French franc (in French Somaliland)
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The French franc in French Somaliland was the colonial currency used in the territory before being succeeded by the Djiboutian franc.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| French franc | 1 |
| French franc (in French Somaliland) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3359444 — 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: French franc (in French Somaliland) Context triple: [Djiboutian franc, replacedCurrency, French franc (in French Somaliland)]
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A.
French franc (Latin Monetary Union)
The French franc of the Latin Monetary Union was a 19th–20th century gold and silver-based currency standard that served as the reference unit for several European currencies, including the Italian lira.
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B.
French livre
The French livre was the pre-franc monetary unit of France, used for centuries until it was replaced during the French Revolution and early French First Republic.
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C.
French West African franc
The French West African franc was the colonial currency used across several territories in French West Africa before being replaced by the CFA franc.
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D.
CFA franc
The CFA franc is a currency used by several West and Central African countries, historically linked to the French franc and now pegged to the euro.
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E.
CFP franc
The CFP franc is a currency used in several French overseas collectivities in the Pacific, including New Caledonia, French Polynesia, and Wallis and Futuna.
- 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: French franc (in French Somaliland) Target entity description: The French franc in French Somaliland was the colonial currency used in the territory before being succeeded by the Djiboutian franc.
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A.
French franc (Latin Monetary Union)
The French franc of the Latin Monetary Union was a 19th–20th century gold and silver-based currency standard that served as the reference unit for several European currencies, including the Italian lira.
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B.
French livre
The French livre was the pre-franc monetary unit of France, used for centuries until it was replaced during the French Revolution and early French First Republic.
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C.
French West African franc
The French West African franc was the colonial currency used across several territories in French West Africa before being replaced by the CFA franc.
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D.
CFA franc
The CFA franc is a currency used by several West and Central African countries, historically linked to the French franc and now pegged to the euro.
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E.
CFP franc
The CFP franc is a currency used in several French overseas collectivities in the Pacific, including New Caledonia, French Polynesia, and Wallis and Futuna.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | colonial currency ⓘ |
| category |
Currencies of former French colonies
ⓘ
History of Djibouti ⓘ |
| country | French Somaliland ⓘ |
| currencyCodeStatus | historic currency ⓘ |
| denominationOf | franc ⓘ |
| formerCurrencyOf | Djibouti ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| issuer |
French government
ⓘ
linked to:
Government of France
|
| legalTenderIn | French Somaliland ⓘ |
| monetaryAuthority | French colonial administration in French Somaliland ⓘ |
| peggedTo |
French franc
ⓘ
linked to:
French franc (in French Somaliland)
|
| region | Horn of Africa ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Djiboutian franc ⓘ |
| scriptOnNotes | French ⓘ |
| subunit | centime ⓘ |
| subunitRatio | 100 centimes = 1 franc ⓘ |
| successorCurrency | Djiboutian franc ⓘ |
| usedBefore | independence of Djibouti ⓘ |
| usedDuring | French colonial rule in French Somaliland ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday transactions in French Somaliland
ⓘ
trade in French Somaliland ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Côte française des Somalis
ⓘ
linked to:
French Territory of the Afars and the Issas
French Somaliland ⓘ |
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: French franc (in French Somaliland) Description of subject: The French franc in French Somaliland was the colonial currency used in the territory before being succeeded by the Djiboutian franc.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: French franc (in French Somaliland)