Jayawardene
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Jayawardene is a Sri Lankan surname most prominently associated with Mahela Jayawardene, one of Sri Lanka’s greatest cricket captains and batsmen.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jayawardene canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18739669 — 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: Jayawardene Context triple: [Mahela Jayawardene, familyName, Jayawardene]
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A.
Kumar Dharmasena
Kumar Dharmasena is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer who became a prominent elite panel umpire, officiating in major events such as the Cricket World Cup.
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B.
Mangala Samaraweera
Mangala Samaraweera was a prominent Sri Lankan politician and diplomat who held several key ministerial portfolios, including foreign affairs and finance, and played a major role in post-war reconciliation and international relations.
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C.
Ravi Karunanayake
Ravi Karunanayake is a Sri Lankan politician who has held prominent cabinet positions, including serving as the country's finance minister.
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D.
D. A. Rajapaksa
D. A. Rajapaksa was a prominent Sri Lankan politician and patriarch of the Rajapaksa political family, instrumental in shaping mid-20th-century nationalist and rural-focused politics in the country.
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E.
Denzil Kobbekaduwa
Denzil Kobbekaduwa was a prominent Sri Lankan Army general renowned for his leadership in key operations during the Sri Lankan Civil War before his death in a 1992 landmine explosion.
- 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: Jayawardene Target entity description: Jayawardene is a Sri Lankan surname most prominently associated with Mahela Jayawardene, one of Sri Lanka’s greatest cricket captains and batsmen.
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A.
Kumar Dharmasena
Kumar Dharmasena is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer who became a prominent elite panel umpire, officiating in major events such as the Cricket World Cup.
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B.
Mangala Samaraweera
Mangala Samaraweera was a prominent Sri Lankan politician and diplomat who held several key ministerial portfolios, including foreign affairs and finance, and played a major role in post-war reconciliation and international relations.
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C.
Ravi Karunanayake
Ravi Karunanayake is a Sri Lankan politician who has held prominent cabinet positions, including serving as the country's finance minister.
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D.
D. A. Rajapaksa
D. A. Rajapaksa was a prominent Sri Lankan politician and patriarch of the Rajapaksa political family, instrumental in shaping mid-20th-century nationalist and rural-focused politics in the country.
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E.
Denzil Kobbekaduwa
Denzil Kobbekaduwa was a prominent Sri Lankan Army general renowned for his leadership in key operations during the Sri Lankan Civil War before his death in a 1992 landmine explosion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.