Jamaican dollar
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The Jamaican dollar is the official monetary unit of Jamaica, used for all everyday transactions and financial operations within the country.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jamaican dollar canonical | 66 |
| Jamaican 500 dollar banknote | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T350056 — 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: Jamaican dollar Context triple: [Jamaica, currency, Jamaican dollar]
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A.
Bermudian dollar
The Bermudian dollar is the official currency of Bermuda, pegged at par with the U.S. dollar and commonly used interchangeably with it on the islands.
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B.
British West Indies dollar
The British West Indies dollar was a regional colonial currency used in several British Caribbean territories before being replaced by their modern national currencies.
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C.
Falkland Islands pound
The Falkland Islands pound is the official currency of the Falkland Islands, issued locally but maintained at parity with the British pound sterling.
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D.
Jersey pound
The Jersey pound is the official currency issued by the Government of Jersey, a British Crown dependency in the Channel Islands, and is pegged at par with the pound sterling.
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E.
Gibraltar pound
The Gibraltar pound is the official currency of Gibraltar, issued by the Government of Gibraltar and maintained at parity with the British pound sterling.
- 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: Jamaican dollar Target entity description: The Jamaican dollar is the official monetary unit of Jamaica, used for all everyday transactions and financial operations within the country.
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A.
Bermudian dollar
The Bermudian dollar is the official currency of Bermuda, pegged at par with the U.S. dollar and commonly used interchangeably with it on the islands.
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B.
British West Indies dollar
The British West Indies dollar was a regional colonial currency used in several British Caribbean territories before being replaced by their modern national currencies.
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C.
Falkland Islands pound
The Falkland Islands pound is the official currency of the Falkland Islands, issued locally but maintained at parity with the British pound sterling.
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D.
Jersey pound
The Jersey pound is the official currency issued by the Government of Jersey, a British Crown dependency in the Channel Islands, and is pegged at par with the pound sterling.
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E.
Gibraltar pound
The Gibraltar pound is the official currency of Gibraltar, issued by the Government of Gibraltar and maintained at parity with the British pound sterling.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
currency
ⓘ
fiat currency ⓘ |
| centralBank | Bank of Jamaica ⓘ |
| country | Jamaica ⓘ |
| countryCode | JM ⓘ |
| dateOfIntroduction | 1969 ⓘ |
| hasDenomination |
1 dollar
ⓘ
10 dollars ⓘ 100 dollars ⓘ 1000 dollars ⓘ 20 dollars ⓘ 5 dollars ⓘ 50 dollars ⓘ 500 dollars ⓘ 5000 dollars ⓘ banknote denominations ⓘ coin denominations ⓘ |
| hasInflation | subject to inflation ⓘ |
| ISO4217Code | JMD ⓘ |
| isPegged | no official fixed peg ⓘ |
| issuingAuthority | Bank of Jamaica ⓘ |
| languageOfInscription | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | legal tender ⓘ |
| legalTenderIn | Jamaica ⓘ |
| localSymbol | J$ ⓘ |
| monetaryAuthorityJurisdiction | Jamaica ⓘ |
| monetarySystem | decimal ⓘ |
| officialCurrencyOf | Jamaica ⓘ |
| region | Caribbean ⓘ |
| regulator | Bank of Jamaica ⓘ |
| replacedCurrency | Jamaican pound ⓘ |
| subunit | cent ⓘ |
| subunitToUnit | 100 ⓘ |
| symbol | $ ⓘ |
| usedAs |
medium of exchange
ⓘ
store of value ⓘ unit of account ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday transactions
ⓘ
financial operations ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Jamaica
ⓘ
bank accounts ⓘ electronic payments ⓘ government budgeting ⓘ tax payments ⓘ wage payments ⓘ |
| usedInPricing |
goods
ⓘ
services ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Jamaican dollar Description of subject: The Jamaican dollar is the official monetary unit of Jamaica, used for all everyday transactions and financial operations within the country.
Referenced by (67)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Montego Bay, Jamaica
subject linked to:
Bath
linked to: Jamaican dollar
subject linked to:
Richmond
subject linked to:
Island of Jamaica