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Can't get Natural Language Search in Spotlight to work.

Spotlight in OS X 10.11 was supposed to gain the ability to answer natural language searches, such as "What is the weather in Miami right now?"

My Spotlight sure isn't doing that at all.

I've tried all sorts of phrasing. Simpler ones, and more complex. No dice.

Any ideas?

EDIT: I may have just figured it out. I had this box unchecked:

"Allow Spotlight Suggestions in Spotlight and Look up"

After I placing a checkmork in that box, it's working.