AppleScript Editor (legacy)
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AppleScript Editor (legacy) is an older macOS application used to create, edit, and run AppleScript automation scripts.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| AppleScript Editor | 1 |
| AppleScript Editor (legacy) canonical | 1 |
| Script Editor (classic Mac OS) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6789919 — 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: AppleScript Editor (legacy) Context triple: [AppleScript, hasImplementation, AppleScript Editor (legacy)]
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A.
AppleScript
AppleScript is a scripting language created by Apple for automating tasks and controlling applications on macOS.
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B.
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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C.
AppleEvents
AppleEvents is a Macintosh interprocess communication system that allows applications and the operating system to send high-level, scriptable commands to each other.
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D.
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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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: AppleScript Editor (legacy) Target entity description: AppleScript Editor (legacy) is an older macOS application used to create, edit, and run AppleScript automation scripts.
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A.
AppleScript
AppleScript is a scripting language created by Apple for automating tasks and controlling applications on macOS.
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B.
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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C.
AppleEvents
AppleEvents is a Macintosh interprocess communication system that allows applications and the operating system to send high-level, scriptable commands to each other.
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D.
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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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
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
AppleScript development tool
ⓘ
macOS application ⓘ script editor ⓘ |
| category |
automation tool
ⓘ
developer tool ⓘ |
| developer | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| distribution | preinstalled on macOS ⓘ |
| feature |
AppleScript code formatting
ⓘ
AppleScript dictionary browsing ⓘ error reporting for AppleScript ⓘ script compilation ⓘ script execution ⓘ script saving and loading ⓘ syntax highlighting for AppleScript ⓘ |
| fileType |
.applescript
ⓘ
.scpt ⓘ |
| includedWith |
OS X
ⓘ
linked to:
macOS
macOS ⓘ |
| license | proprietary ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
OS X
ⓘ
linked to:
macOS
macOS ⓘ |
| partOf | AppleScript ecosystem ⓘ |
| platform | Mac ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
create AppleScript scripts
ⓘ
edit AppleScript scripts ⓘ run AppleScript scripts ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Script Editor
ⓘ
linked to:
Script Editor (macOS)
|
| runsOn | Intel-based Mac computers ⓘ |
| status | legacy ⓘ |
| successor | Script Editor (macOS) ⓘ |
| supports |
Apple event scripting
ⓘ
AppleScript applets ⓘ AppleScript script files ⓘ recording AppleScript from UI actions (limited) ⓘ |
| supportsLanguage | AppleScript ⓘ |
| targetUser |
Mac developers
ⓘ
power users ⓘ scripters ⓘ |
| usedFor |
macOS automation
ⓘ
scripting Mac applications ⓘ |
| 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: AppleScript Editor (legacy) Description of subject: AppleScript Editor (legacy) is an older macOS application used to create, edit, and run AppleScript automation scripts.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: AppleScript Editor (legacy)
linked to: AppleScript Editor (legacy)