MATE Control Center
E235053
MATE Control Center is the central configuration utility for the MATE desktop environment, providing a unified interface to manage system and desktop settings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MATE Control Center canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2106777 — 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 Control Center Context triple: [MATE desktop environment, includesComponent, MATE Control Center]
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A.
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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B.
GNOME Control Center
GNOME Control Center is the main settings application for the GNOME desktop environment, providing a centralized interface to configure system and desktop preferences.
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C.
GNOME Software
GNOME Software is the graphical application store and software management tool for the GNOME desktop environment, used to browse, install, and update applications.
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D.
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.
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E.
Xfce
Xfce is a lightweight, fast, and modular desktop environment for Unix-like operating systems, designed to be visually appealing while using minimal system resources.
- 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 Control Center Target entity description: 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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A.
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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B.
GNOME Control Center
GNOME Control Center is the main settings application for the GNOME desktop environment, providing a centralized interface to configure system and desktop preferences.
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C.
GNOME Software
GNOME Software is the graphical application store and software management tool for the GNOME desktop environment, used to browse, install, and update applications.
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D.
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.
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E.
Xfce
Xfce is a lightweight, fast, and modular desktop environment for Unix-like operating systems, designed to be visually appealing while using minimal system resources.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
configuration utility
ⓘ
desktop environment tool ⓘ software component ⓘ |
| accessMethod |
MATE Panel
ⓘ
surface form:
MATE main menu
command line launcher ⓘ |
| aimsTo | provide simple and consistent configuration experience ⓘ |
| category |
hardware settings
ⓘ
internet and network settings ⓘ personal settings ⓘ system settings ⓘ |
| compatibleWith |
Wayland (where supported by MATE)
ⓘ
X11 ⓘ |
| developedFor | MATE users ⓘ |
| distribution | available through Linux distribution repositories ⓘ |
| includedIn |
MATE Settings Daemon
ⓘ
surface form:
MATE core components
|
| launches | individual configuration modules ⓘ |
| license | free and open-source software license ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | MATE developers ⓘ |
| manages |
appearance settings
ⓘ
display settings ⓘ font settings ⓘ hardware settings ⓘ keyboard settings ⓘ mouse settings ⓘ network-related settings (via separate tools) ⓘ theme settings ⓘ window behavior settings ⓘ |
| openSource | true ⓘ |
| operatesOn |
MATE desktop environment
ⓘ
surface form:
MATE Desktop Environment
|
| operatingSystem | GNU/Linux distributions that ship MATE ⓘ |
| organizes | settings into categories ⓘ |
| partOf |
MATE desktop environment
ⓘ
surface form:
MATE Desktop Environment
|
| platform |
Linux
ⓘ
Unix-like operating systems ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
central configuration of desktop settings
ⓘ
central configuration of system settings ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| provides | unified interface for configuration tools ⓘ |
| requires |
GTK
ⓘ
surface form:
GTK+ libraries
MATE libraries ⓘ |
| similarTo | GNOME Control Center ⓘ |
| softwareGenre |
control center
ⓘ
system configuration tool ⓘ |
| supports | multiple languages (via translations) ⓘ |
| userInterface | graphical user interface ⓘ |
| usesToolkit |
GTK
ⓘ
surface form:
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: MATE Control Center Description of subject: MATE Control Center is the central configuration utility for the MATE desktop environment, providing a unified interface to manage system and desktop settings.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Ubuntu MATE