PowerShell
E37350
PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, featuring a powerful command-line shell and scripting language built on .NET.
All labels observed (27)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T286953 — 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: PowerShell Context triple: [Windows, hasComponent, PowerShell]
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A.
Windows Presentation Foundation
Windows Presentation Foundation is a Microsoft UI framework for building rich, desktop client applications on Windows using XAML and .NET.
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B.
Microsoft Power Platform
Microsoft Power Platform is a low-code development suite from Microsoft that enables users to analyze data, build custom business apps, automate workflows, and create virtual agents using integrated tools like Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power Virtual Agents.
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C.
Windows
Windows is a widely used family of graphical operating systems developed by Microsoft for personal computers, servers, and other devices.
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D.
WSH
WSH is the standard sports abbreviation for the Washington Commanders, the National Football League team based in the Washington, D.C. area.
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E.
Xamarin
Xamarin is a cross-platform mobile app development framework that allows developers to build native iOS, Android, and Windows applications using C# and .NET.
- 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: PowerShell Target entity description: PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, featuring a powerful command-line shell and scripting language built on .NET.
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A.
Windows Presentation Foundation
Windows Presentation Foundation is a Microsoft UI framework for building rich, desktop client applications on Windows using XAML and .NET.
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B.
Microsoft Power Platform
Microsoft Power Platform is a low-code development suite from Microsoft that enables users to analyze data, build custom business apps, automate workflows, and create virtual agents using integrated tools like Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power Virtual Agents.
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C.
Windows
Windows is a widely used family of graphical operating systems developed by Microsoft for personal computers, servers, and other devices.
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D.
WSH
WSH is the standard sports abbreviation for the Washington Commanders, the National Football League team based in the Washington, D.C. area.
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E.
Xamarin
Xamarin is a cross-platform mobile app development framework that allows developers to build native iOS, Android, and Windows applications using C# and .NET.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (95)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
command-line shell
ⓘ
configuration management framework ⓘ scripting language ⓘ task automation framework ⓘ |
| basedOn |
.NET
ⓘ
linked to:
.NET Framework
|
| currentName | PowerShell ⓘ |
| defaultShellOn | Windows Server Core (some versions) ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| documentation | https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/ ⓘ |
| fileExtension |
.ps1
ⓘ
.ps1xml ⓘ .psd1 ⓘ .psm1 ⓘ .psrc ⓘ .pssc ⓘ |
| hasDesignGoal |
enable object-based pipelines
ⓘ
provide consistent automation interface ⓘ unify management of Windows components ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Desired State Configuration (DSC)
ⓘ
advanced functions ⓘ cmdlets ⓘ debugging support ⓘ error handling with try/catch/finally ⓘ execution policy ⓘ jobs ⓘ modules ⓘ providers ⓘ script signing ⓘ tab completion ⓘ transcript logging ⓘ type and format system ⓘ workflows (Windows PowerShell) ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Workflow Foundation
|
| hasHost |
PowerShell Console
ⓘ
linked to:
PowerShell
PowerShell ISE ⓘ
linked to:
PowerShell
Visual Studio Code PowerShell extension ⓘ
linked to:
Visual Studio Code
|
| influencedBy |
C#
ⓘ
linked to:
C# programming language
Perl ⓘ Unix shells ⓘ
linked to:
Unix shell
VBScript ⓘ |
| initialReleaseDate | 2006-11-14 ⓘ |
| isOpenSource | true ⓘ |
| languageFamily | shell scripting languages ⓘ |
| latestBranch |
PowerShell (Core)
ⓘ
linked to:
PowerShell
Windows PowerShell ⓘ
linked to:
PowerShell
|
| license | MIT License ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Linux
ⓘ
Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| pipelineType | object pipeline ⓘ |
| previousName |
Windows PowerShell
ⓘ
linked to:
PowerShell
|
| primaryUse |
DevOps automation
ⓘ
configuration management ⓘ system administration ⓘ task automation ⓘ |
| programmingParadigm |
imperative
ⓘ
object-oriented ⓘ pipeline-based ⓘ |
| repository | https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell ⓘ |
| supportsAutomationOf |
Active Directory
ⓘ
Azure ⓘ Exchange Server ⓘ
linked to:
Microsoft Exchange Server
Microsoft 365 ⓘ REST APIs ⓘ WMI and CIM ⓘ Windows registry ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Registry
file system ⓘ |
| supportsClasses | true ⓘ |
| supportsDesiredStateConfiguration | true ⓘ |
| supportsEncoding |
UTF-8
ⓘ
Unicode ⓘ |
| supportsFunctions | true ⓘ |
| supportsInteractiveUse | true ⓘ |
| supportsInteropWith |
.NET libraries
ⓘ
COM objects ⓘ REST services ⓘ native executables ⓘ |
| supportsModules | true ⓘ |
| supportsPackageManager |
NuGet
ⓘ
linked to:
NuGet package manager
PowerShellGet ⓘ winget (via commands) ⓘ |
| supportsPlatform |
Azure Cloud Shell
ⓘ
Windows Server ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
Windows client ⓘ |
| supportsRemoting | true ⓘ |
| supportsScripting | true ⓘ |
| supportsSecurityFeature |
Just Enough Administration (JEA)
ⓘ
constrained endpoints ⓘ script signing enforcement ⓘ |
| supportsVersion |
PowerShell 5.1
ⓘ
linked to:
PowerShell
PowerShell 7 ⓘ
linked to:
PowerShell
PowerShell 7.1 ⓘ
linked to:
PowerShell
PowerShell 7.2 ⓘ
linked to:
PowerShell
PowerShell 7.3 ⓘ
linked to:
PowerShell
PowerShell 7.4 ⓘ |
| usesDataFormat | objects ⓘ |
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: PowerShell Description of subject: PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, featuring a powerful command-line shell and scripting language built on .NET.
Referenced by (103)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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kubectl CLI
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subject linked to:
Windows Server Core (some versions)
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subject linked to:
Desired State Configuration (DSC)
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subject linked to:
Desired State Configuration (DSC)
subject linked to:
Desired State Configuration (DSC)
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subject linked to:
Just Enough Administration (JEA)
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Just Enough Administration (JEA)
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