GDM
E203872
GDM (GNOME Display Manager) is the graphical login and session management system used by the GNOME desktop environment on Unix-like operating systems.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| GDM canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1831366 — 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: GDM Context triple: [GNOME, hasComponent, GDM]
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A.
GDN
GDN is the vehicle registration code assigned to motor vehicles registered in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland.
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B.
DME
DME is the IATA airport code for Moscow’s Domodedovo International Airport, one of the major airports serving the Russian capital.
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C.
MDH
MDH is the acronym for the Maryland Department of Health, the state agency responsible for public health services, policy, and regulation in Maryland.
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D.
CDG
CDG is the IATA airport code for Charles de Gaulle Airport, the main international airport serving Paris and one of Europe’s busiest air hubs.
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E.
GUM
GUM is the IATA airport code for Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, the main commercial airport serving Guam in the western Pacific.
- 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: GDM Target entity description: GDM (GNOME Display Manager) is the graphical login and session management system used by the GNOME desktop environment on Unix-like operating systems.
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A.
GDN
GDN is the vehicle registration code assigned to motor vehicles registered in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland.
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B.
DME
DME is the IATA airport code for Moscow’s Domodedovo International Airport, one of the major airports serving the Russian capital.
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C.
MDH
MDH is the acronym for the Maryland Department of Health, the state agency responsible for public health services, policy, and regulation in Maryland.
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D.
CDG
CDG is the IATA airport code for Charles de Gaulle Airport, the main international airport serving Paris and one of Europe’s busiest air hubs.
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E.
GUM
GUM is the IATA airport code for Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, the main commercial airport serving Guam in the western Pacific.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
display manager
ⓘ
free and open-source software ⓘ login manager software ⓘ |
| category |
GNOME Software
ⓘ
surface form:
GNOME software
display managers ⓘ |
| componentOf | GNOME core components ⓘ |
| configurationFileFormat | text configuration files ⓘ |
| defaultDisplayManagerFor | GNOME on many Linux distributions ⓘ |
| developer |
GNOME community
ⓘ
surface form:
GNOME Project
|
| fullName | GNOME Display Manager ⓘ |
| function |
graphical greeter display
ⓘ
graphical login management ⓘ session management ⓘ user authentication ⓘ |
| implements | PAM-based authentication ⓘ |
| initialReleaseApproximate | late 1990s ⓘ |
| license | GNU General Public License ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
BSD
ⓘ
Linux ⓘ Unix-like operating systems ⓘ |
| partOf | GNOME desktop environment ⓘ |
| primaryProgrammingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| replaces | XDM ⓘ |
| repositoryHost |
GitLab
ⓘ
surface form:
GNOME GitLab
|
| runsAs | system service ⓘ |
| shortName | GDM self-link ⓘ |
| softwareGenre |
display server utility
ⓘ
system software ⓘ |
| supports |
Wayland
ⓘ
X11 ⓘ multi-seat setups ⓘ |
| supportsDisplayServer |
GNOME Shell
ⓘ
surface form:
GNOME Shell greeter
|
| supportsFeature |
accessibility options
ⓘ
automatic login ⓘ language selection ⓘ remote login (XDMCP, historically) ⓘ session selection ⓘ theming of login screen ⓘ user switching ⓘ |
| usedByDesktopEnvironment |
GNOME desktop environment
ⓘ
surface form:
GNOME
|
| usedOnDistribution |
Debian
ⓘ
surface form:
Debian (GNOME)
Fedora Linux ⓘ
surface form:
Fedora
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ⓘ
surface form:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (GNOME)
Ubuntu ⓘ
surface form:
Ubuntu (GNOME flavor)
openSUSE ⓘ
surface form:
openSUSE (GNOME)
|
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: GDM Description of subject: GDM (GNOME Display Manager) is the graphical login and session management system used by the GNOME desktop environment on Unix-like operating systems.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
GNOME