Screen Time
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Screen Time is an iOS tool that tracks and limits device and app usage to help users manage their digital habits and set parental controls.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Screen Time canonical | 6 |
| App Limits | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T370961 — 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: Screen Time Context triple: [iOS, feature, Screen Time]
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A.
Periscope
Periscope was a live video streaming mobile app that allowed users to broadcast and watch real-time video from around the world.
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B.
Apple Fitness+
Apple Fitness+ is a subscription-based fitness streaming service by Apple that offers guided workouts and wellness sessions integrated with Apple Watch and other Apple devices.
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C.
FaceTime
FaceTime is Apple’s proprietary video and audio calling service that enables real-time communication across its devices and platforms.
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D.
Time
Time is a major American news magazine known for its influential coverage of current events, politics, and culture.
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E.
Surface Dial
Surface Dial is a Microsoft-designed radial input device that offers precise, context-aware control for creative and productivity tasks, especially when used with Surface computers and displays.
- 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: Screen Time Target entity description: Screen Time is an iOS tool that tracks and limits device and app usage to help users manage their digital habits and set parental controls.
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A.
Periscope
Periscope was a live video streaming mobile app that allowed users to broadcast and watch real-time video from around the world.
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B.
Apple Fitness+
Apple Fitness+ is a subscription-based fitness streaming service by Apple that offers guided workouts and wellness sessions integrated with Apple Watch and other Apple devices.
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C.
FaceTime
FaceTime is Apple’s proprietary video and audio calling service that enables real-time communication across its devices and platforms.
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D.
Time
Time is a major American news magazine known for its influential coverage of current events, politics, and culture.
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E.
Surface Dial
Surface Dial is a Microsoft-designed radial input device that offers precise, context-aware control for creative and productivity tasks, especially when used with Surface computers and displays.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
digital wellbeing tool
ⓘ
iOS feature ⓘ parental control feature ⓘ |
| accessibleFrom |
Settings app on iOS
ⓘ
System Settings on macOS ⓘ |
| allows |
blocking explicit content
ⓘ
managing child devices remotely ⓘ restricting app categories ⓘ restricting purchases and downloads ⓘ restricting specific apps ⓘ restricting web content ⓘ scheduling device downtime ⓘ setting daily time limits for apps ⓘ setting parental passcode ⓘ setting passcode to change settings ⓘ |
| canSyncVia | iCloud ⓘ |
| category |
digital health
ⓘ
parental control software ⓘ |
| competesWith |
Google Digital Wellbeing
ⓘ
third-party parental control apps ⓘ |
| controlledBy | Screen Time passcode ⓘ |
| developedBy | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| feature |
Always Allowed
ⓘ
App Limits ⓘ
linked to:
Screen Time
Content & Privacy Restrictions ⓘ Downtime ⓘ Family Sharing controls ⓘ
linked to:
Family Sharing
usage reports ⓘ weekly activity summaries ⓘ |
| introducedInVersion |
iOS 12
ⓘ
linked to:
iOS
|
| introducedInYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
iOS
ⓘ
iPadOS ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| platform |
Mac
ⓘ
iPad ⓘ iPhone ⓘ |
| purpose |
help manage digital habits
ⓘ
limit device usage ⓘ provide parental controls ⓘ track device usage ⓘ |
| requires | Apple ID for Family Sharing features ⓘ |
| scope |
combined devices in Family Sharing
ⓘ
per-device usage ⓘ |
| storesDataOn | device ⓘ |
| tracks |
app usage time
ⓘ
notifications received ⓘ number of device pickups ⓘ total screen time ⓘ |
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: Screen Time Description of subject: Screen Time is an iOS tool that tracks and limits device and app usage to help users manage their digital habits and set parental controls.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Screen Time