Gatekeeper
E41427
Gatekeeper is a macOS security feature that helps protect users by allowing only trusted software to run on the system.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gatekeeper canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T321700 — 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: Gatekeeper Context triple: [macOS, supportsSecurityFeature, Gatekeeper]
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A.
The Pit
The Pit is a famed college basketball arena in Albuquerque, New Mexico, renowned for its intense atmosphere and distinctive sunken design.
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B.
Cocoon
Cocoon is a 1985 science fiction comedy-drama film about a group of elderly people who regain youth and vitality after encountering alien life, directed by Ron Howard.
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C.
The Wall
The Wall is the towering left-field wall at Fenway Park in Boston, famously known for challenging hitters and shaping the ballpark’s unique character.
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D.
The Boss
The Boss is the famous nickname of American rock musician Bruce Springsteen, renowned for his powerful live performances and working-class anthems.
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E.
Touchstone
Touchstone is a publishing imprint known for releasing a wide range of commercial fiction and nonfiction titles.
- 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: Gatekeeper Target entity description: Gatekeeper is a macOS security feature that helps protect users by allowing only trusted software to run on the system.
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A.
The Pit
The Pit is a famed college basketball arena in Albuquerque, New Mexico, renowned for its intense atmosphere and distinctive sunken design.
-
B.
Cocoon
Cocoon is a 1985 science fiction comedy-drama film about a group of elderly people who regain youth and vitality after encountering alien life, directed by Ron Howard.
-
C.
The Wall
The Wall is the towering left-field wall at Fenway Park in Boston, famously known for challenging hitters and shaping the ballpark’s unique character.
-
D.
The Boss
The Boss is the famous nickname of American rock musician Bruce Springsteen, renowned for his powerful live performances and working-class anthems.
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E.
Touchstone
Touchstone is a publishing imprint known for releasing a wide range of commercial fiction and nonfiction titles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
application execution control mechanism
ⓘ
macOS security feature ⓘ |
| allowsOverrideBy | user explicit approval ⓘ |
| blocks | apps from unidentified developers by default ⓘ |
| canBeConfiguredVia |
Security & Privacy preferences
ⓘ
System Settings ⓘ |
| canBeDisabledBy | system administrator ⓘ |
| category | macOS security and privacy ⓘ |
| checks |
code signing status of applications
ⓘ
developer certificate of applications ⓘ notarization status of applications ⓘ |
| configurationLevel | per-system ⓘ |
| defaultBehavior | allow apps from App Store and identified developers ⓘ |
| designedFor | protecting non-technical users from running unsafe software ⓘ |
| detects | applications downloaded from the internet using quarantine attributes ⓘ |
| developedBy | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| enforces | restrictions on apps downloaded from the internet ⓘ |
| integratesWith |
XProtect
ⓘ
macOS code signing infrastructure ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| introducedIn | OS X Mountain Lion ⓘ |
| logging | security events related to blocked applications ⓘ |
| mitigates |
execution of tampered applications
ⓘ
malware installation risk ⓘ |
| operatesOn | downloaded application bundles ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | macOS ⓘ |
| platform | Mac ⓘ |
| policyOptions |
App Store and identified developers
ⓘ
App Store only ⓘ |
| policySource | Apple security policies ⓘ |
| purpose |
prevent execution of untrusted applications
ⓘ
protect users by allowing only trusted software to run ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
application whitelisting
ⓘ
code signing ⓘ software notarization ⓘ |
| releaseType | built-in system feature ⓘ |
| requires | internet connection for some notarization checks ⓘ |
| scope | applications launched by the user ⓘ |
| securityModel | whitelisting of trusted software sources ⓘ |
| supports | per-app user override via context menu Open ⓘ |
| trustsByDefault |
Mac App Store applications
ⓘ
applications signed with valid Apple Developer ID ⓘ |
| userInterface | warning dialogs when blocking applications ⓘ |
| uses |
Apple Developer ID certificates
ⓘ
Apple notarization service ⓘ |
| verifies | that apps have not been modified since signing ⓘ |
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: Gatekeeper Description of subject: Gatekeeper is a macOS security feature that helps protect users by allowing only trusted software to run on the system.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.