OLE Automation
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OLE Automation is a Microsoft technology that allows applications to expose and control their objects and functionality programmatically through a standardized COM-based interface.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| OLE Automation canonical | 3 |
| Microsoft OLE technology | 1 |
| OLE Automation Protocol | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9897999 — 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: OLE Automation Context triple: [Visual Basic, supports, OLE Automation]
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A.
IOleObject
IOleObject is a core COM interface in OLE that enables embedding and linking of objects, managing their lifetime, activation, and interaction within container applications.
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B.
COM+
COM+ is a Microsoft component software technology that extends the Component Object Model (COM) with services like transactions, security, and object pooling to support scalable, distributed applications.
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C.
Windows Script Components
Windows Script Components are reusable COM-based software components for Windows that allow developers to package and expose script code (such as VBScript or JScript) as standard system objects.
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D.
OPC
OPC is the acronym for the Office of Policy Coordination, a covert U.S. government organization that oversaw psychological and paramilitary operations during the early Cold War.
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E.
OPC
OPC is Opel's high-performance division responsible for developing sportier, more powerful versions of the brand's standard production models.
- 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: OLE Automation Target entity description: OLE Automation is a Microsoft technology that allows applications to expose and control their objects and functionality programmatically through a standardized COM-based interface.
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A.
IOleObject
IOleObject is a core COM interface in OLE that enables embedding and linking of objects, managing their lifetime, activation, and interaction within container applications.
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B.
COM+
COM+ is a Microsoft component software technology that extends the Component Object Model (COM) with services like transactions, security, and object pooling to support scalable, distributed applications.
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C.
Windows Script Components
Windows Script Components are reusable COM-based software components for Windows that allow developers to package and expose script code (such as VBScript or JScript) as standard system objects.
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D.
OPC
OPC is the acronym for the Office of Policy Coordination, a covert U.S. government organization that oversaw psychological and paramilitary operations during the early Cold War.
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E.
OPC
OPC is Opel's high-performance division responsible for developing sportier, more powerful versions of the brand's standard production models.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
COM-based automation technology
ⓘ
software technology ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf |
Object Linking and Embedding Automation
ⓘ
linked to:
Object Linking and Embedding
|
| allows |
C++ clients to call automation servers
ⓘ
JScript to control COM servers ⓘ VBScript to control COM servers ⓘ
linked to:
VBScript
Visual Basic to control COM servers ⓘ
linked to:
Visual Basic
applications to expose events ⓘ applications to expose methods ⓘ applications to expose objects ⓘ applications to expose properties ⓘ scripting languages to control applications ⓘ |
| basedOn | Component Object Model ⓘ |
| category |
inter-process communication technology
ⓘ
software component technology ⓘ |
| compatibleWith |
.NET via COM interop
ⓘ
C++ ⓘ JScript ⓘ VBScript ⓘ Visual Basic 6.0 ⓘ
linked to:
Visual Basic
|
| definedIn |
OLE Automation Protocol
ⓘ
linked to:
OLE Automation
|
| developedBy | Microsoft ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
Microsoft Developer Network
ⓘ
linked to:
Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN)
Microsoft Platform SDK ⓘ
linked to:
Windows SDK
|
| enables |
inter-application communication
ⓘ
programmatic control of application objects ⓘ scripting of application functionality ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
automation client
ⓘ
automation server ⓘ type library ⓘ |
| hasInterface |
IDispatch
ⓘ
IUnknown ⓘ |
| introducedBy |
Microsoft Windows platform
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
|
| partOf |
Microsoft COM technologies
ⓘ
Object Linking and Embedding ⓘ |
| supports |
early binding
ⓘ
language-independent automation ⓘ late binding ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Internet Explorer
ⓘ
Microsoft Access ⓘ Microsoft Excel ⓘ
linked to:
Excel
Microsoft Office applications ⓘ
linked to:
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Word ⓘ
linked to:
Word
|
| usedFor |
application integration
ⓘ
extensibility of desktop applications ⓘ macro automation ⓘ |
| uses |
COM interfaces
ⓘ
IDispatch interface ⓘ type libraries ⓘ |
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: OLE Automation Description of subject: OLE Automation is a Microsoft technology that allows applications to expose and control their objects and functionality programmatically through a standardized COM-based interface.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: OLE Automation