Trident
E34638
Trident is Microsoft's proprietary web browser layout engine that powered Internet Explorer for rendering HTML and web content.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Trident canonical | 14 |
| Sleipnir (Trident mode) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T264988 — 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: Trident Context triple: [Internet Explorer, layoutEngine, Trident]
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A.
Cree
The Cree are one of the largest Indigenous peoples of North America, with communities primarily in Canada and a rich cultural heritage including distinct Algonquian languages and traditions.
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B.
TNT
TNT is an American cable television network known for airing sports, movies, and original drama programming.
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C.
Rockwell
Rockwell is an American singer and songwriter best known for his 1984 hit single "Somebody's Watching Me."
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D.
Dynamo
Dynamo is a prominent Russian sports club based in Moscow, best known for its professional football and ice hockey teams.
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E.
Porter
Porter is a transit station in Cambridge, Massachusetts that serves both MBTA commuter rail and Red Line subway 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: Trident Target entity description: Trident is Microsoft's proprietary web browser layout engine that powered Internet Explorer for rendering HTML and web content.
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A.
Cree
The Cree are one of the largest Indigenous peoples of North America, with communities primarily in Canada and a rich cultural heritage including distinct Algonquian languages and traditions.
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B.
TNT
TNT is an American cable television network known for airing sports, movies, and original drama programming.
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C.
Rockwell
Rockwell is an American singer and songwriter best known for his 1984 hit single "Somebody's Watching Me."
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D.
Dynamo
Dynamo is a prominent Russian sports club based in Moscow, best known for its professional football and ice hockey teams.
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E.
Porter
Porter is a transit station in Cambridge, Massachusetts that serves both MBTA commuter rail and Red Line subway services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
browser engine
ⓘ
layout engine ⓘ software component ⓘ |
| accessibleVia | COM interfaces ⓘ |
| componentOf |
Internet Explorer shell
ⓘ
linked to:
Internet Explorer
|
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| exposedAsLibrary |
MSHTML.DLL
ⓘ
linked to:
Internet Explorer
|
| influenced | web development practices targeting Internet Explorer ⓘ |
| introducedInVersionOf |
Internet Explorer 4.0
ⓘ
linked to:
Internet Explorer
|
| knownFor |
historical security vulnerabilities
ⓘ
non‑standard behavior in early versions ⓘ tight integration with Windows ⓘ |
| license | proprietary software license ⓘ |
| majorVersion |
MSHTML 10 (IE10)
ⓘ
linked to:
Internet Explorer
MSHTML 11 (IE11) ⓘ
linked to:
Internet Explorer
MSHTML 4 (IE4) ⓘ
linked to:
Internet Explorer
MSHTML 5 (IE5) ⓘ MSHTML 6 (IE6) ⓘ
linked to:
Internet Explorer
MSHTML 7 (IE7) ⓘ
linked to:
EdgeHTML
MSHTML 8 (IE8) ⓘ
linked to:
Internet Explorer
MSHTML 9 (IE9) ⓘ
linked to:
Internet Explorer
|
| operatingSystem |
Microsoft Windows
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
Windows CE ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Embedded family
Windows Phone ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C++ ⓘ |
| proprietary | true ⓘ |
| replaced | Internet Explorer 3 layout engine ⓘ |
| status |
deprecated
ⓘ
legacy technology ⓘ |
| succeededBy |
Blink (via Microsoft Edge Chromium)
ⓘ
EdgeHTML ⓘ |
| supports |
.NET controls (via browser hosting)
ⓘ
ActiveX ⓘ CSS ⓘ DOM ⓘ HTML ⓘ JavaScript ⓘ VBScript ⓘ |
| supportsStandard |
CSS2 (partial, evolving)
ⓘ
CSS3 (partial, later versions) ⓘ
linked to:
CSS Level 3 modules
ECMAScript (JavaScript) ⓘ
linked to:
ECMAScript
HTML4 (partial, evolving) ⓘ |
| usedBy | Windows applications embedding WebBrowser control ⓘ |
| usedFor |
hosting web browser controls in applications
ⓘ
rendering HTML ⓘ rendering web content ⓘ |
| usedIn |
AOL Explorer
ⓘ
linked to:
AOL Desktop
Avant Browser ⓘ
linked to:
Avant Browser (legacy versions)
Internet Explorer ⓘ Maxthon (legacy versions) ⓘ SlimBrowser ⓘ |
| vendorPrefix | -ms- ⓘ |
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: Trident Description of subject: Trident is Microsoft's proprietary web browser layout engine that powered Internet Explorer for rendering HTML and web content.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Avant Browser (legacy versions)
subject linked to:
Gecko layout engine
linked to: Trident
subject linked to:
CSS rendering engines