Internet Explorer
E5702
Internet Explorer is a discontinued web browser that was once the dominant way to access the web on Windows computers.
All labels observed (30)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T82129 — 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: Internet Explorer Context triple: [Microsoft, developed, Internet Explorer]
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A.
Google Chrome
Google Chrome is a widely used cross-platform web browser developed by Google, known for its speed, simplicity, and integration with Google services.
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B.
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a global system of interlinked hypertext documents and resources accessed via the internet, enabling users worldwide to browse, share, and interact with information through web browsers.
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C.
Microsoft
Microsoft is a multinational technology company best known for its Windows operating system, Office productivity suite, and Azure cloud computing platform.
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D.
AOL
AOL is a pioneering American internet and online services company best known for popularizing dial-up access and email in the 1990s and early 2000s.
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E.
the internet
The internet is a global network of interconnected computers and servers that enables worldwide communication, information sharing, and access to digital services.
- 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: Internet Explorer Target entity description: Internet Explorer is a discontinued web browser that was once the dominant way to access the web on Windows computers.
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A.
Google Chrome
Google Chrome is a widely used cross-platform web browser developed by Google, known for its speed, simplicity, and integration with Google services.
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B.
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a global system of interlinked hypertext documents and resources accessed via the internet, enabling users worldwide to browse, share, and interact with information through web browsers.
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C.
Microsoft
Microsoft is a multinational technology company best known for its Windows operating system, Office productivity suite, and Azure cloud computing platform.
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D.
AOL
AOL is a pioneering American internet and online services company best known for popularizing dial-up access and email in the 1990s and early 2000s.
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E.
the internet
The internet is a global network of interconnected computers and servers that enables worldwide communication, information sharing, and access to digital services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
discontinued software
ⓘ
proprietary software ⓘ software ⓘ web browser ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| defaultBrowserOn | Windows for many years ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| discontinuationDate | 2022-06-15 ⓘ |
| discontinued | true ⓘ |
| genre | web browser ⓘ |
| hasComponent | Trident layout engine ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Windows 7
ⓘ
Windows 8 ⓘ Windows 8.1 ⓘ Windows 95 Plus! Pack ⓘ Windows 98 ⓘ Windows Vista ⓘ Windows XP ⓘ |
| initialReleaseDate | 1995-08-16 ⓘ |
| initialVersion |
Internet Explorer
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Internet Explorer 1.0
|
| latestReleaseDate | 2013-10-17 ⓘ |
| latestReleaseVersion |
Internet Explorer
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Internet Explorer 11
|
| layoutEngine | Trident ⓘ |
| license | proprietary ⓘ |
| notableVersion |
Internet Explorer
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Internet Explorer 11
Internet Explorer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Internet Explorer 6
|
| operatingSystem |
Classic Mac OS
ⓘ
surface form:
Mac OS
Windows ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
Unix ⓘ Windows ⓘ
surface form:
Windows 10
Windows 2000 ⓘ Windows 7 ⓘ Windows ⓘ
surface form:
Windows 8
Windows 8.1 ⓘ Windows ⓘ
surface form:
Windows 95
Windows 98 ⓘ Windows ME ⓘ Windows ⓘ
surface form:
Windows Server
Windows Vista ⓘ Windows XP ⓘ Xbox ⓘ
surface form:
Xbox 360
|
| parentCompany |
Microsoft
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Corporation
|
| peakMarketShare | over 90 percent ⓘ |
| platform |
ARM
ⓘ
IA-32 ⓘ x64 ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C++ ⓘ |
| publisher | Microsoft ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Microsoft Edge ⓘ |
| shortName |
Internet Explorer
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
IE
|
| supports |
ActiveX
ⓘ
CSS ⓘ DOM ⓘ HTML ⓘ JavaScript ⓘ VBScript ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol |
FTP
ⓘ
Gopher ⓘ HTTP ⓘ HTTPS ⓘ |
| website | https://www.microsoft.com/ie ⓘ |
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: Internet Explorer Description of subject: Internet Explorer is a discontinued web browser that was once the dominant way to access the web on Windows computers.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Internet Explorer 6
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subject surface form:
Avant Browser
subject surface form:
Avant Browser
this entity surface form:
Microsoft Internet Explorer
subject surface form:
Avant Browser
this entity surface form:
Internet Explorer shell
this entity surface form:
Microsoft Internet Explorer components
subject surface form:
Windows Vista Home Basic
this entity surface form:
Internet Explorer 7
this entity surface form:
Internet Explorer 4.x (with OEM configurations)
this entity surface form:
Pocket Internet Explorer
this entity surface form:
Internet Explorer for Mac
this entity surface form:
Internet Explorer for Mac
this entity surface form:
Microsoft Internet Explorer
this entity surface form:
Internet Explorer 6
this entity surface form:
Microsoft Internet Explorer