Marco
E724056
Marco is the lightweight window manager used by the MATE desktop environment, designed as a continuation of GNOME 2’s Metacity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marco canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8247050 — 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: Marco Context triple: [MATE, desktopShellComponent, Marco]
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A.
Marco
Marco is a central character in Arthur Miller’s play "A View from the Bridge," depicted as a hardworking Italian immigrant whose fierce sense of family loyalty and justice drives much of the drama’s conflict.
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B.
Marcus
Marcus is a masculine given name of ancient Roman origin that has been widely used across many cultures and historical periods.
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C.
Giulio
Giulio is the given name of Giulio Douhet, an influential early 20th-century Italian air power theorist and general.
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D.
Martin
Martin is a minor but kind-hearted character in Ernest Hemingway's novella "The Old Man and the Sea," known for helping the old fisherman Santiago.
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E.
Martin
Martin is the central protagonist of the 1991 psychological thriller film "Proof," around whom the story’s exploration of trust, perception, and human connection revolves.
- 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: Marco Target entity description: Marco is the lightweight window manager used by the MATE desktop environment, designed as a continuation of GNOME 2’s Metacity.
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A.
Marco
Marco is a central character in Arthur Miller’s play "A View from the Bridge," depicted as a hardworking Italian immigrant whose fierce sense of family loyalty and justice drives much of the drama’s conflict.
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B.
Marcus
Marcus is a masculine given name of ancient Roman origin that has been widely used across many cultures and historical periods.
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C.
Giulio
Giulio is the given name of Giulio Douhet, an influential early 20th-century Italian air power theorist and general.
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D.
Martin
Martin is a minor but kind-hearted character in Ernest Hemingway's novella "The Old Man and the Sea," known for helping the old fisherman Santiago.
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E.
Martin
Martin is the central protagonist of the 1991 psychological thriller film "Proof," around whom the story’s exploration of trust, perception, and human connection revolves.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
free and open-source software
ⓘ
window manager ⓘ |
| aimsFor |
lightweight operation
ⓘ
low resource usage ⓘ traditional desktop experience ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Metacity
ⓘ
linked to:
metacity
|
| category |
MATE software
ⓘ
linked to:
MATE
X window managers ⓘ free desktop software ⓘ |
| compatibleWith | GTK-based applications ⓘ |
| configurationMethod |
GSettings
ⓘ
linked to:
dconf
MATE control center window preferences ⓘ |
| continuationOf |
Metacity
ⓘ
linked to:
metacity
|
| derivedFrom |
GNOME 2’s Metacity
ⓘ
linked to:
metacity
|
| designedFor | MATE desktop environment ⓘ |
| developer | MATE developers ⓘ |
| focusPolicyOptions |
click-to-focus
ⓘ
mouse focus ⓘ sloppy focus ⓘ |
| integratesWith |
MATE control center
ⓘ
linked to:
MATE Control Center
MATE panel ⓘ
linked to:
MATE Panel
|
| license |
GNU General Public License
ⓘ
GPL-2.0-or-later ⓘ |
| maintainsCompatibilityWith | Metacity themes ⓘ |
| name | Marco ⓘ |
| operatingSystemSupport |
FreeBSD
ⓘ
Linux ⓘ OpenBSD ⓘ |
| partOf | MATE desktop environment ⓘ |
| platform |
BSD
ⓘ
Linux ⓘ Unix-like operating systems ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| replaces | Metacity in MATE ⓘ |
| roleInMATE | default window manager ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
keyboard shortcuts
ⓘ
multiple workspaces ⓘ themes ⓘ titlebar buttons customization ⓘ window compositing (optional) ⓘ window focus modes ⓘ window placement policies ⓘ |
| supportsSessionType | X11 MATE session ⓘ |
| supportsThemeFormat | Metacity theme format ⓘ |
| userInterface | no standalone GUI; configured via MATE tools ⓘ |
| usesDisplayServerProtocol | X11 ⓘ |
| windowDecoration | client-side decorations via Metacity-style themes ⓘ |
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: Marco Description of subject: Marco is the lightweight window manager used by the MATE desktop environment, designed as a continuation of GNOME 2’s Metacity.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.