Sidecar
E41431
Sidecar is a macOS feature that lets you use an iPad as a secondary display and input device for your Mac, supporting Apple Pencil and touch interactions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sidecar canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T321718 — 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: Sidecar Context triple: [macOS, supportsFeature, Sidecar]
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A.
Rider
Rider is a cross-platform integrated development environment by JetBrains, widely used for .NET and C# development.
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B.
Swoop
Swoop is the Philadelphia Eagles’ official bald eagle mascot, known for entertaining fans at games and team events.
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C.
The RIDE
The RIDE is the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s door-to-door paratransit service for people with disabilities who are unable to use standard fixed-route public transit.
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D.
Flivver
Flivver is a colloquial nickname for the Ford Model T, the iconic early 20th-century mass-produced automobile that revolutionized personal transportation.
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E.
Bagshot
Bagshot is a village in the county of Surrey, England, known historically as a coaching stop and for its proximity to Bagshot Park, a royal residence.
- 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: Sidecar Target entity description: Sidecar is a macOS feature that lets you use an iPad as a secondary display and input device for your Mac, supporting Apple Pencil and touch interactions.
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A.
Rider
Rider is a cross-platform integrated development environment by JetBrains, widely used for .NET and C# development.
-
B.
Swoop
Swoop is the Philadelphia Eagles’ official bald eagle mascot, known for entertaining fans at games and team events.
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C.
The RIDE
The RIDE is the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s door-to-door paratransit service for people with disabilities who are unable to use standard fixed-route public transit.
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D.
Flivver
Flivver is a colloquial nickname for the Ford Model T, the iconic early 20th-century mass-produced automobile that revolutionized personal transportation.
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E.
Bagshot
Bagshot is a village in the county of Surrey, England, known historically as a coaching stop and for its proximity to Bagshot Park, a royal residence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
continuity feature
ⓘ
macOS feature ⓘ |
| category |
remote display technology
ⓘ
screen sharing technology ⓘ |
| configuredVia |
Control Center on macOS
ⓘ
linked to:
Control Center
Displays settings on macOS ⓘ |
| developer | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| introducedBy |
macOS Catalina 10.15
ⓘ
linked to:
macOS Catalina
|
| networkRequirement |
both devices on same Wi‑Fi network for wireless use
ⓘ
both devices signed into same Apple ID ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | macOS ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | use iPad as a secondary display for Mac ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
AirPlay to Mac
ⓘ
linked to:
AirPlay
Universal Control ⓘ |
| requiresAccount | Apple ID ⓘ |
| requiresAuthentication | two‑factor authentication for Apple ID ⓘ |
| requiresDevice |
Mac
ⓘ
iPad ⓘ |
| requiresFeature |
Bluetooth
ⓘ
Handoff ⓘ Wi‑Fi ⓘ iCloud ⓘ |
| requiresOSOnIPad | iPadOS 13 or later ⓘ |
| secondaryFunction | use iPad as an input device for Mac ⓘ |
| supportedOn |
macOS Big Sur
ⓘ
macOS Catalina ⓘ macOS Monterey ⓘ macOS Sonoma ⓘ macOS Ventura ⓘ |
| supportsConnectionType |
wired connection
ⓘ
wireless connection ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
Touch Bar emulation
ⓘ
double‑tap Apple Pencil actions ⓘ drag and drop between displays ⓘ extended desktop ⓘ gestures on iPad ⓘ mirrored display ⓘ pressure‑sensitive drawing with Apple Pencil ⓘ sidebar controls on iPad ⓘ window dragging between Mac and iPad ⓘ |
| supportsInputDevice |
Apple Pencil
ⓘ
Mac keyboard ⓘ Mac mouse ⓘ Mac trackpad ⓘ Multi‑Touch ⓘ |
| useCase |
digital drawing on iPad for Mac apps
ⓘ
mobile dual‑monitor setup ⓘ presentation and screen sharing ⓘ |
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: Sidecar Description of subject: Sidecar is a macOS feature that lets you use an iPad as a secondary display and input device for your Mac, supporting Apple Pencil and touch interactions.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.