SCNAnimation
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SCNAnimation is a SceneKit class that represents and controls time-based animations for 3D scene elements in Apple's graphics frameworks.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SCNAnimation canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8820755 — 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: SCNAnimation Context triple: [SceneKit, hasClass, SCNAnimation]
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A.
SceneKit
SceneKit is a high-level 3D graphics framework from Apple used to build and render interactive 3D scenes and animations across its platforms.
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B.
Core Animation
Core Animation is Apple’s high-performance graphics rendering and animation framework used to create smooth, hardware-accelerated visual effects in macOS, iOS, and other Apple platforms.
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C.
SKActionTimingMode
SKActionTimingMode is an enumeration in Apple’s SpriteKit framework that defines how the timing of actions is calculated, such as linear, eased in, eased out, or eased in and out.
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D.
SpriteKit
SpriteKit is Apple’s 2D game development framework designed for building high-performance, animated games and interactive content across its platforms.
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E.
SKView
SKView is the SpriteKit-specific view class in Apple’s frameworks that renders and manages SpriteKit scenes within an app’s user interface.
- 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: SCNAnimation Target entity description: SCNAnimation is a SceneKit class that represents and controls time-based animations for 3D scene elements in Apple's graphics frameworks.
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A.
PowerAnimator
PowerAnimator was a high-end 3D modeling and animation software package used extensively in film and visual effects production before being succeeded by Autodesk Maya.
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B.
SceneKit
SceneKit is a high-level 3D graphics framework from Apple used to build and render interactive 3D scenes and animations across its platforms.
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C.
Core Animation
Core Animation is Apple’s high-performance graphics rendering and animation framework used to create smooth, hardware-accelerated visual effects in macOS, iOS, and other Apple platforms.
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D.
SKActionTimingMode
SKActionTimingMode is an enumeration in Apple’s SpriteKit framework that defines how the timing of actions is calculated, such as linear, eased in, eased out, or eased in and out.
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E.
SpriteKit
SpriteKit is Apple’s 2D game development framework designed for building high-performance, animated games and interactive content across its platforms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Foundation object
ⓘ
SceneKit class ⓘ time-based animation representation ⓘ |
| availableOnPlatform |
iOS
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macOS ⓘ tvOS ⓘ watchOS ⓘ |
| bridgesTo | CAAnimation ⓘ |
| canBeAttachedTo |
SCNCamera
ⓘ
SCNLight ⓘ SCNMaterial ⓘ SCNNode ⓘ |
| canBeExportedWith | SCNScene ⓘ |
| canBeLoadedFrom | SCNSceneSource ⓘ |
| conformsTo |
SCNAnimatable
ⓘ
SCNAnimationProtocol ⓘ |
| definedInFramework | SceneKit ⓘ |
| definedInModule | SceneKit ⓘ |
| hasMethod | animationWithCAAnimation: ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
animationEvents
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autoreverses ⓘ beginTime ⓘ blendFactor ⓘ duration ⓘ fadeInDuration ⓘ fadeOutDuration ⓘ fillMode ⓘ isAdditive ⓘ isCumulative ⓘ isRemovedOnCompletion ⓘ repeatCount ⓘ repeatDuration ⓘ speed ⓘ timeMode ⓘ timeOffset ⓘ timingFunction ⓘ usesSceneTimeBase ⓘ |
| supports |
animation blending
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animation events callbacks ⓘ animation repetition ⓘ autoreverses behavior ⓘ fade-in and fade-out durations ⓘ keyframe-based animation ⓘ timing control ⓘ |
| usedFor |
animating SceneKit cameras
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animating SceneKit lights ⓘ animating SceneKit materials ⓘ animating SceneKit nodes ⓘ controlling 3D scene animations ⓘ |
| usedIn |
3D scene rendering workflows
ⓘ
Apple graphics frameworks ⓘ |
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: SCNAnimation Description of subject: SCNAnimation is a SceneKit class that represents and controls time-based animations for 3D scene elements in Apple's graphics frameworks.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.