Do Not Disturb While Driving in iOS 11
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Do Not Disturb While Driving in iOS 11 is a safety feature that automatically limits notifications and screen distractions while a user is driving to help reduce accidents and encourage focused driving.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Do Not Disturb While Driving | 1 |
| Do Not Disturb While Driving in iOS 11 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5100806 — 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)
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Target entity: Do Not Disturb While Driving in iOS 11 Context triple: [Apple WWDC 2017, announcedFeature, Do Not Disturb While Driving in iOS 11]
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A.
Apple CarPlay
Apple CarPlay is an in-car software platform by Apple that mirrors and integrates iPhone apps and functions with a vehicle’s infotainment system for safer, hands-free use while driving.
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B.
Safety Check in iOS 16
Safety Check in iOS 16 is a privacy and security feature that lets users quickly review and revoke access to their data and location that they’ve shared with people and apps, particularly useful in situations of personal safety or abuse.
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C.
Autopilot
Autopilot is Tesla’s advanced driver-assistance system designed to automate steering, acceleration, and braking under driver supervision.
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D.
Android Auto
Android Auto is Google’s in-car software platform that mirrors Android smartphone features onto a vehicle’s infotainment system for safer, hands-free navigation, communication, and media control while driving.
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E.
watchOS
watchOS is Apple’s smartwatch operating system that powers the Apple Watch, providing fitness tracking, notifications, and app functionality tightly integrated with iOS and the Apple ecosystem.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Do Not Disturb While Driving in iOS 11 Target entity description: Do Not Disturb While Driving in iOS 11 is a safety feature that automatically limits notifications and screen distractions while a user is driving to help reduce accidents and encourage focused driving.
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A.
Apple CarPlay
Apple CarPlay is an in-car software platform by Apple that mirrors and integrates iPhone apps and functions with a vehicle’s infotainment system for safer, hands-free use while driving.
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B.
Safety Check in iOS 16
Safety Check in iOS 16 is a privacy and security feature that lets users quickly review and revoke access to their data and location that they’ve shared with people and apps, particularly useful in situations of personal safety or abuse.
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C.
Autopilot
Autopilot is Tesla’s advanced driver-assistance system designed to automate steering, acceleration, and braking under driver supervision.
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D.
Android Auto
Android Auto is Google’s in-car software platform that mirrors Android smartphone features onto a vehicle’s infotainment system for safer, hands-free navigation, communication, and media control while driving.
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E.
watchOS
watchOS is Apple’s smartwatch operating system that powers the Apple Watch, providing fitness tracking, notifications, and app functionality tightly integrated with iOS and the Apple ecosystem.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
driver safety feature
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mobile operating system feature ⓘ notification management feature ⓘ |
| announcedAt |
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2017
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple WWDC 2017
|
| autoReplyAudience |
all contacts
ⓘ
favorites ⓘ no one ⓘ recent contacts ⓘ |
| autoReplyTrigger | incoming text message ⓘ |
| canBeBypassedBy | repeated calls in some configurations ⓘ |
| category |
road safety technology
ⓘ
smartphone safety feature ⓘ |
| configuration |
can choose activation method
ⓘ
can customize auto-reply message ⓘ |
| defaultBehavior | sends auto-reply to selected contacts ⓘ |
| detectionMethod |
Bluetooth car stereo connection
ⓘ
motion detection ⓘ |
| developedBy | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| effect |
helps prevent texting while driving
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reduces on-screen distractions while driving ⓘ |
| feature |
allow calls from favorites option
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auto-reply to messages ⓘ emergency bypass via "urgent" keyword ⓘ silence notifications while driving ⓘ |
| introducedInVersion | iOS 11 ⓘ |
| limits |
incoming calls
ⓘ
incoming notifications ⓘ lock screen lighting up ⓘ text message alerts ⓘ |
| modeOfActivation |
automatic
ⓘ
car Bluetooth connection ⓘ manual ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | iOS ⓘ |
| platform |
iPad
ⓘ
iPhone ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
encourage focused driving
ⓘ
improve road safety ⓘ reduce driver distraction ⓘ |
| privacy | does not share location with senders by default ⓘ |
| relatedFeature | Do Not Disturb in iOS ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2017 ⓘ |
| requires | iOS 11 or later ⓘ |
| settingsPath | Settings > Do Not Disturb > Do Not Disturb While Driving ⓘ |
| status | superseded by Focus modes in later iOS versions ⓘ |
| targetUser | drivers ⓘ |
| userControl | can be enabled in Settings ⓘ |
| userInterface |
Control Center toggle
ⓘ
lock screen banner 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 While Driving in iOS 11 Description of subject: Do Not Disturb While Driving in iOS 11 is a safety feature that automatically limits notifications and screen distractions while a user is driving to help reduce accidents and encourage focused driving.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Do Not Disturb While Driving in iOS 11