Kenya national cricket team
E123099
The Kenya national cricket team is the men's team that represents Kenya in international cricket and has achieved notable success, including a surprise semi-final appearance at the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1079468 — 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: Kenya national cricket team Context triple: [2003 Cricket World Cup, participatingTeam, Kenya national cricket team]
-
A.
England cricket team
The England cricket team is the national side that represents England (and Wales) in international cricket and is one of the sport’s oldest and most historically significant teams.
-
B.
South Africa national football team
The South Africa national football team, nicknamed Bafana Bafana, represents South Africa in international men's soccer and is known for winning the 1996 Africa Cup of Nations and hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
-
C.
Ghana national football team
The Ghana national football team, nicknamed the Black Stars, is the West African country's senior men's side and one of Africa's most successful and storied teams, known for multiple Africa Cup of Nations titles and strong FIFA World Cup performances.
-
D.
Trinidad and Tobago national football team
The Trinidad and Tobago national football team is the most decorated side in Caribbean regional competition and a prominent representative of the twin-island nation in international football.
-
E.
Harare Sports Club
Harare Sports Club is Zimbabwe’s premier cricket ground and a historic sports venue in the capital city, regularly hosting international matches and major domestic fixtures.
- 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: Kenya national cricket team Target entity description: The Kenya national cricket team is the men's team that represents Kenya in international cricket and has achieved notable success, including a surprise semi-final appearance at the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
-
A.
England cricket team
The England cricket team is the national side that represents England (and Wales) in international cricket and is one of the sport’s oldest and most historically significant teams.
-
B.
South Africa national football team
The South Africa national football team, nicknamed Bafana Bafana, represents South Africa in international men's soccer and is known for winning the 1996 Africa Cup of Nations and hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
-
C.
Ghana national football team
The Ghana national football team, nicknamed the Black Stars, is the West African country's senior men's side and one of Africa's most successful and storied teams, known for multiple Africa Cup of Nations titles and strong FIFA World Cup performances.
-
D.
Trinidad and Tobago national football team
The Trinidad and Tobago national football team is the most decorated side in Caribbean regional competition and a prominent representative of the twin-island nation in international football.
-
E.
Harare Sports Club
Harare Sports Club is Zimbabwe’s premier cricket ground and a historic sports venue in the capital city, regularly hosting international matches and major domestic fixtures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
men's cricket team
ⓘ
national cricket team ⓘ |
| bestWorldCupPerformance | semi-finalists ⓘ |
| bestWorldCupPerformanceYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| captaincyEra | Steve Tikolo era in late 1990s and 2000s ⓘ |
| confederation | African Cricket Association ⓘ |
| country | Kenya ⓘ |
| firstODIOpponent | India ⓘ |
| firstODIYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| firstT20IOpponent | Bangladesh ⓘ |
| firstT20IYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| formerGoverningBody |
Kenya Cricket Association
ⓘ
linked to:
Cricket Kenya
|
| gender | men ⓘ |
| governingBody | Cricket Kenya ⓘ |
| homeGround |
Mombasa Sports Club
ⓘ
Nairobi Gymkhana Club ⓘ |
| iccMembership | Associate member of the International Cricket Council ⓘ |
| iccMembershipSince | 1981 ⓘ |
| internationalStatus | Associate Member ⓘ |
| lostODIStatus | 2014 ⓘ |
| majorAchievement |
hosted several 2003 Cricket World Cup matches in Nairobi
ⓘ
reached Super Six stage of 1999 Cricket World Cup qualification race (via 2003 performance) ⓘ |
| notablePlayer |
Collins Obuya
ⓘ
Kennedy Otieno ⓘ Maurice Odumbe ⓘ Ravindu Shah ⓘ Steve Tikolo ⓘ Thomas Odoyo ⓘ |
| notableTournament |
Cricket World Cup
ⓘ
linked to:
ICC Cricket World Cup
|
| notableVictory |
defeated Bangladesh at the 1999 Cricket World Cup
ⓘ
defeated Sri Lanka at the 2003 Cricket World Cup ⓘ defeated West Indies at the 1996 Cricket World Cup ⓘ defeated Zimbabwe at the 2003 Cricket World Cup ⓘ |
| odiStatus | former One Day International team ⓘ |
| region | Africa ⓘ |
| represents | Kenya ⓘ |
| shortName | Kenya ⓘ |
| sport | cricket ⓘ |
| t20iStatus | Twenty20 International team ⓘ |
| teamColors |
black
ⓘ
green ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| worldCupAppearances |
1996
ⓘ
1999 ⓘ 2003 ⓘ 2007 ⓘ 2011 ⓘ |
| worldCupDebut | 1996 Cricket World Cup ⓘ |
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: Kenya national cricket team Description of subject: The Kenya national cricket team is the men's team that represents Kenya in international cricket and has achieved notable success, including a surprise semi-final appearance at the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kenya national cricket team
linked to: Kenya national cricket team
linked to: Kenya national cricket team
linked to: Kenya national cricket team