Mexican real
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The Mexican real was the primary silver-based monetary unit used in Mexico during the colonial period and early independence, before being replaced by the peso.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mexican real canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3562423 — 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: Mexican real Context triple: [First Mexican Empire, currency, Mexican real]
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A.
The Mexican
The Mexican is a 2001 crime-comedy film starring Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts that blends romance, dark humor, and a quirky road-trip plot centered around a legendary cursed pistol.
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B.
Mexicanero
Mexicanero are an Indigenous Nahua-speaking people of western Mexico, primarily living in the state of Nayarit and surrounding regions.
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C.
MEX
MEX is the IATA airport code for Mexico City International Airport, the main international gateway serving Mexico City and one of the busiest airports in Latin America.
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D.
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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E.
México 95
México 95 is a major Mexican federal highway that connects Mexico City with the resort city of Acapulco, serving as an important transportation corridor in central and southern Mexico.
- 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: Mexican real Target entity description: The Mexican real was the primary silver-based monetary unit used in Mexico during the colonial period and early independence, before being replaced by the peso.
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A.
The Mexican
The Mexican is a 2001 crime-comedy film starring Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts that blends romance, dark humor, and a quirky road-trip plot centered around a legendary cursed pistol.
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B.
Mexicanero
Mexicanero are an Indigenous Nahua-speaking people of western Mexico, primarily living in the state of Nayarit and surrounding regions.
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C.
MEX
MEX is the IATA airport code for Mexico City International Airport, the main international gateway serving Mexico City and one of the busiest airports in Latin America.
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D.
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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E.
México 95
México 95 is a major Mexican federal highway that connects Mexico City with the resort city of Acapulco, serving as an important transportation corridor in central and southern Mexico.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical currency
ⓘ
silver coin ⓘ |
| authority |
Government of Mexico
ⓘ
surface form:
Mexican government (after independence)
Spanish Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish Crown (during colonial period)
|
| basisFor | Mexican peso ⓘ |
| category |
Mexican coins
ⓘ
obsolete currencies of North America ⓘ |
| circulatedIn |
Asia via trade
ⓘ
Central America ⓘ Europe via trade ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| currencyOf | Mexico ⓘ |
| currencySystem | Spanish-American real system ⓘ |
| denominationSystem | real ⓘ |
| denominationType | fractional currency ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
colonial era
ⓘ
early independence period ⓘ |
| influenced | later Mexican monetary reforms ⓘ |
| legalTenderIn |
Mexico
ⓘ
Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
surface form:
New Spain
|
| materialForm | coin ⓘ |
| metal | silver ⓘ |
| mintedAt |
Casa de Moneda de México
ⓘ
surface form:
Mexico City Mint
|
| monetaryRole | primary unit of account in colonial Mexico ⓘ |
| monetaryStandard | silver standard ⓘ |
| precededBy | Spanish real ⓘ |
| relatedCurrency |
Spanish real
ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish colonial real
Spanish dollar ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Mexican peso ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf |
Castilian real
ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish colonial monetary system
|
| typicalComposition | high-purity silver ⓘ |
| usedAs |
medium of exchange
ⓘ
unit of account ⓘ |
| usedIn |
First Mexican Empire
ⓘ
First Mexican Republic ⓘ Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ |
| usedUntil | 19th century ⓘ |
| valuationBasis | weight of silver ⓘ |
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: Mexican real Description of subject: The Mexican real was the primary silver-based monetary unit used in Mexico during the colonial period and early independence, before being replaced by the peso.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.