GNOME Screensaver
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GNOME Screensaver is a legacy screen-locking and screensaver application for the GNOME desktop environment on Unix-like operating systems.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| GNOME Screensaver canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9712601 — 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: GNOME Screensaver Context triple: [MATE Screensaver, basedOn, GNOME Screensaver]
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A.
MATE Screensaver
MATE Screensaver is the screen-saving and screen-locking utility designed for the MATE desktop environment on Unix-like operating systems.
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B.
Screenslaver
Screenslaver is a mind-controlling supervillain who uses hypnotic screens to manipulate people in the animated film *Incredibles 2*.
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C.
GNOME settings daemon
GNOME Settings Daemon is a background service in the GNOME desktop environment that manages and applies user and system configuration settings such as display, keyboard, power, and theme preferences.
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D.
GNOME Shell
GNOME Shell is the core graphical user interface and desktop environment component of the GNOME project, providing the primary user experience on many Linux-based systems.
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E.
GNOME Display Manager
GNOME Display Manager is a graphical login and session management program commonly used as the default display manager for the GNOME 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: GNOME Screensaver Target entity description: GNOME Screensaver is a legacy screen-locking and screensaver application for the GNOME desktop environment on Unix-like operating systems.
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A.
MATE Screensaver
MATE Screensaver is the screen-saving and screen-locking utility designed for the MATE desktop environment on Unix-like operating systems.
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B.
Screenslaver
Screenslaver is a mind-controlling supervillain who uses hypnotic screens to manipulate people in the animated film *Incredibles 2*.
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C.
GNOME settings daemon
GNOME Settings Daemon is a background service in the GNOME desktop environment that manages and applies user and system configuration settings such as display, keyboard, power, and theme preferences.
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D.
GNOME Shell
GNOME Shell is the core graphical user interface and desktop environment component of the GNOME project, providing the primary user experience on many Linux-based systems.
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E.
GNOME Display Manager
GNOME Display Manager is a graphical login and session management program commonly used as the default display manager for the GNOME desktop environment on Unix-like operating systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
GNOME application
ⓘ
screen locking application ⓘ screensaver software ⓘ |
| aim |
provide integrated screen locking for GNOME
ⓘ
provide simple screensaver management ⓘ |
| category |
GNOME core applications
ⓘ
linked to:
GNOME Core Applications
|
| developer |
GNOME Project
ⓘ
linked to:
GNOME Foundation
|
| developmentStatus | archived ⓘ |
| distribution |
Debian
ⓘ
Fedora ⓘ
linked to:
Fedora Linux
Ubuntu ⓘ |
| feature |
DPMS power management integration
ⓘ
idle timeout activation ⓘ multi-monitor support ⓘ password-protected unlock ⓘ screen locking ⓘ screensaver display ⓘ session integration with GNOME ⓘ |
| implements | GNOME session idle handling ⓘ |
| includedIn | older GNOME releases ⓘ |
| license | GNU General Public License ⓘ |
| maintainer |
GNOME community (historical)
ⓘ
linked to:
GNOME community
|
| operatingSystem |
BSD
ⓘ
Linux ⓘ Unix-like operating systems ⓘ |
| partOf | GNOME desktop environment ⓘ |
| platform | X11 ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| replaced | xscreensaver in some GNOME distributions ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
GNOME Shell screen locker
ⓘ
linked to:
GNOME Shell
|
| repository | https://gitlab.gnome.org/Archive/gnome-screensaver.git ⓘ |
| securityRole | prevent unauthorized access when session is idle ⓘ |
| softwareGenre |
screensaver
ⓘ
security software ⓘ |
| status |
legacy
ⓘ
unmaintained ⓘ |
| supports |
PAM authentication
ⓘ
theming of lock screen ⓘ user switching ⓘ |
| targetUser | GNOME desktop users ⓘ |
| userInterface |
GTK+
ⓘ
linked to:
GTK
|
| uses |
X Window System
ⓘ
linked to:
X11
|
| website | https://gitlab.gnome.org/Archive/gnome-screensaver ⓘ |
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: GNOME Screensaver Description of subject: GNOME Screensaver is a legacy screen-locking and screensaver application for the GNOME desktop environment on Unix-like operating systems.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.