MATE Screensaver
E235055
MATE Screensaver is the screen-saving and screen-locking utility designed for the MATE desktop environment on Unix-like operating systems.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MATE Screensaver canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2106779 — 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: MATE Screensaver Context triple: [MATE desktop environment, includesComponent, MATE Screensaver]
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A.
MATE desktop environment
MATE desktop environment is a lightweight, traditional-style graphical user interface for Unix-like operating systems, continuing the classic GNOME 2 experience with ongoing updates and support.
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B.
MATE
MATE is a lightweight, traditional-style desktop environment for Unix-like operating systems, derived from GNOME 2 and focused on simplicity and low resource usage.
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C.
MorphOS
MorphOS is a lightweight, Amiga-compatible operating system designed primarily for PowerPC-based hardware, known for its efficiency and continuation of the classic Amiga computing experience.
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D.
Terminal 2D
Terminal 2D is a passenger terminal at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, serving as one of the facilities handling flights and travelers at this major international hub.
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E.
Openbox
Openbox is a lightweight, highly configurable stacking window manager for the X Window System, often used in minimal or performance-focused Linux desktop setups.
- 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: MATE Screensaver Target entity description: MATE Screensaver is the screen-saving and screen-locking utility designed for the MATE desktop environment on Unix-like operating systems.
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A.
MATE desktop environment
MATE desktop environment is a lightweight, traditional-style graphical user interface for Unix-like operating systems, continuing the classic GNOME 2 experience with ongoing updates and support.
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B.
MATE
MATE is a lightweight, traditional-style desktop environment for Unix-like operating systems, derived from GNOME 2 and focused on simplicity and low resource usage.
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C.
MorphOS
MorphOS is a lightweight, Amiga-compatible operating system designed primarily for PowerPC-based hardware, known for its efficiency and continuation of the classic Amiga computing experience.
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D.
Terminal 2D
Terminal 2D is a passenger terminal at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, serving as one of the facilities handling flights and travelers at this major international hub.
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E.
Openbox
Openbox is a lightweight, highly configurable stacking window manager for the X Window System, often used in minimal or performance-focused Linux desktop setups.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
MATE desktop component
ⓘ
screen locking utility ⓘ screensaver software ⓘ |
| basedOn | GNOME Screensaver ⓘ |
| configurationMethod |
dconf or GSettings backend
ⓘ
graphical preferences dialog ⓘ |
| developer | MATE developers ⓘ |
| distribution | available in most major Linux distribution repositories ⓘ |
| function |
screen locking
ⓘ
screen saving ⓘ session locking ⓘ |
| implements |
idle timeout handling
ⓘ
lock screen dialog ⓘ password authentication for unlock ⓘ screensaver themes support ⓘ |
| includedIn | MATE core packages on many Linux distributions ⓘ |
| license | GPL-2.0-or-later ⓘ |
| maintainer |
MATE project
ⓘ
linked to:
MATE
|
| operatingSystem |
BSD
ⓘ
Linux ⓘ Unix-like operating systems ⓘ |
| partOf | MATE desktop environment ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| replaces | GNOME Screensaver in MATE desktop ⓘ |
| securityRole | prevents unauthorized access when user is away ⓘ |
| softwareGenre |
desktop environment component
ⓘ
utility software ⓘ |
| sourceCodeRepository | https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-screensaver ⓘ |
| supports | X11 ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
blank screen mode
ⓘ
idle activation delay ⓘ lock on resume ⓘ multi-monitor setups ⓘ power management integration ⓘ screensaver slideshow ⓘ |
| targetPlatform |
desktop computers
ⓘ
laptop computers ⓘ |
| userInterface |
GTK+
ⓘ
linked to:
GTK (for graphical interface)
|
| uses |
DBus
ⓘ
linked to:
D-Bus
PAM ⓘ X11 extensions ⓘ |
| website | https://mate-desktop.org/ ⓘ |
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: MATE Screensaver Description of subject: MATE Screensaver is the screen-saving and screen-locking utility designed for the MATE desktop environment on Unix-like operating systems.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.