Sherlock 3
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Sherlock 3 is an internet search and information retrieval tool for Mac OS X that let users search the web, shops, and other services through customizable channels.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sherlock 3 canonical | 1 |
| Sherlock software series | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8602717 — 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: Sherlock 3 Context triple: [Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar, includesApplication, Sherlock 3]
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A.
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is a 2011 action-mystery film directed by Guy Ritchie, serving as the sequel to the 2009 Sherlock Holmes movie and following the famed detective’s battle against his arch-nemesis Professor Moriarty.
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B.
Sherlock
Sherlock is a modern television adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the brilliant but eccentric consulting detective in contemporary London.
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C.
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
"Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon" is a 1943 mystery film in the long-running Sherlock Holmes series, starring Basil Rathbone as the famed detective in a World War II–era espionage story loosely based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s "The Adventure of the Dancing Men."
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D.
Sherlock Holmes (2009 film)
Sherlock Holmes (2009 film) is a Guy Ritchie–directed action-mystery adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective stories, starring Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes and Jude Law as Dr. Watson.
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E.
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror is a 1942 mystery film in the Sherlock Holmes series, set during World War II and featuring Basil Rathbone as Holmes investigating Nazi propaganda broadcasts threatening Britain.
- 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: Sherlock 3 Target entity description: Sherlock 3 is an internet search and information retrieval tool for Mac OS X that let users search the web, shops, and other services through customizable channels.
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A.
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is a 2011 action-mystery film directed by Guy Ritchie, serving as the sequel to the 2009 Sherlock Holmes movie and following the famed detective’s battle against his arch-nemesis Professor Moriarty.
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B.
Sherlock
Sherlock is a modern television adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the brilliant but eccentric consulting detective in contemporary London.
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C.
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
"Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon" is a 1943 mystery film in the long-running Sherlock Holmes series, starring Basil Rathbone as the famed detective in a World War II–era espionage story loosely based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s "The Adventure of the Dancing Men."
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D.
Sherlock Holmes (2009 film)
Sherlock Holmes (2009 film) is a Guy Ritchie–directed action-mystery adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective stories, starring Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes and Jude Law as Dr. Watson.
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E.
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror is a 1942 mystery film in the Sherlock Holmes series, set during World War II and featuring Basil Rathbone as Holmes investigating Nazi propaganda broadcasts threatening Britain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
desktop search application
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information retrieval tool ⓘ internet search tool ⓘ |
| customization |
users can add channels
ⓘ
users can configure channels ⓘ users can remove channels ⓘ |
| developer | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| distributionModel | bundled with Mac OS X ⓘ |
| feature |
customizable channels
ⓘ
online shopping search ⓘ plugin-like channel architecture ⓘ search result display in application window ⓘ service search via channels ⓘ web search ⓘ |
| hasVersionNumber | 3 ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Mac OS X
ⓘ
linked to:
macOS
|
| partOf |
Sherlock software series
ⓘ
linked to:
Sherlock 3
|
| platform |
Mac OS X
ⓘ
linked to:
macOS
|
| predecessor | Sherlock 2 ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
information retrieval from online services
ⓘ
internet search ⓘ |
| requires | internet connection ⓘ |
| softwareGenre |
metasearch tool
ⓘ
web search software ⓘ |
| softwareType | proprietary software ⓘ |
| supports |
searching online shops
ⓘ
searching other online services ⓘ searching the web ⓘ |
| targetUser | Mac OS X 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: Sherlock 3 Description of subject: Sherlock 3 is an internet search and information retrieval tool for Mac OS X that let users search the web, shops, and other services through customizable channels.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sherlock 3