Do Not Disturb
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Do Not Disturb is a macOS feature that temporarily silences notifications and alerts to minimize interruptions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Do Not Disturb canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1935554 — 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: Do Not Disturb Context triple: [Control Center (macOS), includesControlFor, Do Not Disturb]
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A.
No Sleeep
"No Sleeep" is a sultry, mid-tempo R&B single by Janet Jackson, released in 2015 as the lead track from her album "Unbreakable."
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B.
Bedtime
"Bedtime" is a British television drama series best known for its intimate, character-driven stories set around the lives of neighbors in a suburban street at night.
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C.
Disturbing tha Peace
Disturbing tha Peace is an American hip hop record label and collective founded by rapper Ludacris and known for releasing Southern rap music in the 2000s.
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D.
Night Shift
"Night Shift" is a 1978 collection of horror and suspense short stories by Stephen King that helped establish his reputation as a master of the genre.
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E.
We Never Sleep
"We Never Sleep" is the famous motto of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, emphasizing its constant vigilance and round-the-clock investigative work.
- 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: Do Not Disturb Target entity description: Do Not Disturb is a macOS feature that temporarily silences notifications and alerts to minimize interruptions.
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A.
No Sleeep
"No Sleeep" is a sultry, mid-tempo R&B single by Janet Jackson, released in 2015 as the lead track from her album "Unbreakable."
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B.
Bedtime
"Bedtime" is a British television drama series best known for its intimate, character-driven stories set around the lives of neighbors in a suburban street at night.
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C.
Disturbing tha Peace
Disturbing tha Peace is an American hip hop record label and collective founded by rapper Ludacris and known for releasing Southern rap music in the 2000s.
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D.
Night Shift
"Night Shift" is a 1978 collection of horror and suspense short stories by Stephen King that helped establish his reputation as a master of the genre.
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E.
We Never Sleep
"We Never Sleep" is the famous motto of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, emphasizing its constant vigilance and round-the-clock investigative work.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
macOS feature
ⓘ
notification management feature ⓘ |
| activationMethod |
clicking the Control Center icon
ⓘ
using a keyboard shortcut on some macOS versions ⓘ |
| affects |
alerts
ⓘ
banners ⓘ notifications ⓘ sounds ⓘ |
| availability | available on Mac computers running supported macOS versions ⓘ |
| behavior |
can allow calls from favorites depending on settings
ⓘ
can allow repeated calls to come through depending on settings ⓘ hides notification banners while active ⓘ suppresses notification sounds while active ⓘ |
| canBe |
enabled manually
ⓘ
scheduled ⓘ triggered automatically ⓘ |
| category |
macOS user experience feature
ⓘ
productivity feature ⓘ |
| configurationLocation |
System Preferences
ⓘ
linked to:
macOS System Settings
System Settings ⓘ |
| deactivationMethod |
toggling off in Control Center
ⓘ
waiting until scheduled end time ⓘ |
| defaultState | disabled until user enables or configures it ⓘ |
| developer | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| documentation | Apple Support documentation ⓘ |
| introducedBy |
Apple
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Inc.
|
| introducedIn |
macOS Mountain Lion
ⓘ
linked to:
OS X Mountain Lion
|
| introducedInVersion |
OS X 10.8
ⓘ
linked to:
OS X Mountain Lion
|
| partOf | macOS ⓘ |
| platform | macOS ⓘ |
| purpose |
minimize interruptions
ⓘ
temporarily silence notifications ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Focus ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Focus modes on newer macOS versions ⓘ |
| scope | per-user setting on macOS ⓘ |
| supports |
activation when display is sleeping
ⓘ
calendar-based activation on some macOS versions ⓘ time-based schedules ⓘ |
| userInterfaceElement |
Control Center toggle
ⓘ
menu bar icon ⓘ |
| visibility | shows a crescent moon icon when active ⓘ |
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: Do Not Disturb Description of subject: Do Not Disturb is a macOS feature that temporarily silences notifications and alerts to minimize interruptions.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Control Center