Thai baht
E5137
The Thai baht is the official currency of Thailand, notable for its central role in triggering the 1997 Asian financial crisis after a sharp devaluation.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T59712 — 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: Thai baht Context triple: [Asian financial crisis of 1997–1998, involvesCurrency, Thai baht]
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A.
Japanese yen
The Japanese yen is Japan's official fiat currency and one of the world's most traded reserve currencies in global foreign exchange markets.
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B.
Mexican peso
The Mexican peso is Mexico's official national currency and one of the most traded currencies in the world, widely used in international foreign exchange markets.
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C.
Soviet ruble
The Soviet ruble was the official monetary unit of the USSR, used throughout the Soviet planned economy until the country's dissolution in 1991.
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D.
Chilean peso
The Chilean peso is the official monetary unit of Chile, used for everyday transactions and financial operations throughout the country.
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E.
Egyptian pound
The Egyptian pound is the official monetary unit of Egypt, used for everyday transactions, pricing, and financial operations throughout the country.
- 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: Thai baht Target entity description: The Thai baht is the official currency of Thailand, notable for its central role in triggering the 1997 Asian financial crisis after a sharp devaluation.
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A.
Japanese yen
The Japanese yen is Japan's official fiat currency and one of the world's most traded reserve currencies in global foreign exchange markets.
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B.
Mexican peso
The Mexican peso is Mexico's official national currency and one of the most traded currencies in the world, widely used in international foreign exchange markets.
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C.
Soviet ruble
The Soviet ruble was the official monetary unit of the USSR, used throughout the Soviet planned economy until the country's dissolution in 1991.
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D.
Chilean peso
The Chilean peso is the official monetary unit of Chile, used for everyday transactions and financial operations throughout the country.
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E.
Egyptian pound
The Egyptian pound is the official monetary unit of Egypt, used for everyday transactions, pricing, and financial operations throughout the country.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
currency
ⓘ
fiat currency ⓘ |
| affectedBy |
capital flows during the 1990s
ⓘ
speculative attacks in 1997 ⓘ |
| centralBank | Bank of Thailand ⓘ |
| country | Thailand ⓘ |
| denominationType |
banknotes
ⓘ
coins ⓘ |
| exchangeRateRegime | managed float ⓘ |
| fractionalUnitName | satang ⓘ |
| frequentlyTradedAgainst |
Chinese yuan
ⓘ
Japanese yen ⓘ U.S. dollar ⓘ
linked to:
US dollar
euro ⓘ
linked to:
Euro
|
| hasInflationTargetSetBy | Bank of Thailand ⓘ |
| hasSecurityFeaturesOn | banknotes ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | abandonment of U.S. dollar peg in 1997 ⓘ |
| isoCode |
THB
ⓘ
linked to:
Thai baht
|
| isPartOf | Thai monetary system ⓘ |
| isReferencedIn | international financial crisis literature ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
capital controls and monetary policy in Thailand
ⓘ
foreign exchange market trading ⓘ |
| issuingAuthority | Bank of Thailand ⓘ |
| isUsedBy |
businesses operating in Thailand
ⓘ
residents of Thailand ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Thai ⓘ |
| legalTenderIn | Thailand ⓘ |
| monetaryAuthority |
Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Thailand
ⓘ
linked to:
Monetary Policy Committee
|
| monetaryPolicyFramework | inflation targeting (via Bank of Thailand) ⓘ |
| numericIsoCode | 764 ⓘ |
| officialCurrencyOf | Thailand ⓘ |
| peggedTo |
U.S. dollar (historically, before 1997 float)
ⓘ
linked to:
US dollar
|
| predecessor | tical (historical unit) ⓘ |
| region | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
1997 Asian financial crisis
ⓘ
linked to:
Asian financial crisis of 1997–1998
|
| roleInEvent | trigger of the 1997 Asian financial crisis ⓘ |
| scriptOfSymbol | Thai script ⓘ |
| status | legal tender ⓘ |
| subunit | satang ⓘ |
| subunitToUnit | 100 satang = 1 baht ⓘ |
| symbol | ฿ ⓘ |
| usedFor |
domestic payments in Thailand
ⓘ
pricing of goods and services in Thailand ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Thailand
ⓘ
border areas of neighboring countries ⓘ |
| wasDevaluedIn | 1997 ⓘ |
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: Thai baht Description of subject: The Thai baht is the official currency of Thailand, notable for its central role in triggering the 1997 Asian financial crisis after a sharp devaluation.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Thai baht
linked to: Thai baht
subject linked to:
tical (historical unit)
subject linked to:
BOT
linked to: Thai baht
linked to: Thai baht