Macanese pataca
E56568
The Macanese pataca is the official monetary unit of Macau, a special administrative region of China, and is commonly used alongside the Hong Kong dollar.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Macanese pataca canonical | 7 |
| Macao pataca | 2 |
| Macao may issue its own currency | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T449354 — 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: Macanese pataca Context triple: [Macau, currency, Macanese pataca]
-
A.
Hong Kong dollar
The Hong Kong dollar is the official currency of Hong Kong, known for its long-standing peg to the US dollar and its central role in the region’s status as a major international financial hub.
-
B.
Chinese yuan
The Chinese yuan is the official currency of the People's Republic of China and one of the world's major reserve and trading currencies.
-
C.
Straits dollar
The Straits dollar was a historical currency used in British-controlled territories in Southeast Asia, including parts of present-day Malaysia and Singapore, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
D.
Brunei dollar
The Brunei dollar is the official currency of Brunei Darussalam, issued by the Autoriti Monetari Brunei Darussalam and maintained at parity with the Singapore dollar under a longstanding currency interchangeability agreement.
-
E.
Singapore dollar
The Singapore dollar is the official currency of Singapore, known for its stability, strong management by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and significant role as a major trading and reserve currency in Asia.
- 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: Macanese pataca Target entity description: The Macanese pataca is the official monetary unit of Macau, a special administrative region of China, and is commonly used alongside the Hong Kong dollar.
-
A.
Hong Kong dollar
The Hong Kong dollar is the official currency of Hong Kong, known for its long-standing peg to the US dollar and its central role in the region’s status as a major international financial hub.
-
B.
Chinese yuan
The Chinese yuan is the official currency of the People's Republic of China and one of the world's major reserve and trading currencies.
-
C.
Straits dollar
The Straits dollar was a historical currency used in British-controlled territories in Southeast Asia, including parts of present-day Malaysia and Singapore, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
D.
Brunei dollar
The Brunei dollar is the official currency of Brunei Darussalam, issued by the Autoriti Monetari Brunei Darussalam and maintained at parity with the Singapore dollar under a longstanding currency interchangeability agreement.
-
E.
Singapore dollar
The Singapore dollar is the official currency of Singapore, known for its stability, strong management by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and significant role as a major trading and reserve currency in Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
currency
ⓘ
fiat currency ⓘ |
| centralBank | Monetary Authority of Macao ⓘ |
| coexistsWith | Hong Kong dollar ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Macau ⓘ |
| denominationType |
banknote
ⓘ
coin ⓘ |
| exchangeRatePolicy | linked exchange rate system via Hong Kong dollar ⓘ |
| hasDenomination |
1 pataca coin
ⓘ
10 patacas banknote ⓘ 100 patacas banknote ⓘ 1000 patacas banknote ⓘ 2 patacas coin ⓘ 20 patacas banknote ⓘ 5 patacas coin ⓘ 50 patacas banknote ⓘ 500 patacas banknote ⓘ |
| hasSubdivision |
10 avos coin
ⓘ
20 avos coin ⓘ 50 avos coin ⓘ |
| historicalAssociation | Portuguese escudo ⓘ |
| introducedInCountry |
Portuguese Macau
ⓘ
linked to:
Macau
|
| ISO4217Code | MOP ⓘ |
| issuingAuthority | Monetary Authority of Macao ⓘ |
| languageOnCurrency |
Chinese
ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ |
| legalStatus | legal tender only in Macau ⓘ |
| legalTenderIn | Macau ⓘ |
| monetaryAuthorityAbbreviation | AMCM ⓘ |
| monetaryRegion | Pearl River Delta ⓘ |
| monetaryUnitOf |
Special Administrative Region of Macau
ⓘ
linked to:
Macau
|
| officialCurrencyOf | Macau ⓘ |
| partOf | economy of Macau ⓘ |
| peggedTo |
Hong Kong dollar
ⓘ
US dollar ⓘ |
| region | Asia ⓘ |
| relatedCurrency |
Chinese yuan
ⓘ
Hong Kong dollar ⓘ |
| scriptOnCurrency |
Chinese characters
ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ |
| subunit | avo ⓘ |
| subunitToUnitRatio | 100 avos = 1 pataca ⓘ |
| symbol | MOP$ ⓘ |
| usedAlongside | Hong Kong dollar ⓘ |
| usedBy |
residents of Macau
ⓘ
tourists in Macau ⓘ |
| usedFor | everyday transactions in Macau ⓘ |
| usedIn | Macau ⓘ |
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: Macanese pataca Description of subject: The Macanese pataca is the official monetary unit of Macau, a special administrative region of China, and is commonly used alongside the Hong Kong dollar.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Macanese pataca
linked to: Macanese pataca
Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region
→
provides
→
Macao may issue its own currency
ⓘ
linked to: Macanese pataca