SKAudioNode
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SKAudioNode is a SpriteKit class used to play and control audio within 2D games and interactive scenes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SKAudioNode canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5432863 — 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: SKAudioNode Context triple: [SpriteKit, includes, SKAudioNode]
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A.
audioOS
audioOS is Apple’s specialized operating system designed to power and manage the features of its HomePod smart speakers.
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B.
Audion
Audion is an early triode vacuum tube invented by Lee de Forest that enabled the amplification of electrical signals and was crucial to the development of radio and electronics.
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C.
Smith Sound
Smith Sound is a narrow Arctic waterway between Greenland and Ellesmere Island that forms part of the connection between Baffin Bay and the Arctic Ocean.
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D.
UPIC graphic sound synthesis system
The UPIC graphic sound synthesis system is an innovative electronic music tool that allows composers to create and manipulate sounds by drawing graphical shapes, pioneered by composer and architect Iannis Xenakis.
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E.
Sounds
Sounds was the short name of the Memphis Sounds, a former professional basketball team in the American Basketball Association (ABA) during the 1970s.
- 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: SKAudioNode Target entity description: SKAudioNode is a SpriteKit class used to play and control audio within 2D games and interactive scenes.
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A.
audioOS
audioOS is Apple’s specialized operating system designed to power and manage the features of its HomePod smart speakers.
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B.
Audion
Audion is an early triode vacuum tube invented by Lee de Forest that enabled the amplification of electrical signals and was crucial to the development of radio and electronics.
-
C.
Smith Sound
Smith Sound is a narrow Arctic waterway between Greenland and Ellesmere Island that forms part of the connection between Baffin Bay and the Arctic Ocean.
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D.
UPIC graphic sound synthesis system
The UPIC graphic sound synthesis system is an innovative electronic music tool that allows composers to create and manipulate sounds by drawing graphical shapes, pioneered by composer and architect Iannis Xenakis.
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E.
Sounds
Sounds was the short name of the Memphis Sounds, a former professional basketball team in the American Basketball Association (ABA) during the 1970s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
SKNode subclass
ⓘ
SpriteKit class ⓘ audio node ⓘ |
| belongsToModule | SpriteKit ⓘ |
| canBeAddedTo |
SKNode hierarchy
ⓘ
SKScene ⓘ
linked to:
SpriteKit
|
| canBeControlledBy |
SKAction
ⓘ
actions ⓘ |
| canBeInitializedWith |
AVAudioNode
ⓘ
URL ⓘ fileNamed: ⓘ |
| documentationURL | https://developer.apple.com/documentation/spritekit/skaudionode ⓘ |
| framework | SpriteKit ⓘ |
| header | SpriteKit/SpriteKit.h ⓘ |
| inheritsFrom | SKNode ⓘ |
| integratesWith |
AVAudioEngine
ⓘ
AVAudioNode ⓘ |
| introducedBy |
Apple
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Inc.
|
| language |
Objective-C
ⓘ
Swift ⓘ |
| platform |
Apple
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Inc.
iOS ⓘ macOS ⓘ tvOS ⓘ watchOS ⓘ |
| property |
autoplayLooped
ⓘ
avAudioNode ⓘ avAudioNode?.engine ⓘ isPositional ⓘ |
| supports |
distance-based attenuation
ⓘ
looping audio ⓘ mixing with other audio nodes ⓘ panning ⓘ playback control ⓘ positional audio ⓘ spatial audio effects ⓘ volume control ⓘ |
| typicalUse |
ambient audio in games
ⓘ
background music ⓘ soundscapes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
adding positional audio to scenes
ⓘ
controlling audio in 2D games ⓘ playing audio in SpriteKit scenes ⓘ |
| usedIn |
2D games
ⓘ
SpriteKit-based applications ⓘ interactive scenes ⓘ |
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: SKAudioNode Description of subject: SKAudioNode is a SpriteKit class used to play and control audio within 2D games and interactive scenes.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.