Lithuanian litas
E147095
The Lithuanian litas was the former national currency of Lithuania, used until the country adopted the euro in 2015.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lithuanian litas canonical | 11 |
| Lietuvos litas | 1 |
| Lithuanian litas (during transition phase) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1263936 — 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: Lithuanian litas Context triple: [Euro, replacedCurrency, Lithuanian litas]
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A.
Latvian lats
The Latvian lats was the national currency of Latvia until it was replaced by the euro in 2014.
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B.
Estonian kroon
The Estonian kroon was the former national currency of Estonia, used from 1992 until the country adopted the euro in 2011.
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C.
Belarusian ruble
The Belarusian ruble is the official currency of Belarus, introduced after the country gained independence from the Soviet Union.
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D.
Moldovan leu
The Moldovan leu is the official monetary unit of Moldova, used for everyday transactions and financial operations within the country.
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E.
Ukrainian hryvnia
The Ukrainian hryvnia is the national currency of Ukraine, introduced in 1996 to replace the karbovanets and stabilize the country’s post-Soviet economy.
- 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: Lithuanian litas Target entity description: The Lithuanian litas was the former national currency of Lithuania, used until the country adopted the euro in 2015.
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A.
Latvian lats
The Latvian lats was the national currency of Latvia until it was replaced by the euro in 2014.
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B.
Estonian kroon
The Estonian kroon was the former national currency of Estonia, used from 1992 until the country adopted the euro in 2011.
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C.
Belarusian ruble
The Belarusian ruble is the official currency of Belarus, introduced after the country gained independence from the Soviet Union.
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D.
Moldovan leu
The Moldovan leu is the official monetary unit of Moldova, used for everyday transactions and financial operations within the country.
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E.
Ukrainian hryvnia
The Ukrainian hryvnia is the national currency of Ukraine, introduced in 1996 to replace the karbovanets and stabilize the country’s post-Soviet economy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fiat currency
ⓘ
former national currency ⓘ |
| banknoteDenominations |
1 litas
ⓘ
10 litų ⓘ 100 litų ⓘ 2 litai ⓘ 20 litų ⓘ 200 litų ⓘ 5 litai ⓘ 50 litų ⓘ 500 litų ⓘ |
| centralBank | Bank of Lithuania ⓘ |
| coinDenominations |
1 centas
ⓘ
1 litas ⓘ 10 centų ⓘ 2 centai ⓘ 2 litai ⓘ 20 centų ⓘ 5 centai ⓘ 5 litai ⓘ 50 centų ⓘ |
| country | Lithuania ⓘ |
| denominationType |
banknotes
ⓘ
coins ⓘ |
| ERMIIEntryDate | 2004-06-28 ⓘ |
| ERMIIMember | true ⓘ |
| fixedExchangeRateStart | 2002-02-02 ⓘ |
| fixedExchangeRateToEuro | 1 EUR = 3.4528 LTL ⓘ |
| introduced | 1993-06-25 ⓘ |
| introducedAsCash | 1993-06-25 ⓘ |
| ISO4217Code | LTL ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Lithuanian ⓘ |
| legalTenderUntil | 2015-01-15 ⓘ |
| monetaryAuthority | Bank of Lithuania ⓘ |
| monetaryUnionJoined | eurozone ⓘ |
| nameInLithuanian |
Lietuvos litas
ⓘ
linked to:
Lithuanian litas
|
| officiallyReplacedByEuroDate | 2015-01-01 ⓘ |
| reasonForReplacement | adoption of the euro in Lithuania ⓘ |
| region | Baltic states ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
EUR
ⓘ
linked to:
euro
euro ⓘ |
| replacedCurrency |
Lithuanian talonas
ⓘ
ruble-based talonas system ⓘ |
| status |
demonetized
ⓘ
no longer legal tender ⓘ |
| subunit |
centai
ⓘ
centas ⓘ centų ⓘ |
| subunitRatio | 1 litas = 100 centų ⓘ |
| symbol |
Litas
ⓘ
Lt ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Republic of Lithuania
ⓘ
linked to:
Lithuania
|
| usedUntil | 2015 ⓘ |
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: Lithuanian litas Description of subject: The Lithuanian litas was the former national currency of Lithuania, used until the country adopted the euro in 2015.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Lithuanian litas
linked to: Lithuanian litas