Saudi riyal
E40063
The Saudi riyal is the official monetary unit of Saudi Arabia, used nationwide for all financial transactions and pegged to the US dollar.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saudi riyal canonical | 55 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T312286 — 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: Saudi riyal Context triple: [Riyadh, currency, Saudi riyal]
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A.
United Arab Emirates dirham
The United Arab Emirates dirham is the official currency of the United Arab Emirates, widely used in trade, tourism, and financial transactions across the country.
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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.
Algerian dinar
The Algerian dinar is the official monetary unit of Algeria, issued and regulated by the Bank of Algeria.
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D.
Iranian rial
The Iranian rial is the official national currency of Iran, known for its high inflation and low international exchange value.
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E.
Libyan dinar
The Libyan dinar is the official monetary unit of Libya, used for everyday transactions and economic activities throughout the country.
- 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: Saudi riyal Target entity description: The Saudi riyal is the official monetary unit of Saudi Arabia, used nationwide for all financial transactions and pegged to the US dollar.
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A.
United Arab Emirates dirham
The United Arab Emirates dirham is the official currency of the United Arab Emirates, widely used in trade, tourism, and financial transactions across the country.
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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.
Algerian dinar
The Algerian dinar is the official monetary unit of Algeria, issued and regulated by the Bank of Algeria.
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D.
Iranian rial
The Iranian rial is the official national currency of Iran, known for its high inflation and low international exchange value.
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E.
Libyan dinar
The Libyan dinar is the official monetary unit of Libya, used for everyday transactions and economic activities throughout the country.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fiat currency
ⓘ
national currency ⓘ |
| category |
currencies of Asia
ⓘ
economy of Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| centralBank |
Saudi Central Bank
ⓘ
surface form:
Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority
Saudi Central Bank ⓘ |
| country | Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| currencySymbol |
SR
ⓘ
ر.س ⓘ |
| denominationType |
banknotes
ⓘ
coins ⓘ |
| hasSubunit | 1 riyal = 100 halala ⓘ |
| ISO4217Code | SAR ⓘ |
| legalTender | yes ⓘ |
| monetaryAuthority | Saudi Central Bank ⓘ |
| monetaryPolicyRegime | dollar peg ⓘ |
| officialCurrencyOf | Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| peggedTo |
US dollar
ⓘ
surface form:
USD
US dollar ⓘ
surface form:
United States dollar
|
| pegType | fixed exchange rate ⓘ |
| region | Middle East ⓘ |
| status | active ⓘ |
| subunit | halala ⓘ |
| subunitToUnit | 100 halala ⓘ |
| usedBy |
businesses in Saudi Arabia
ⓘ
residents of Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| usedFor |
domestic transactions
ⓘ
government payments ⓘ international trade settlements in Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| usedIn | Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Arabic script ⓘ |
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: Saudi riyal Description of subject: The Saudi riyal is the official monetary unit of Saudi Arabia, used nationwide for all financial transactions and pegged to the US dollar.
Referenced by (55)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.