Settings
E751416
Settings is the GNOME desktop environment’s central application for configuring system preferences, hardware, and user accounts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Settings canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8703606 — 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: Settings Context triple: [GNOME Control Center, alsoKnownAs, Settings]
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A.
Config
Config is a Symfony component that provides a structured way to load, manage, and validate configuration settings for PHP applications.
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B.
Balance & Options
Balance & Options is a studio album by West Coast hip hop artist and producer DJ Quik, showcasing his signature funk-influenced sound and polished production.
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C.
Configuration
"Configuration" is an abstract artwork by the Dada and Surrealist artist Hans Arp, exemplifying his organic, biomorphic style and interest in chance-based composition.
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D.
Another Setting
"Another Setting" is a 1983 atmospheric, guitar-driven album by The Durutti Column that showcases Vini Reilly’s minimalist, melancholic post-punk sound.
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E.
PC Settings app
The PC Settings app is a modern, touch-friendly configuration interface in Windows 8 that allows users to manage system settings, personalization, accounts, and device options outside of the traditional Control Panel.
- 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: Settings Target entity description: Settings is the GNOME desktop environment’s central application for configuring system preferences, hardware, and user accounts.
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A.
Config
Config is a Symfony component that provides a structured way to load, manage, and validate configuration settings for PHP applications.
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B.
Balance & Options
Balance & Options is a studio album by West Coast hip hop artist and producer DJ Quik, showcasing his signature funk-influenced sound and polished production.
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C.
Configuration
"Configuration" is an abstract artwork by the Dada and Surrealist artist Hans Arp, exemplifying his organic, biomorphic style and interest in chance-based composition.
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D.
Another Setting
"Another Setting" is a 1983 atmospheric, guitar-driven album by The Durutti Column that showcases Vini Reilly’s minimalist, melancholic post-punk sound.
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E.
PC Settings app
The PC Settings app is a modern, touch-friendly configuration interface in Windows 8 that allows users to manage system settings, personalization, accounts, and device options outside of the traditional Control Panel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
GNOME application
ⓘ
configuration application ⓘ system settings tool ⓘ |
| developer |
GNOME Project
ⓘ
linked to:
GNOME community
|
| distribution | most GNOME-based Linux distributions ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Bluetooth panel
ⓘ
accessibility settings panel ⓘ date and time panel ⓘ display settings panel ⓘ keyboard panel ⓘ mouse and touchpad panel ⓘ network settings panel ⓘ notifications panel ⓘ online accounts panel ⓘ power settings panel ⓘ privacy settings panel ⓘ region and language panel ⓘ sharing panel ⓘ sound settings panel ⓘ users panel ⓘ |
| implements | GNOME Human Interface Guidelines ⓘ |
| license | GNU General Public License ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
BSD
ⓘ
Linux ⓘ Unix-like operating systems ⓘ |
| partOf | GNOME desktop environment ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
configure Bluetooth settings
ⓘ
configure accessibility settings ⓘ configure date and time settings ⓘ configure default applications ⓘ configure display settings ⓘ configure hardware settings ⓘ configure keyboard settings ⓘ configure mouse and touchpad settings ⓘ configure network settings ⓘ configure notifications ⓘ configure online accounts ⓘ configure power management settings ⓘ configure privacy settings ⓘ configure region and language settings ⓘ configure sharing settings ⓘ configure sound settings ⓘ configure system preferences ⓘ configure user accounts ⓘ manage user account passwords ⓘ manage user account pictures ⓘ manage user account types ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| replaces | GNOME Control Center ⓘ |
| supports |
Wayland sessions
ⓘ
X11 sessions ⓘ |
| targetUser | GNOME desktop users ⓘ |
| userInterface | graphical user interface ⓘ |
| usesToolkit | GTK ⓘ |
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: Settings Description of subject: Settings is the GNOME desktop environment’s central application for configuring system preferences, hardware, and user accounts.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.