won
E808095
The won is the official currency used in both North and South Korea, each with its own distinct version.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| won canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9590012 — 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: won Context triple: [KPW, hasMonetaryUnit, won]
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A.
Win
"Win" is an R&B song by American singer Brian McKnight, known for its inspirational lyrics and smooth, soulful style.
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B.
WIN
WIN is a leading research institute at the University of Waterloo focused on advancing nanotechnology and its applications across science and engineering.
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C.
WIN
WIN (Whip Inflation Now) was a 1970s U.S. public campaign launched under President Gerald Ford aimed at encouraging voluntary measures to combat inflation.
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D.
Winning
"Winning" is a bestselling management and leadership book by former General Electric CEO Jack Welch that offers practical advice on business strategy, people management, and corporate success.
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E.
Winning
"Winning" is a popular rock song by Santana, known for its uplifting lyrics and melodic guitar-driven sound.
- 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: won Target entity description: The won is the official currency used in both North and South Korea, each with its own distinct version.
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A.
Win
"Win" is an R&B song by American singer Brian McKnight, known for its inspirational lyrics and smooth, soulful style.
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B.
WIN
WIN is a leading research institute at the University of Waterloo focused on advancing nanotechnology and its applications across science and engineering.
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C.
WIN
WIN (Whip Inflation Now) was a 1970s U.S. public campaign launched under President Gerald Ford aimed at encouraging voluntary measures to combat inflation.
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D.
Winning
"Winning" is a bestselling management and leadership book by former General Electric CEO Jack Welch that offers practical advice on business strategy, people management, and corporate success.
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E.
Winning
"Winning" is a popular rock song by Santana, known for its uplifting lyrics and melodic guitar-driven sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | currency ⓘ |
| centralBank |
Bank of Korea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Central Bank of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
North Korea
ⓘ
South Korea ⓘ |
| denominationType |
banknotes
ⓘ
banknotes ⓘ coins ⓘ coins ⓘ |
| etymology | derived from Chinese yuan and Japanese yen ⓘ |
| hasSubunit | jeon ⓘ |
| historicalPredecessor | Korean yen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introduced |
1945
ⓘ
1947 ⓘ |
| ISO4217Code |
KPW
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
KPW NERFINISHED ⓘ KRW NERFINISHED ⓘ KRW NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| localName |
대한민국 원
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
조선 민주주의 인민 공화국 원 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| localNameRomanization |
Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk won
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Daehanminguk won NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monetaryRegion | Korean Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialName |
North Korean won
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Korean won NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedCurrency |
Korean yen
ⓘ
Korean yen ⓘ |
| subunit |
chon
ⓘ
jeon ⓘ |
| subunitToUnit |
100 chon = 1 won
ⓘ
100 jeon = 1 won ⓘ |
| symbol |
₩
ⓘ
₩ ⓘ ₩ ⓘ |
| usedFor |
legal tender payments in North Korea
ⓘ
legal tender payments in South Korea ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
North Korea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInEconomyType |
market economy of South Korea
ⓘ
planned economy of North Korea ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Hangul
ⓘ
Hangul ⓘ Hangul ⓘ |
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: won Description of subject: The won is the official currency used in both North and South Korea, each with its own distinct version.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.