Syrian pound
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The Syrian pound is the official monetary unit of Syria, issued by the Central Bank of Syria and subdivided into 100 piastres.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Syrian pound canonical | 20 |
| Syrian pound (in some areas) | 1 |
| Syrian pounds | 1 |
| الليرة السورية | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T487249 — 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: Syrian pound Context triple: [Syria, currency, Syrian pound]
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A.
Palestine pound
The Palestine pound was the official currency used in the British-administered territory of Palestine during the first half of the 20th century, pegged to and modeled on the British pound sterling.
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B.
Lebanese pound
The Lebanese pound is the official currency of Lebanon, historically pegged to the US dollar but heavily devalued in recent years due to the country’s financial crisis.
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C.
Jordanian dinar
The Jordanian dinar is the official currency of Jordan and one of the region’s more stable and widely used Middle Eastern currencies.
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D.
Iraqi dinar
The Iraqi dinar is the official fiat currency of Iraq, issued by the Central Bank of Iraq and subdivided into 1,000 fils.
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E.
Libyan dinar
The Libyan dinar is the official monetary unit of Libya, used for everyday transactions and economic activities 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: Syrian pound Target entity description: The Syrian pound is the official monetary unit of Syria, issued by the Central Bank of Syria and subdivided into 100 piastres.
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A.
Palestine pound
The Palestine pound was the official currency used in the British-administered territory of Palestine during the first half of the 20th century, pegged to and modeled on the British pound sterling.
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B.
Lebanese pound
The Lebanese pound is the official currency of Lebanon, historically pegged to the US dollar but heavily devalued in recent years due to the country’s financial crisis.
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C.
Jordanian dinar
The Jordanian dinar is the official currency of Jordan and one of the region’s more stable and widely used Middle Eastern currencies.
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D.
Iraqi dinar
The Iraqi dinar is the official fiat currency of Iraq, issued by the Central Bank of Iraq and subdivided into 1,000 fils.
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E.
Libyan dinar
The Libyan dinar is the official monetary unit of Libya, used for everyday transactions and economic activities throughout the country.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fiat currency
ⓘ
national currency ⓘ |
| centralBank | Central Bank of Syria ⓘ |
| country | Syria ⓘ |
| currencySymbol |
LS
ⓘ
£ ⓘ ل.س ⓘ |
| denominatedIn | pounds ⓘ |
| hasLocalName |
الليرة السورية
ⓘ
linked to:
Syrian pound
|
| hasPluralName |
Syrian pounds
ⓘ
linked to:
Syrian pound
|
| hasSubunitName | piastre ⓘ |
| ISO4217Code | SYP ⓘ |
| issuer | Central Bank of Syria ⓘ |
| legalTenderIn | Syria ⓘ |
| monetaryAuthority | Central Bank of Syria ⓘ |
| monetaryUnitOf | Syrian economy ⓘ |
| officialCurrencyOf | Syria ⓘ |
| peggedStatus | subject to exchange controls by Syrian authorities ⓘ |
| region | Middle East ⓘ |
| regulatesBy | Central Bank of Syria ⓘ |
| script | Arabic script ⓘ |
| subunit | piastre ⓘ |
| subunitRatio | 1 Syrian pound = 100 piastres ⓘ |
| subunitToUnit | 100 piastres ⓘ |
| type |
coinage
ⓘ
paper money ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Syrian government
ⓘ
Syrian residents ⓘ |
| usedFor | domestic transactions in Syria ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Syrian Arab Republic
ⓘ
linked to:
Syria
|
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: Syrian pound Description of subject: The Syrian pound is the official monetary unit of Syria, issued by the Central Bank of Syria and subdivided into 100 piastres.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.