mutter
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Mutter is a window manager and compositor for the X Window System and Wayland, best known as the core window management component of the GNOME desktop environment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| mutter canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2629089 — 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: mutter Context triple: [X11, typicalWindowManagers, mutter]
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A.
Muster
Muster, commonly known as Aggie Muster, is a cherished Texas A&M University tradition in which Aggies worldwide gather annually to honor and remember fellow Aggies who have passed away.
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B.
MUC
MUC is the abbreviation for the Meritorious Unit Commendation, a U.S. military unit award recognizing exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services.
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C.
MUC
MUC is the IATA airport code for Munich Airport, a major international aviation hub in Germany.
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D.
Mojo
Mojo is a 2010 blues-rock–oriented studio album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers that marked their return to a raw, live-in-the-studio sound.
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E.
MUHA
MUHA is the ICAO airport code for José Martí International Airport, the main international gateway serving Havana, Cuba.
- 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: mutter Target entity description: Mutter is a window manager and compositor for the X Window System and Wayland, best known as the core window management component of the GNOME desktop environment.
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A.
Muster
Muster, commonly known as Aggie Muster, is a cherished Texas A&M University tradition in which Aggies worldwide gather annually to honor and remember fellow Aggies who have passed away.
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B.
MUC
MUC is the abbreviation for the Meritorious Unit Commendation, a U.S. military unit award recognizing exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services.
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C.
MUC
MUC is the IATA airport code for Munich Airport, a major international aviation hub in Germany.
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D.
Mojo
Mojo is a 2010 blues-rock–oriented studio album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers that marked their return to a raw, live-in-the-studio sound.
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E.
MUHA
MUHA is the ICAO airport code for José Martí International Airport, the main international gateway serving Havana, Cuba.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
GNOME component
ⓘ
compositor ⓘ free and open-source software ⓘ window manager ⓘ |
| basedOn |
metacity
ⓘ
surface form:
Metacity
|
| category |
GNOME Software
ⓘ
surface form:
GNOME software
Wayland compositor ⓘ X window manager ⓘ |
| developedBy |
GNOME community
ⓘ
surface form:
GNOME Project
|
| distribution | included in major Linux distributions ⓘ |
| handles |
display output management
ⓘ
input device management ⓘ window compositing ⓘ window placement ⓘ |
| implements |
Wayland
ⓘ
surface form:
Wayland compositor protocol
X11 window management protocols ⓘ |
| isCoreComponentOf | GNOME Shell ⓘ |
| license |
GNU Lesser General Public License
ⓘ
GNU Lesser General Public License ⓘ
surface form:
LGPL
|
| operatingSystem |
Linux
ⓘ
Unix-like operating systems ⓘ |
| partOf | GNOME desktop environment ⓘ |
| primaryUse | core window management for the GNOME desktop environment ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| providesFunctionality |
wlroots
ⓘ
surface form:
Wayland compositor
X11 window manager ⓘ compositing ⓘ window management ⓘ |
| replaces |
metacity
ⓘ
surface form:
Metacity
|
| roleInGNOME |
Wayland compositor for GNOME
ⓘ
default window manager for GNOME Shell ⓘ |
| softwareGenre |
desktop environment component
ⓘ
system software ⓘ |
| supportsDisplayServerProtocol |
Wayland
ⓘ
X11 ⓘ
surface form:
X Window System
|
| supportsFeature |
OpenGL-based compositing
ⓘ
Wayland session support ⓘ XWayland integration ⓘ compositing window manager effects ⓘ hardware-accelerated rendering ⓘ |
| supportsPlatform |
desktop computers
ⓘ
laptop computers ⓘ |
| usedByDesktopEnvironment |
GNOME desktop environment
ⓘ
surface form:
GNOME
GNOME Shell ⓘ |
| usesGraphicsAPI | OpenGL ⓘ |
| website | https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter ⓘ |
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: mutter Description of subject: Mutter is a window manager and compositor for the X Window System and Wayland, best known as the core window management component of the GNOME desktop environment.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.