Bhutanese ngultrum
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The Bhutanese ngultrum is the official national currency of the Kingdom of Bhutan, pegged to and used alongside the Indian rupee.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bhutanese ngultrum canonical | 8 |
| Bhutanese ngultrum coins | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T630476 — 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: Bhutanese ngultrum Context triple: [Bhutan, currency, Bhutanese ngultrum]
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A.
Nepalese rupee
The Nepalese rupee is the official monetary unit of Nepal, issued by the Nepal Rastra Bank and commonly used for all financial transactions in the country.
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B.
Ceylon rupee
The Ceylon rupee was the former official currency of British Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) used during the colonial and early post-colonial period before being replaced by the Sri Lankan rupee.
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C.
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.
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D.
Afghan afghani
The Afghan afghani is the official fiat currency of Afghanistan, issued and regulated by the country's central bank.
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E.
Fijian dollar
The Fijian dollar is the official monetary unit of Fiji, used for everyday transactions and issued by the Reserve Bank of Fiji.
- 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: Bhutanese ngultrum Target entity description: The Bhutanese ngultrum is the official national currency of the Kingdom of Bhutan, pegged to and used alongside the Indian rupee.
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A.
Nepalese rupee
The Nepalese rupee is the official monetary unit of Nepal, issued by the Nepal Rastra Bank and commonly used for all financial transactions in the country.
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B.
Ceylon rupee
The Ceylon rupee was the former official currency of British Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) used during the colonial and early post-colonial period before being replaced by the Sri Lankan rupee.
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C.
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.
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D.
Afghan afghani
The Afghan afghani is the official fiat currency of Afghanistan, issued and regulated by the country's central bank.
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E.
Fijian dollar
The Fijian dollar is the official monetary unit of Fiji, used for everyday transactions and issued by the Reserve Bank of Fiji.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fiat currency
ⓘ
national currency ⓘ |
| centralBank | Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan ⓘ |
| coCirculatesWith | Indian rupee in Bhutan ⓘ |
| country | Bhutan ⓘ |
| currencySymbol | Nu. ⓘ |
| denominationType |
banknotes
ⓘ
coins ⓘ |
| introduced | 1974 ⓘ |
| ISO4217Code | BTN ⓘ |
| issuingAuthority | Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan ⓘ |
| languageOnCurrency |
Dzongkha
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| legalTenderIn | Bhutan ⓘ |
| monetaryAuthorityHeadquarters | Thimphu ⓘ |
| namedAfter | ngultrum (Dzongkha term related to money or silver) ⓘ |
| officialCurrencyOf | Bhutan ⓘ |
| peggedAtParWith | Indian rupee ⓘ |
| peggedExchangeRate | 1 ngultrum = 1 Indian rupee ⓘ |
| peggedTo | Indian rupee ⓘ |
| region | South Asia ⓘ |
| subunit | chetrum ⓘ |
| subunitToUnit | 100 chetrum = 1 ngultrum ⓘ |
| usedAlongside | Indian rupee ⓘ |
| usedFor | domestic transactions in Bhutan ⓘ |
| usedIn | Bhutan ⓘ |
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: Bhutanese ngultrum Description of subject: The Bhutanese ngultrum is the official national currency of the Kingdom of Bhutan, pegged to and used alongside the Indian rupee.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.