick Look is a macOS feature that lets users instantly preview files without opening them in a full application.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Quick Look canonical | 3 |
| Finder Quick Look | 1 |
| Quick Look framework | 1 |
| Quick Look on macOS | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1773862 — 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: Quick Look Context triple: [Finder, supportsFeature, Quick Look]
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A.
Whatchulookinat
"Whatchulookinat" is an R&B song by Whitney Houston, released as a single from her 2002 album "Just Whitney."
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B.
Look No Further
Look No Further is a lesser-known musical work composed by the renowned American songwriter Richard Rodgers.
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C.
On Sight
"On Sight" is the abrasive, electronic-influenced opening track from Kanye West's 2013 album *Yeezus*, known for its distorted production and confrontational tone.
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D.
Stop and Stare
"Stop and Stare" is a 2007 pop rock ballad by American band OneRepublic, known for its introspective lyrics and Ryan Tedder's emotive vocal performance.
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E.
Blink
Blink is an open-source web browser engine developed primarily by Google and used in several major browsers to render web pages.
- 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: Quick Look Target entity description: Quick Look is a macOS feature that lets users instantly preview files without opening them in a full application.
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A.
Whatchulookinat
"Whatchulookinat" is an R&B song by Whitney Houston, released as a single from her 2002 album "Just Whitney."
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B.
Look No Further
Look No Further is a lesser-known musical work composed by the renowned American songwriter Richard Rodgers.
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C.
On Sight
"On Sight" is the abrasive, electronic-influenced opening track from Kanye West's 2013 album *Yeezus*, known for its distorted production and confrontational tone.
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D.
Stop and Stare
"Stop and Stare" is a 2007 pop rock ballad by American band OneRepublic, known for its introspective lyrics and Ryan Tedder's emotive vocal performance.
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E.
Blink
Blink is an open-source web browser engine developed primarily by Google and used in several major browsers to render web pages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
file preview technology
ⓘ
macOS feature ⓘ |
| accessibleFrom |
Dock file icons
ⓘ
Finder ⓘ Mail ⓘ Messages ⓘ Open and Save dialogs ⓘ Spotlight ⓘ |
| allowsAction | preview files without opening full applications ⓘ |
| defaultState | enabled by default on macOS ⓘ |
| developedBy | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Quick Look framework
ⓘ
linked to:
Quick Look
Quick Look generators ⓘ |
| integratedWith |
Quick Look API for developers
ⓘ
macOS Finder Quick Look button ⓘ |
| introducedInVersion | Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | macOS ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | instant file preview ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
basic navigation controls for media
ⓘ
copying text from previews ⓘ full-screen preview ⓘ opening file in default application ⓘ plug-in architecture for additional file types ⓘ quick slideshow of multiple items ⓘ text selection in previews ⓘ zooming ⓘ |
| supportsInteraction |
page navigation in multi-page documents
ⓘ
scrolling within previews ⓘ |
| supportsMetadataDisplay | file information overlay ⓘ |
| supportsPreviewOf |
3D models (on supported macOS versions)
ⓘ
HTML files ⓘ Microsoft Office documents ⓘ PDF files ⓘ QuickTime movies ⓘ RAW image files ⓘ Rich Text Format documents ⓘ audio files ⓘ compressed archives ⓘ ePub files (on supported macOS versions) ⓘ folders ⓘ iWork documents ⓘ images ⓘ text files ⓘ video files ⓘ |
| triggerShortcut |
Command+Y
ⓘ
Space bar ⓘ |
| userBenefit |
faster file browsing
ⓘ
reduced need to launch full applications ⓘ |
| usesFileExtension | qlgenerator ⓘ |
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: Quick Look Description of subject: Quick Look is a macOS feature that lets users instantly preview files without opening them in a full application.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Quick Look
linked to: Quick Look