Force Touch trackpad
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The Force Touch trackpad is Apple’s pressure-sensitive, haptic-feedback trackpad that simulates physical clicks and enables additional gesture-based controls on MacBook devices.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Force Touch trackpad canonical | 8 |
| 3D Touch | 1 |
| Force Touch | 1 |
| Force Touch trackpad for MacBook | 1 |
| Magic Trackpad 2 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9249953 — 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: Force Touch trackpad Context triple: [MacBook Pro 13-inch (2019), hasFeature, Force Touch trackpad]
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A.
Multi-Touch trackpad
A Multi-Touch trackpad is a touch-sensitive pointing device that recognizes multiple simultaneous finger gestures for precise cursor control and intuitive navigation.
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B.
Touch Bar
The Touch Bar is a thin, touch-sensitive OLED strip that replaces the traditional function keys on certain MacBook Pro models, providing dynamic, context-specific controls and shortcuts.
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C.
Apple Magic Mouse
The Apple Magic Mouse is a sleek, multi-touch wireless mouse designed by Apple for Mac computers, featuring gesture-based controls and a rechargeable battery.
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D.
ProMotion
ProMotion is Apple’s high-refresh-rate display technology that enables smoother motion and adaptive refresh rates for improved responsiveness and efficiency.
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E.
Apple Magic Keyboard
The Apple Magic Keyboard is a sleek, low-profile wireless keyboard designed by Apple, featuring a rechargeable battery and seamless integration with Mac computers.
- 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: Force Touch trackpad Target entity description: The Force Touch trackpad is Apple’s pressure-sensitive, haptic-feedback trackpad that simulates physical clicks and enables additional gesture-based controls on MacBook devices.
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A.
Multi-Touch trackpad
A Multi-Touch trackpad is a touch-sensitive pointing device that recognizes multiple simultaneous finger gestures for precise cursor control and intuitive navigation.
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B.
Touch Bar
The Touch Bar is a thin, touch-sensitive OLED strip that replaces the traditional function keys on certain MacBook Pro models, providing dynamic, context-specific controls and shortcuts.
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C.
Apple Magic Mouse
The Apple Magic Mouse is a sleek, multi-touch wireless mouse designed by Apple for Mac computers, featuring gesture-based controls and a rechargeable battery.
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D.
ProMotion
ProMotion is Apple’s high-refresh-rate display technology that enables smoother motion and adaptive refresh rates for improved responsiveness and efficiency.
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E.
Apple Magic Keyboard
The Apple Magic Keyboard is a sleek, low-profile wireless keyboard designed by Apple, featuring a rechargeable battery and seamless integration with Mac computers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
haptic-feedback pointing device
ⓘ
pressure-sensitive trackpad ⓘ |
| brand |
Apple
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Inc.
|
| category |
computer hardware
ⓘ
human–computer interaction device ⓘ |
| clickMechanism | haptic simulation ⓘ |
| designedFor |
Mac notebook computers
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Macintosh computers
desktop Macs via Magic Trackpad ⓘ |
| developer | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
click-anywhere surface
ⓘ
force click gesture ⓘ haptic feedback ⓘ integrated Taptic Engine ⓘ
linked to:
Taptic Engine on Apple Watch
multi-touch gestures ⓘ pressure sensitivity ⓘ simulated mechanical click ⓘ solid-state design ⓘ |
| inputType |
gesture input
ⓘ
pointing device ⓘ pressure input ⓘ |
| introducedWithProduct |
2015 MacBook
ⓘ
linked to:
MacBook
2015 MacBook Pro ⓘ
linked to:
2015 MacBook Pro 13-inch
|
| introductionYear | 2015 ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| marketedAs |
Force Touch
ⓘ
linked to:
Force Touch trackpad
|
| material | glass surface ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | macOS ⓘ |
| replacedTechnology | mechanical diving-board trackpad ⓘ |
| sensingTechnology |
capacitive touch sensors
ⓘ
force sensors ⓘ |
| supportsFunction |
Quick Look via force click
ⓘ
accelerated fast-forward and rewind via pressure ⓘ drag and drop ⓘ look up and data detectors via force click ⓘ pinch to zoom ⓘ pressure-sensitive drawing in supported apps ⓘ previewing links via force click ⓘ renaming files via force click ⓘ secondary click ⓘ two-finger scroll ⓘ variable-speed media scrubbing ⓘ |
| supportsSetting |
adjustable click pressure
ⓘ
haptic feedback intensity ⓘ silent clicking option ⓘ |
| usedOnDevice |
MacBook
ⓘ
MacBook Air ⓘ MacBook Pro ⓘ Magic Trackpad (3rd generation) ⓘ
linked to:
Magic Trackpad 2
Magic Trackpad 2 ⓘ |
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: Force Touch trackpad Description of subject: The Force Touch trackpad is Apple’s pressure-sensitive, haptic-feedback trackpad that simulates physical clicks and enables additional gesture-based controls on MacBook devices.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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