Mouse control panel
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The Mouse control panel in classic Mac OS is a system utility that lets users configure mouse settings such as tracking speed, double-click speed, and button behavior.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mouse control panel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8471528 — 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: Mouse control panel Context triple: [Control Panels (classic Mac OS), typicalItems, Mouse control panel]
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A.
Mouse
"Mouse" is a short story featured in the speculative fiction collection "Smoke and Mirrors" by Neil Gaiman.
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B.
Control Panel
Control Panel is a Windows feature that provides a centralized interface for configuring system settings, hardware, software, and user accounts.
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C.
Windows Control Panel
Windows Control Panel is a system management interface in Microsoft Windows that allows users to configure hardware, software, user accounts, and various operating system settings.
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D.
GNOME Control Center
GNOME Control Center is the main settings application for the GNOME desktop environment, providing a centralized interface to configure system and desktop preferences.
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E.
Surface Mobile Mouse
The Surface Mobile Mouse is a compact, wireless Bluetooth mouse designed by Microsoft to complement Surface devices with precise tracking and portable, ergonomic use.
- 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: Mouse control panel Target entity description: The Mouse control panel in classic Mac OS is a system utility that lets users configure mouse settings such as tracking speed, double-click speed, and button behavior.
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A.
Mouse
"Mouse" is a short story featured in the speculative fiction collection "Smoke and Mirrors" by Neil Gaiman.
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B.
Control Panel
Control Panel is a Windows feature that provides a centralized interface for configuring system settings, hardware, software, and user accounts.
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C.
Windows Control Panel
Windows Control Panel is a system management interface in Microsoft Windows that allows users to configure hardware, software, user accounts, and various operating system settings.
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D.
GNOME Control Center
GNOME Control Center is the main settings application for the GNOME desktop environment, providing a centralized interface to configure system and desktop preferences.
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E.
Surface Mobile Mouse
The Surface Mobile Mouse is a compact, wireless Bluetooth mouse designed by Microsoft to complement Surface devices with precise tracking and portable, ergonomic use.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
control panel
ⓘ
mouse configuration tool ⓘ system utility ⓘ |
| accessibleFrom |
Apple menu
ⓘ
Control Panels folder ⓘ |
| allowsUserTo |
adjust mouse click timing
ⓘ
adjust mouse responsiveness ⓘ change primary mouse button behavior ⓘ |
| category | System control panels in classic Mac OS ⓘ |
| configures |
mouse button behavior
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mouse double-click speed ⓘ mouse tracking speed ⓘ |
| developer |
Apple Computer, Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Inc.
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| hasSetting |
button mapping options
ⓘ
double-click speed slider ⓘ tracking speed slider ⓘ |
| historicalEra | pre-Mac OS X Macintosh operating systems ⓘ |
| inputDeviceType | mouse ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
classic Mac OS
ⓘ
linked to:
Classic Mac OS
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| partOf | classic Mac OS system software ⓘ |
| platform |
Macintosh
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Macintosh computers
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| purpose | configure mouse settings ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Control Panels
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Keyboard control panel ⓘ Monitors control panel ⓘ |
| supports |
multi-button mouse
ⓘ
single-button mouse ⓘ |
| usedBy | Macintosh users ⓘ |
| 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: Mouse control panel Description of subject: The Mouse control panel in classic Mac OS is a system utility that lets users configure mouse settings such as tracking speed, double-click speed, and button behavior.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Control Panels