Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike
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Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike, better known as Sirimavo Bandaranaike, was a Sri Lankan stateswoman who became the world’s first female prime minister and served three terms as the country’s head of government.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike canonical | 3 |
| Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike | 1 |
| Sirimavo | 1 |
| Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1763016 — 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: Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike Context triple: [Sirimavo Bandaranaike, honorificPrefix, Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike]
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S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike was a prominent Sri Lankan statesman and founder of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party who served as prime minister in the 1950s and was assassinated while in office.
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B.
Sir John Kotelawala
Sir John Kotelawala was a Sri Lankan statesman and military officer who served as the country’s third Prime Minister in the 1950s.
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D. S. Senanayake
D. S. Senanayake was the first Prime Minister of independent Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and is widely regarded as the "Father of the Nation" for his leading role in achieving self-rule from British colonial rule.
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D.
R. G. Senanayake
R. G. Senanayake was a prominent Sri Lankan politician and cabinet minister known for his role in shaping the country’s post-independence economic and trade policies.
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E.
Dudley Senanayake
Dudley Senanayake was a prominent Sri Lankan statesman who served multiple terms as prime minister and played a key role in the country’s early post-independence politics.
- 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: Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike Target entity description: Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike, better known as Sirimavo Bandaranaike, was a Sri Lankan stateswoman who became the world’s first female prime minister and served three terms as the country’s head of government.
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A.
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike was a prominent Sri Lankan statesman and founder of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party who served as prime minister in the 1950s and was assassinated while in office.
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B.
Sir John Kotelawala
Sir John Kotelawala was a Sri Lankan statesman and military officer who served as the country’s third Prime Minister in the 1950s.
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C.
D. S. Senanayake
D. S. Senanayake was the first Prime Minister of independent Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and is widely regarded as the "Father of the Nation" for his leading role in achieving self-rule from British colonial rule.
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D.
R. G. Senanayake
R. G. Senanayake was a prominent Sri Lankan politician and cabinet minister known for his role in shaping the country’s post-independence economic and trade policies.
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E.
Dudley Senanayake
Dudley Senanayake was a prominent Sri Lankan statesman who served multiple terms as prime minister and played a key role in the country’s early post-independence politics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike Description of subject: Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike, better known as Sirimavo Bandaranaike, was a Sri Lankan stateswoman who became the world’s first female prime minister and served three terms as the country’s head of government.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike
linked to: Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike
1972 Republican Constitution of Sri Lanka
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Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike
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1972 republican constitution of Sri Lanka
linked to: Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike
subject linked to:
Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike
subject linked to:
Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike