S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
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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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike canonical | 20 |
| S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike government | 1 |
| Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T291408 — 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: S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Context triple: [Dominion of Ceylon, headOfGovernment, S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike]
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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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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.
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C.
Dinshaw Edulji Wacha
Dinshaw Edulji Wacha was an Indian Parsi political leader and early nationalist who played a key role in the formative years of the Indian independence movement.
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D.
C. Rajagopalachari
C. Rajagopalachari was an Indian independence leader, close associate of Mahatma Gandhi, last Governor-General of India, and founder of the Swatantra Party.
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E.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of independent India and a central figure in the Indian independence movement and postcolonial nation-building.
- 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: S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Target entity description: 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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A.
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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B.
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.
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C.
Dinshaw Edulji Wacha
Dinshaw Edulji Wacha was an Indian Parsi political leader and early nationalist who played a key role in the formative years of the Indian independence movement.
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D.
C. Rajagopalachari
C. Rajagopalachari was an Indian independence leader, close associate of Mahatma Gandhi, last Governor-General of India, and founder of the Swatantra Party.
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E.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of independent India and a central figure in the Indian independence movement and postcolonial nation-building.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
linked to: S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
subject linked to:
Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike
subject linked to:
Chandrika Kumaratunga (as Prime Minister in 1994)
subject linked to:
Horagolla Walauwa, Sri Lanka
subject linked to:
Horagolla Walauwa, Sri Lanka