Ceylon rixdollar
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The Ceylon rixdollar was a historical currency used in Ceylon (modern-day Sri Lanka) during the colonial period before being replaced by the Ceylon rupee.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ceylon rixdollar canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1903812 — 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: Ceylon rixdollar Context triple: [Ceylon rupee, replacedCurrency, Ceylon rixdollar]
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A.
Ceylon rupee
The Ceylon rupee was the former official currency of British Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) used during the colonial and early post-colonial period before being replaced by the Sri Lankan rupee.
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B.
Straits dollar
The Straits dollar was a historical currency used in British-controlled territories in Southeast Asia, including parts of present-day Malaysia and Singapore, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Seychellois rupee
The Seychellois rupee is the official monetary unit of the Republic of Seychelles, used for all domestic transactions and issued by the country's central bank.
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D.
Malaya and British Borneo dollar
The Malaya and British Borneo dollar was a former common currency used in British Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak, North Borneo, and Brunei during the mid-20th century.
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E.
Rhodesian dollar
The Rhodesian dollar was the former national currency of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), used during the country’s period of white-minority rule before being succeeded by the Zimbabwean dollar.
- 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: Ceylon rixdollar Target entity description: The Ceylon rixdollar was a historical currency used in Ceylon (modern-day Sri Lanka) during the colonial period before being replaced by the Ceylon rupee.
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A.
Ceylon rupee
The Ceylon rupee was the former official currency of British Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) used during the colonial and early post-colonial period before being replaced by the Sri Lankan rupee.
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B.
Straits dollar
The Straits dollar was a historical currency used in British-controlled territories in Southeast Asia, including parts of present-day Malaysia and Singapore, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
Seychellois rupee
The Seychellois rupee is the official monetary unit of the Republic of Seychelles, used for all domestic transactions and issued by the country's central bank.
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D.
Malaya and British Borneo dollar
The Malaya and British Borneo dollar was a former common currency used in British Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak, North Borneo, and Brunei during the mid-20th century.
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E.
Rhodesian dollar
The Rhodesian dollar was the former national currency of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), used during the country’s period of white-minority rule before being succeeded by the Zimbabwean dollar.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (10)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former currency of Sri Lanka
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historical currency ⓘ |
| countryNowKnownAs | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| currencyOf |
Sri Lanka
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surface form:
Ceylon
|
| denominationType |
Cape rixdollar
ⓘ
surface form:
rixdollar
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| historicalStatus | obsolete ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Ceylon rupee ⓘ |
| usedDuringPeriod | colonial period in Ceylon ⓘ |
| usedInTerritory |
Sri Lanka
ⓘ
surface form:
Ceylon
Sri Lanka ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ceylon rixdollar Description of subject: The Ceylon rixdollar was a historical currency used in Ceylon (modern-day Sri Lanka) during the colonial period before being replaced by the Ceylon rupee.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.