MATE Session Manager
E721353
MATE Session Manager is a core component of the MATE desktop environment responsible for starting, managing, and restoring user sessions on Unix-like systems.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MATE Session Manager canonical | 2 |
| MATE Session Logout dialog | 1 |
| MATE session manager | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8247061 — 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 Session Manager Context triple: [MATE, desktopShellComponent, MATE Session Manager]
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A.
MATE Settings Daemon
MATE Settings Daemon is a background service in the MATE desktop environment that manages and applies user preferences such as themes, keyboard shortcuts, and other desktop settings.
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B.
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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C.
MATE Control Center
MATE Control Center is the central configuration utility for the MATE desktop environment, providing a unified interface to manage system and desktop settings.
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D.
metacity
Metacity is a lightweight, compositing window manager best known for serving as the default window manager for the GNOME 2 desktop environment on X11.
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E.
GNOME Shell
GNOME Shell is the core graphical user interface and desktop environment component of the GNOME project, providing the primary user experience on many Linux-based systems.
- 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 Session Manager Target entity description: MATE Session Manager is a core component of the MATE desktop environment responsible for starting, managing, and restoring user sessions on Unix-like systems.
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A.
MATE Settings Daemon
MATE Settings Daemon is a background service in the MATE desktop environment that manages and applies user preferences such as themes, keyboard shortcuts, and other desktop settings.
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B.
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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C.
MATE Control Center
MATE Control Center is the central configuration utility for the MATE desktop environment, providing a unified interface to manage system and desktop settings.
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D.
metacity
Metacity is a lightweight, compositing window manager best known for serving as the default window manager for the GNOME 2 desktop environment on X11.
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E.
GNOME Shell
GNOME Shell is the core graphical user interface and desktop environment component of the GNOME project, providing the primary user experience on many Linux-based systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
MATE desktop component
ⓘ
session manager ⓘ software component ⓘ |
| configuration |
logout and shutdown behavior
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session preferences ⓘ startup applications list ⓘ |
| developedFor | MATE desktop users ⓘ |
| function |
handle user login
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handle user logout ⓘ launch core desktop components ⓘ manage autostart applications ⓘ manage session restart ⓘ manage session shutdown ⓘ manage user sessions ⓘ restore user sessions ⓘ save session state ⓘ start user sessions ⓘ support session restoration after login ⓘ |
| handles |
startup of desktop background
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startup of key desktop services ⓘ startup of panel ⓘ startup of window manager ⓘ |
| license | free and open-source software ⓘ |
| maintainer | MATE developers ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
BSD
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Linux ⓘ Unix-like systems ⓘ |
| partOf | MATE desktop environment ⓘ |
| platform | X11 ⓘ |
| roleInSystem |
core desktop infrastructure
ⓘ
session lifecycle controller ⓘ |
| similarTo | GNOME Session Manager ⓘ |
| softwareGenre | desktop environment component ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
autostart of applications
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logout dialog ⓘ reboot dialog ⓘ session restoration ⓘ session saving ⓘ shutdown dialog ⓘ |
| targetUserInterface | graphical desktop sessions ⓘ |
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 Session Manager Description of subject: MATE Session Manager is a core component of the MATE desktop environment responsible for starting, managing, and restoring user sessions on Unix-like systems.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: MATE Session Manager
linked to: MATE Session Manager