real
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The real was the historical currency used in Portugal for several centuries before being replaced by the escudo.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| real canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9510099 — 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: real Context triple: [Kingdom of Portugal, currency, real]
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Real
"Real" is a pop song by American singer Belinda Carlisle, released in the early 1990s as one of her singles following her peak late-1980s success.
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Real
Real is a coastal municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines, known for its beaches, surfing spots, and proximity to the Sierra Madre mountains.
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Real
"Real" is a track by American rapper Common from his socially conscious hip-hop album "Nobody's Smiling."
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true
true is a UK-based pay TV provider and broadcaster offering subscription television services, including channels such as Sky Comedy.
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E.
Real Life
Real Life is a 1979 satirical comedy film directed by and starring Albert Brooks that parodies documentary filmmaking and the concept of reality television.
- 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: real Target entity description: The real was the historical currency used in Portugal for several centuries before being replaced by the escudo.
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A.
Real
"Real" is a pop song by American singer Belinda Carlisle, released in the early 1990s as one of her singles following her peak late-1980s success.
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B.
Real
Real is a coastal municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines, known for its beaches, surfing spots, and proximity to the Sierra Madre mountains.
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C.
Real
"Real" is a track by American rapper Common from his socially conscious hip-hop album "Nobody's Smiling."
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D.
true
true is a UK-based pay TV provider and broadcaster offering subscription television services, including channels such as Sky Comedy.
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E.
Real Life
Real Life is a 1979 satirical comedy film directed by and starring Albert Brooks that parodies documentary filmmaking and the concept of reality television.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | historical currency ⓘ |
| abolishedBy | Republican monetary reform of 1911 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Currencies of Portugal
ⓘ
Obsolete currencies ⓘ |
| circulationStatus | no longer in circulation ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currencyCodeStatus | pre-decimal currency ⓘ |
| currencyOf | Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| denomination | real ⓘ |
| endTime | 1911 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Portuguese escudo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Portuguese dinheiro ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
19th century
ⓘ
Early Modern period ⓘ
surface form:
Early modern period
Late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Portuguese ⓘ |
| monarchDuringUse |
Carlos I of Portugal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John I of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ John III of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ John VI of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ Manuel I of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ Pedro V of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monetarySystemType | non-decimal system ⓘ |
| nameInPortuguese | real ⓘ |
| officialStatus | official currency ⓘ |
| pluralForm | réis ⓘ |
| pluralNameInPortuguese | réis ⓘ |
| reform | subject to multiple monetary reforms ⓘ |
| region | Iberian Peninsula ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Portuguese escudo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1430s ⓘ |
| subunitOf | Portuguese monetary system ⓘ |
| successorCurrency | Portuguese escudo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
Kingdom of Portugal period
ⓘ
Portuguese First Republic (early years) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday transactions
ⓘ
public finance ⓘ taxation ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Portugal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Portuguese Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInColonies |
Brazil (colonial period)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Portuguese Africa (colonial period) NERFINISHED ⓘ Portuguese Asia (colonial period) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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: real Description of subject: The real was the historical currency used in Portugal for several centuries before being replaced by the escudo.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.