MATE
E192874
MATE is a lightweight, traditional-style desktop environment for Unix-like operating systems, derived from GNOME 2 and focused on simplicity and low resource usage.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MATE canonical | 9 |
| MATE Applets | 1 |
| MATE Menu | 1 |
| MATE project | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1717633 — 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 Context triple: [Debian, hasDesktopEnvironmentOption, MATE]
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A.
Ma$e
Ma$e is an American rapper and songwriter known for his late-1990s success with Bad Boy Records and his smooth, laid-back delivery on hits like "Feel So Good."
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B.
MAB
MAB is a German bibliographic data format used for cataloging and exchanging library records, closely related to and historically aligned with MARC standards.
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C.
M-Code
M-Code is an advanced, encrypted military GPS signal designed to provide more secure and jam-resistant positioning and navigation for authorized users.
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D.
Mata
Mata is a title used in certain South Asian cultural and religious contexts, often signifying a revered mother figure or goddess.
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E.
MAD
MAD is the three-letter IATA airport code for Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, the main international airport serving Madrid, Spain.
- 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 Target entity description: MATE is a lightweight, traditional-style desktop environment for Unix-like operating systems, derived from GNOME 2 and focused on simplicity and low resource usage.
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A.
Ma$e
Ma$e is an American rapper and songwriter known for his late-1990s success with Bad Boy Records and his smooth, laid-back delivery on hits like "Feel So Good."
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B.
MAB
MAB is a German bibliographic data format used for cataloging and exchanging library records, closely related to and historically aligned with MARC standards.
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C.
M-Code
M-Code is an advanced, encrypted military GPS signal designed to provide more secure and jam-resistant positioning and navigation for authorized users.
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D.
Mata
Mata is a title used in certain South Asian cultural and religious contexts, often signifying a revered mother figure or goddess.
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E.
MAD
MAD is the three-letter IATA airport code for Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, the main international airport serving Madrid, Spain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
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 Description of subject: MATE is a lightweight, traditional-style desktop environment for Unix-like operating systems, derived from GNOME 2 and focused on simplicity and low resource usage.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
MATE Applets
this entity surface form:
MATE Menu
subject surface form:
Engrampa
this entity surface form:
MATE project
subject surface form:
Ubuntu MATE