VBScript
E34635
VBScript is a lightweight scripting language developed by Microsoft, primarily used for client-side scripting in web pages and for automation in Windows environments.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| VBScript canonical | 10 |
| Microsoft VBScript engine | 1 |
| VBScript (legacy) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T264966 — 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: VBScript Context triple: [Internet Explorer, supports, VBScript]
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A.
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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B.
JavaScript
JavaScript is a high-level, dynamic programming language primarily used to create interactive and dynamic content on web pages.
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C.
ECMAScript
ECMAScript is the official scripting language specification that defines the core features and behavior implemented by JavaScript and related languages.
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D.
AVA
AVA is a designated American wine grape-growing region recognized for its unique geographic and climatic features that influence the character of wines produced there.
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E.
Delphi
Delphi is an ancient Greek sanctuary and archaeological site famed for the Oracle of Apollo and its central role in classical Greek religion and culture.
- 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: VBScript Target entity description: VBScript is a lightweight scripting language developed by Microsoft, primarily used for client-side scripting in web pages and for automation in Windows environments.
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A.
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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B.
JavaScript
JavaScript is a high-level, dynamic programming language primarily used to create interactive and dynamic content on web pages.
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C.
ECMAScript
ECMAScript is the official scripting language specification that defines the core features and behavior implemented by JavaScript and related languages.
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D.
AVA
AVA is a designated American wine grape-growing region recognized for its unique geographic and climatic features that influence the character of wines produced there.
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E.
Delphi
Delphi is an ancient Greek sanctuary and archaeological site famed for the Oracle of Apollo and its central role in classical Greek religion and culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
programming language
ⓘ
scripting language ⓘ |
| defaultImplementation |
VBScript
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft VBScript engine
|
| designedFor |
Windows automation
ⓘ
web client-side scripting ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| documentationURL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions//d1wf56tt(v=vs.85) ⓘ |
| fileExtension |
.vbe
ⓘ
.vbs ⓘ .wsc ⓘ .wsf ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
built-in date and string functions
ⓘ
conditional statements ⓘ late binding ⓘ loop constructs ⓘ procedures and functions ⓘ variant data type ⓘ |
| inception | 1996 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
BASIC
ⓘ
Visual Basic ⓘ |
| license | proprietary software ⓘ |
| notableMalware |
Anna Kournikova virus
ⓘ
ILOVEYOU worm ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Windows
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
|
| paradigm |
imperative programming
ⓘ
procedural programming ⓘ |
| platform |
Internet Explorer
ⓘ
Windows ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
|
| replacedBy |
JavaScript
ⓘ
PowerShell ⓘ |
| runsOn |
IIS
ⓘ
Internet Explorer ⓘ Windows Script Host ⓘ |
| securityConcern |
can execute arbitrary code on Windows
ⓘ
used in email-borne malware ⓘ |
| status |
deprecated for client-side web scripting
ⓘ
legacy technology ⓘ |
| supports |
ActiveX
ⓘ
surface form:
ActiveX controls
COM automation ⓘ error handling with On Error ⓘ regular expressions via COM library ⓘ |
| typingDiscipline | dynamic typing ⓘ |
| usedFor |
classic ASP server-side scripting
ⓘ
client-side web scripting ⓘ system administration automation ⓘ task automation on Windows ⓘ |
| usedWith |
Active Server Pages (ASP)
ⓘ
surface form:
Active Server Pages
Windows Script Components ⓘ Windows Script Host ⓘ |
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: VBScript Description of subject: VBScript is a lightweight scripting language developed by Microsoft, primarily used for client-side scripting in web pages and for automation in Windows environments.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Microsoft VBScript engine
this entity surface form:
VBScript (legacy)
subject surface form:
WMI
subject surface form:
Active Server Pages