scratch.mit.edu
E203927
code sharing platform
educational technology platform
online platform
social media platform for programming projects
website
scratch.mit.edu is the official online platform for the Scratch visual programming language, where users—especially children and educators—create, share, and explore interactive projects.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Scratch 3.0 platform | 1 |
| Scratch class management tools | 1 |
| Scratch programming platform | 1 |
| scratch.mit.edu canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1832468 — 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: scratch.mit.edu Context triple: [Scratch Team, operatesOn, scratch.mit.edu]
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A.
Scratch Foundation
The Scratch Foundation is the nonprofit organization that supports and advances the Scratch programming language and its global educational community.
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B.
Scratch programming language
Scratch programming language is a visual, block-based coding environment designed primarily for children and beginners to learn programming concepts through creating interactive stories, games, and animations.
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C.
ScratchJr
ScratchJr is a simplified, block-based visual programming language and app designed to introduce young children to coding and computational thinking through interactive stories and games.
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D.
Snap! (Build Your Own Blocks)
Snap! (Build Your Own Blocks) is a visual, block-based programming language and environment designed for advanced users and education, extending Scratch with powerful features like first-class procedures, lists, and continuations.
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E.
Turtle Blocks
Turtle Blocks is a visual, block-based programming environment designed to help learners explore coding and mathematical concepts through turtle graphics.
- 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: scratch.mit.edu Target entity description: scratch.mit.edu is the official online platform for the Scratch visual programming language, where users—especially children and educators—create, share, and explore interactive projects.
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A.
Scratch Foundation
The Scratch Foundation is the nonprofit organization that supports and advances the Scratch programming language and its global educational community.
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B.
Scratch programming language
Scratch programming language is a visual, block-based coding environment designed primarily for children and beginners to learn programming concepts through creating interactive stories, games, and animations.
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C.
ScratchJr
ScratchJr is a simplified, block-based visual programming language and app designed to introduce young children to coding and computational thinking through interactive stories and games.
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D.
Snap! (Build Your Own Blocks)
Snap! (Build Your Own Blocks) is a visual, block-based programming language and environment designed for advanced users and education, extending Scratch with powerful features like first-class procedures, lists, and continuations.
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E.
Turtle Blocks
Turtle Blocks is a visual, block-based programming environment designed to help learners explore coding and mathematical concepts through turtle graphics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
code sharing platform
ⓘ
educational technology platform ⓘ online platform ⓘ social media platform for programming projects ⓘ website ⓘ |
| accessibleWithoutCost | true ⓘ |
| businessModel | free to use ⓘ |
| category |
educational website
ⓘ
kids coding platform ⓘ programming education ⓘ |
| contentType |
animations
ⓘ
art and simulations ⓘ games ⓘ interactive stories ⓘ |
| developedBy |
Lifelong Kindergarten Group
ⓘ
linked to:
Lifelong Kindergarten research group
MIT Media Lab ⓘ |
| feature |
Scratch class management tools
ⓘ
linked to:
scratch.mit.edu
block-based coding interface ⓘ cloud variables support ⓘ commenting system ⓘ curation of featured projects ⓘ forums ⓘ messaging and notifications ⓘ online project editor ⓘ project sharing ⓘ remix functionality ⓘ search and explore pages ⓘ studios for grouping projects ⓘ teacher accounts ⓘ tutorials and guides ⓘ user profiles ⓘ |
| hasAgeGuidelines | yes ⓘ |
| hasModeration | yes ⓘ |
| language | multilingual ⓘ |
| licensePolicy | projects are generally shared under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license by default ⓘ |
| officialWebsiteOf |
Scratch
ⓘ
linked to:
Scratch programming language
|
| operatedBy | Scratch Foundation ⓘ |
| primaryAudience |
beginners in programming
ⓘ
children ⓘ educators ⓘ |
| programmingLanguageSupported |
Scratch visual programming language
ⓘ
linked to:
Scratch programming language
|
| purpose |
to allow users to create animations
ⓘ
to allow users to create games ⓘ to allow users to create interactive stories ⓘ to explore projects created by others ⓘ to share Scratch projects online ⓘ |
| registration |
optional for viewing projects
ⓘ
required for commenting ⓘ required for remixing under a user account ⓘ required for sharing projects ⓘ |
| supportsCommunityGuidelines | yes ⓘ |
| supportsLanguage |
Chinese
ⓘ
English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| supportsRemixing | true ⓘ |
| targetAgeRange | 8–16 ⓘ |
| url | https://scratch.mit.edu ⓘ |
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: scratch.mit.edu Description of subject: scratch.mit.edu is the official online platform for the Scratch visual programming language, where users—especially children and educators—create, share, and explore interactive projects.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: scratch.mit.edu
linked to: scratch.mit.edu
linked to: scratch.mit.edu