Korean yen (early period)
E61840
The Korean yen (early period) was the Japanese-era currency that continued in circulation in southern Korea under the United States Army Military Government immediately after World War II, before being replaced by the South Korean won.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Korean yen (Japanese colonial period) | 2 |
| Korean yen | 1 |
| Korean yen (early period) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T493839 — 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: Korean yen (early period) Context triple: [United States Army Military Government in Korea, usedCurrency, Korean yen (early period)]
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A.
South Korean won
The South Korean won is the official currency of South Korea, known for its significant devaluation and subsequent reforms during the late-1990s Asian financial crisis.
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B.
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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C.
Korea under Japanese rule
Korea under Japanese rule was the period from 1910 to 1945 when the Korean Peninsula was annexed and governed as a colony of the Japanese Empire, marked by political repression, cultural assimilation policies, and economic exploitation.
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D.
Aegukga
Aegukga is the national anthem of South Korea, expressing patriotic devotion and love for the country.
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E.
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.
- 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: Korean yen (early period) Target entity description: The Korean yen (early period) was the Japanese-era currency that continued in circulation in southern Korea under the United States Army Military Government immediately after World War II, before being replaced by the South Korean won.
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A.
South Korean won
The South Korean won is the official currency of South Korea, known for its significant devaluation and subsequent reforms during the late-1990s Asian financial crisis.
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B.
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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C.
Korea under Japanese rule
Korea under Japanese rule was the period from 1910 to 1945 when the Korean Peninsula was annexed and governed as a colony of the Japanese Empire, marked by political repression, cultural assimilation policies, and economic exploitation.
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D.
Aegukga
Aegukga is the national anthem of South Korea, expressing patriotic devotion and love for the country.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fiat currency
ⓘ
historical currency ⓘ |
| continuedFrom | Korean yen ⓘ |
| countryAfterSuccession | South Korea ⓘ |
| currencyOf |
southern Korea
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern Korea
|
| denominationName | yen ⓘ |
| follows |
Korean yen (Japanese colonial period)
ⓘ
linked to:
Korean yen (early period)
|
| historicalContext | post-World War II military occupation of Korea ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | immediately after World War II ⓘ |
| legalTender | southern Korea ⓘ |
| linkedTo | Japanese yen (historically) ⓘ |
| monetaryAuthority | United States Army Military Government in Korea ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Korean yen (Japanese colonial period)
ⓘ
linked to:
Korean yen (early period)
|
| reasonForReplacement | introduction of national currency of South Korea ⓘ |
| region | Korean Peninsula ⓘ |
| replacedBy | South Korean won ⓘ |
| status | obsolete currency ⓘ |
| successorCurrency | South Korean won ⓘ |
| typeOf | occupation currency ⓘ |
| usedAfter | Japanese rule in Korea ⓘ |
| usedBy | residents of southern Korea ⓘ |
| usedDuring | United States military occupation of southern Korea ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Korea
ⓘ
linked to:
Korean Peninsula
southern Korea ⓘ
linked to:
Southern Korea
|
| usedUnder | United States Army Military Government in Korea ⓘ |
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: Korean yen (early period) Description of subject: The Korean yen (early period) was the Japanese-era currency that continued in circulation in southern Korea under the United States Army Military Government immediately after World War II, before being replaced by the South Korean won.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Korean yen (early period)
linked to: Korean yen (early period)
linked to: Korean yen (early period)