MATE Panel
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MATE Panel is the customizable taskbar and panel component of the MATE desktop environment, providing application launchers, system trays, menus, and other applets for traditional desktop navigation.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MATE Panel canonical | 5 |
| MATE panel | 3 |
| MATE main menu | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8247055 — 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 Panel Context triple: [MATE, desktopShellComponent, MATE Panel]
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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.
MATE Control Center
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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C.
MATE
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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D.
MATE Settings Daemon
MATE Settings Daemon is a background service in the MATE desktop environment that manages and applies user preferences such as themes, keyboard shortcuts, and other desktop settings.
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E.
MATE Screensaver
MATE Screensaver is the screen-saving and screen-locking utility designed for the MATE desktop environment on Unix-like operating systems.
- 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 Panel Target entity description: MATE Panel is the customizable taskbar and panel component of the MATE desktop environment, providing application launchers, system trays, menus, and other applets for traditional desktop navigation.
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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.
MATE Control Center
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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C.
MATE
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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D.
MATE Settings Daemon
MATE Settings Daemon is a background service in the MATE desktop environment that manages and applies user preferences such as themes, keyboard shortcuts, and other desktop settings.
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E.
MATE Screensaver
MATE Screensaver is the screen-saving and screen-locking utility designed for the MATE desktop environment on Unix-like operating systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
desktop panel
ⓘ
software component ⓘ |
| aimsTo | provide a classic desktop experience ⓘ |
| category |
desktop environment component
ⓘ
free and open-source software ⓘ |
| compatibleWith |
Wayland (partial, via MATE support)
ⓘ
linked to:
Wayland
X11 ⓘ |
| configurationMethod |
context menu on panel
ⓘ
graphical preferences dialog ⓘ |
| developer | MATE developers ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
clock applet
ⓘ
drawer applet ⓘ indicator applet ⓘ main menu applet ⓘ notification area applet ⓘ separator applet ⓘ show desktop applet ⓘ window list applet ⓘ workspace switcher applet ⓘ |
| license | GPL-2.0-or-later ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
BSD
ⓘ
Linux ⓘ |
| originatesFrom |
GNOME Panel
ⓘ
linked to:
GNOME Panel (by GNOME Shell in GNOME 3)
|
| partOf | MATE desktop environment ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| provides |
applets
ⓘ
application launchers ⓘ menus ⓘ panel ⓘ system tray ⓘ taskbar ⓘ |
| supports |
custom panel layouts
ⓘ
drag-and-drop applet placement ⓘ keyboard navigation ⓘ multi-monitor setups ⓘ multiple panels ⓘ panel autohide ⓘ panel locking ⓘ panel orientation change ⓘ panel size adjustment ⓘ panel theming ⓘ panel transparency ⓘ |
| usedIn | traditional desktop layout ⓘ |
| userInterface |
GTK+
ⓘ
linked to:
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 Panel Description of subject: MATE Panel is the customizable taskbar and panel component of the MATE desktop environment, providing application launchers, system trays, menus, and other applets for traditional desktop navigation.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: MATE Panel
linked to: MATE Panel
subject linked to:
Ubuntu MATE (flavor)
linked to: MATE Panel
linked to: MATE Panel