South Arabian dinar of the Federation of South Arabia
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The South Arabian dinar of the Federation of South Arabia was the short-lived national currency introduced in the 1960s for the Federation of South Arabia in the region of present-day southern Yemen.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| South Arabian dinar | 3 |
| South Arabian dinar in Aden area | 1 |
| South Arabian dinar of the Federation of South Arabia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3208345 — 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: South Arabian dinar of the Federation of South Arabia Context triple: [Aden shilling, replacedBy, South Arabian dinar of the Federation of South Arabia]
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A.
Aden shilling
The Aden shilling was the official monetary unit used in the British-controlled Colony of Aden in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Iraqi dinar
The Iraqi dinar is the official fiat currency of Iraq, issued by the Central Bank of Iraq and subdivided into 1,000 fils.
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C.
Yemeni rial
The Yemeni rial is the official monetary unit of Yemen, used for everyday transactions and issued by the Central Bank of Yemen.
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D.
Dirham
The dirham is a historical silver coin and monetary unit widely used in the Islamic world, originating as a standard currency under early Muslim caliphates.
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E.
Bahraini dinar
The Bahraini dinar is the official currency of Bahrain, known for having one of the highest exchange values in the world.
- 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: South Arabian dinar of the Federation of South Arabia Target entity description: The South Arabian dinar of the Federation of South Arabia was the short-lived national currency introduced in the 1960s for the Federation of South Arabia in the region of present-day southern Yemen.
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A.
Aden shilling
The Aden shilling was the official monetary unit used in the British-controlled Colony of Aden in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Iraqi dinar
The Iraqi dinar is the official fiat currency of Iraq, issued by the Central Bank of Iraq and subdivided into 1,000 fils.
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C.
Yemeni rial
The Yemeni rial is the official monetary unit of Yemen, used for everyday transactions and issued by the Central Bank of Yemen.
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D.
Dirham
The dirham is a historical silver coin and monetary unit widely used in the Islamic world, originating as a standard currency under early Muslim caliphates.
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E.
Bahraini dinar
The Bahraini dinar is the official currency of Bahrain, known for having one of the highest exchange values in the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
currency
ⓘ
former currency ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Federation of South Arabia ⓘ |
| denomination |
1 dinar
ⓘ
10 dinars ⓘ 250 fils ⓘ 5 dinars ⓘ 500 fils ⓘ |
| denominationType |
banknote
ⓘ
coin ⓘ |
| endUseYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | decolonization of South Arabia ⓘ |
| introducedInDecade | 1960s ⓘ |
| ISO4217Code | YDD ⓘ |
| issuingAuthority | Currency Board of the Federation of South Arabia ⓘ |
| peggedRate | 1 dinar = 1 pound sterling ⓘ |
| peggedTo |
Pound sterling
ⓘ
surface form:
pound sterling
|
| region | present-day southern Yemen ⓘ |
| replacedByCurrency | South Yemeni dinar ⓘ |
| replacedCurrency | East African shilling ⓘ |
| shortLived | true ⓘ |
| startUseYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| status | obsolete ⓘ |
| subunit | fils ⓘ |
| subunitRatio | 1 dinar = 1000 fils ⓘ |
| successorStateCurrency | South Yemeni dinar ⓘ |
| symbol | د.ج ⓘ |
| usedBefore | unification of Yemen ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Federation of South Arabia
ⓘ
Federation of South Arabia ⓘ
surface form:
Protectorate of South Arabia
|
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: South Arabian dinar of the Federation of South Arabia Description of subject: The South Arabian dinar of the Federation of South Arabia was the short-lived national currency introduced in the 1960s for the Federation of South Arabia in the region of present-day southern Yemen.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
South Arabian dinar
this entity surface form:
South Arabian dinar
this entity surface form:
South Arabian dinar
East African shilling
→
replacedByCurrency
→
South Arabian dinar of the Federation of South Arabia
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
South Arabian dinar in Aden area