Peruvian inti
E66050
The Peruvian inti was Peru’s national currency from the mid-1980s until the early 1990s, introduced during a period of hyperinflation before being replaced by the nuevo sol.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peruvian inti canonical | 4 |
| inti (Peru) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T529732 — 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: Peruvian inti Context triple: [Peruvian sol, replacedCurrency, Peruvian inti]
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A.
Pacho
Pacho is a town and municipality in the Cundinamarca Department of central Colombia, known historically for its agricultural production and scenic Andean surroundings.
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B.
Chinchero
Chinchero is a traditional Andean town in Peru known for its Inca archaeological site, colonial church, and vibrant textile-weaving culture.
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C.
Sopó
Sopó is a small municipality in the department of Cundinamarca, Colombia, known for its scenic Andean landscapes and dairy production.
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D.
Cerro Nube Flan
Cerro Nube Flan is a prominent mountain peak in southern Mexico that forms the highest summit of the Sierra Madre del Sur range.
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E.
Oruro
Oruro is a city in western Bolivia best known for its rich mining history and its UNESCO-recognized Carnival, one of South America's most famous folkloric festivals.
- 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: Peruvian inti Target entity description: The Peruvian inti was Peru’s national currency from the mid-1980s until the early 1990s, introduced during a period of hyperinflation before being replaced by the nuevo sol.
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A.
Pacho
Pacho is a town and municipality in the Cundinamarca Department of central Colombia, known historically for its agricultural production and scenic Andean surroundings.
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B.
Chinchero
Chinchero is a traditional Andean town in Peru known for its Inca archaeological site, colonial church, and vibrant textile-weaving culture.
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C.
Sopó
Sopó is a small municipality in the department of Cundinamarca, Colombia, known for its scenic Andean landscapes and dairy production.
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D.
Cerro Nube Flan
Cerro Nube Flan is a prominent mountain peak in southern Mexico that forms the highest summit of the Sierra Madre del Sur range.
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E.
Oruro
Oruro is a city in western Bolivia best known for its rich mining history and its UNESCO-recognized Carnival, one of South America's most famous folkloric festivals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fiat currency
ⓘ
former national currency ⓘ |
| category |
Currencies of Peru
ⓘ
Modern obsolete currencies ⓘ |
| country | Peru ⓘ |
| currencySymbol | Inti sign (various local notations) ⓘ |
| economicImpact | associated with period of very high inflation in Peru ⓘ |
| endUse | 1991 ⓘ |
| historicalContext | introduced during period of hyperinflation in Peru ⓘ |
| ISO4217Code | PEI ⓘ |
| issuingAuthority | Central Reserve Bank of Peru ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Spanish ⓘ |
| monetaryReform | replaced by nuevo sol at large conversion rate ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Inti ⓘ |
| nameEtymology | named after the Incan sun god Inti ⓘ |
| officialStatus | national currency of Peru ⓘ |
| periodOfUse | mid-1980s to early 1990s ⓘ |
| predecessorCurrency |
Peruvian sol
ⓘ
surface form:
Peruvian sol (old sol)
|
| reasonForIntroduction | response to high inflation of previous sol ⓘ |
| reasonForReplacement | severe hyperinflation ⓘ |
| region | South America ⓘ |
| replacedByCurrency |
Peruvian sol
ⓘ
surface form:
Peruvian nuevo sol
|
| replacedCurrency |
Peruvian sol
ⓘ
surface form:
Peruvian sol (old sol)
|
| startUse | 1985 ⓘ |
| status | obsolete currency ⓘ |
| subunit | centimo ⓘ |
| subunitToUnit | 100 centimos ⓘ |
| successorCurrency |
Peruvian sol
ⓘ
surface form:
Peruvian nuevo sol
|
| typeOfMoney | paper money and coins ⓘ |
| usedFor | everyday transactions in Peru during late 1980s ⓘ |
| usedIn | Peru ⓘ |
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: Peruvian inti Description of subject: The Peruvian inti was Peru’s national currency from the mid-1980s until the early 1990s, introduced during a period of hyperinflation before being replaced by the nuevo sol.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Nuevo sol
this entity surface form:
inti (Peru)