tenga
E258264
The tenga was a historical silver coin and monetary unit used in Central Asia, notably in the Khanate of Bukhara, before the adoption of modern currencies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| tenga canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2343614 — 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: tenga Context triple: [Khanate of Bukhara, currency, tenga]
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A.
tet
tet is the ISO 639-1 language code for Tetum, an Austronesian language spoken primarily in East Timor.
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B.
Tienen
Tienen is a historic city in the Flemish province of Flemish Brabant in Belgium, known for its sugar industry and medieval heritage.
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C.
Tuyo
"Tuyo" is a bolero-style song by Rodrigo Amarante, best known as the haunting opening theme of the television series *Narcos*.
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D.
the T
The T is the public transit system serving the Greater Boston area, operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
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E.
TO
TO is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code assigned to the Kingdom of Tonga.
- 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: tenga Target entity description: The tenga was a historical silver coin and monetary unit used in Central Asia, notably in the Khanate of Bukhara, before the adoption of modern currencies.
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A.
tet
tet is the ISO 639-1 language code for Tetum, an Austronesian language spoken primarily in East Timor.
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B.
Tienen
Tienen is a historic city in the Flemish province of Flemish Brabant in Belgium, known for its sugar industry and medieval heritage.
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C.
Tuyo
"Tuyo" is a bolero-style song by Rodrigo Amarante, best known as the haunting opening theme of the television series *Narcos*.
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D.
the T
The T is the public transit system serving the Greater Boston area, operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
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E.
TO
TO is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code assigned to the Kingdom of Tonga.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (12)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical currency unit
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silver coin ⓘ |
| currencyOf | Khanate of Bukhara ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | pre-modern era ⓘ |
| material | silver ⓘ |
| monetaryFunction |
medium of exchange
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unit of account ⓘ |
| region | Transoxiana ⓘ |
| replacedBy | modern currencies ⓘ |
| usedBefore | introduction of modern national currencies in Central Asia ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Central Asia
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Khanate of Bukhara ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: tenga Description of subject: The tenga was a historical silver coin and monetary unit used in Central Asia, notably in the Khanate of Bukhara, before the adoption of modern currencies.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.