Opera Software
E9276
Opera Software is a Norwegian software company best known for developing the Opera web browser and related internet technologies.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Opera Software canonical | 25 |
| Opera Software ASA | 3 |
| Opera GX | 2 |
| Opera Software AS | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T94575 — 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: Opera Software Context triple: [Håkon Wium Lie, employer, Opera Software]
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A.
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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B.
Apex Entertainment
Apex Entertainment is a film and television production company known for backing narrative feature projects such as the historical drama "Chappaquiddick."
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C.
Adobe Inc.
Adobe Inc. is a multinational software company best known for its creative and multimedia products such as Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat, widely used in digital media and design industries.
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D.
NeXT Inc.
NeXT Inc. was a computer company founded by Steve Jobs that developed advanced workstations and the NeXTSTEP operating system, which later formed the technological foundation for macOS and iOS.
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E.
Sony
Sony is a Japanese multinational conglomerate best known for its consumer electronics, gaming (PlayStation), entertainment, and imaging products.
- 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: Opera Software Target entity description: Opera Software is a Norwegian software company best known for developing the Opera web browser and related internet technologies.
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A.
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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B.
Apex Entertainment
Apex Entertainment is a film and television production company known for backing narrative feature projects such as the historical drama "Chappaquiddick."
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C.
Adobe Inc.
Adobe Inc. is a multinational software company best known for its creative and multimedia products such as Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat, widely used in digital media and design industries.
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D.
NeXT Inc.
NeXT Inc. was a computer company founded by Steve Jobs that developed advanced workstations and the NeXTSTEP operating system, which later formed the technological foundation for macOS and iOS.
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E.
Sony
Sony is a Japanese multinational conglomerate best known for its consumer electronics, gaming (PlayStation), entertainment, and imaging products.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
software company
ⓘ
technology company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | consortium led by Golden Brick Silk Road ⓘ |
| acquisitionYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| browserEngineUsed | Blink ⓘ |
| country | Norway ⓘ |
| develops |
Opera Crypto Browser
ⓘ
Opera GX gaming browser ⓘ
linked to:
Opera web browser
Opera Mini web browser ⓘ
linked to:
Opera Mini
Opera News ⓘ Opera web browser ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
data compression technologies
ⓘ
internet browsing experience ⓘ mobile internet access ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Geir Ivarsøy
ⓘ
Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Oslo, Norway
ⓘ
linked to:
Oslo
|
| inception | 1995 ⓘ |
| industry |
internet services
ⓘ
software ⓘ web browser development ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Opera GX
ⓘ
linked to:
Opera Software
Opera Mini ⓘ Opera web browser ⓘ built-in VPN in browser ⓘ data-saving browser technology ⓘ integrated ad blocker in browser ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
English
ⓘ
Norwegian ⓘ |
| offersFeature |
built-in VPN in Opera browser
ⓘ
built-in ad blocker in Opera browser ⓘ crypto wallet integration in browser ⓘ integrated messaging apps in browser sidebar ⓘ |
| operatingSystemSupport |
Android
ⓘ
Linux ⓘ Windows ⓘ iOS ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| originatedAs | research project at Telenor ⓘ |
| previousBrowserEngineUsed | Presto ⓘ |
| productType |
desktop browser
ⓘ
fintech and payment services ⓘ mobile browser ⓘ news and content applications ⓘ web browser ⓘ |
| stockExchangeListing |
NASDAQ (ticker: OPRA)
ⓘ
linked to:
NASDAQ
|
| switchedToBlink | 2013 ⓘ |
| website | https://www.opera.com/ ⓘ |
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: Opera Software Description of subject: Opera Software is a Norwegian software company best known for developing the Opera web browser and related internet technologies.
Referenced by (31)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Opera Software
subject linked to:
Opera web browser
linked to: Opera Software
linked to: Opera Software
linked to: Opera Software
linked to: Opera Software