Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka
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The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka is the cabinet-level government official responsible for directing the country’s foreign policy and managing its diplomatic relations worldwide.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka canonical | 3 |
| இலங்கை வெளியுறவு அமைச்சர் (Tamil) | 1 |
| විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්ය (Sinhala) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11149759 — 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: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka Context triple: [Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the United States, reportsTo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka]
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A.
Minister of Plan Implementation of Sri Lanka
The Minister of Plan Implementation of Sri Lanka is a cabinet-level government post responsible for overseeing the formulation, coordination, and execution of national development plans and policies.
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B.
Minister of Religious Affairs of Sri Lanka
The Minister of Religious Affairs of Sri Lanka is a cabinet-level government official responsible for overseeing religious affairs, promoting interfaith harmony, and formulating policies related to religious institutions and practices in the country.
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C.
Minister of Information of Sri Lanka
The Minister of Information of Sri Lanka is a senior government cabinet post responsible for overseeing national information policy, media regulation, and public communication on behalf of the Sri Lankan state.
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D.
British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka
The British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka is the United Kingdom’s senior diplomatic representative in Sri Lanka, heading the UK High Commission in Colombo and managing bilateral relations between the two countries.
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E.
Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the United States
The Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the United States is the Sri Lankan government’s chief diplomatic representative in Washington, D.C., responsible for managing bilateral relations and overseeing the country’s mission in the U.S.
- 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: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka Target entity description: The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka is the cabinet-level government official responsible for directing the country’s foreign policy and managing its diplomatic relations worldwide.
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A.
Minister of Plan Implementation of Sri Lanka
The Minister of Plan Implementation of Sri Lanka is a cabinet-level government post responsible for overseeing the formulation, coordination, and execution of national development plans and policies.
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B.
Minister of Religious Affairs of Sri Lanka
The Minister of Religious Affairs of Sri Lanka is a cabinet-level government official responsible for overseeing religious affairs, promoting interfaith harmony, and formulating policies related to religious institutions and practices in the country.
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C.
Minister of Information of Sri Lanka
The Minister of Information of Sri Lanka is a senior government cabinet post responsible for overseeing national information policy, media regulation, and public communication on behalf of the Sri Lankan state.
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D.
British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka
The British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka is the United Kingdom’s senior diplomatic representative in Sri Lanka, heading the UK High Commission in Colombo and managing bilateral relations between the two countries.
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E.
Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the United States
The Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the United States is the Sri Lankan government’s chief diplomatic representative in Washington, D.C., responsible for managing bilateral relations and overseeing the country’s mission in the U.S.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cabinet position
ⓘ
government office ⓘ |
| appointedBy | President of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Commonwealth diplomacy of Sri Lanka
ⓘ
Non-Aligned Movement diplomacy of Sri Lanka ⓘ United Nations diplomacy of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| country | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| heads |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Sri Lanka)
ⓘ
linked to:
Sri Lankan Ministry of Foreign Affairs
|
| jurisdiction |
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
ⓘ
linked to:
Sri Lanka
|
| memberOf | Cabinet of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| nativeLabel |
இலங்கை வெளியுறவு அமைச்சர் (Tamil)
ⓘ
linked to:
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka
විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්ය (Sinhala) ⓘ
linked to:
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka
|
| oversees |
Sri Lanka’s consulates
ⓘ
Sri Lanka’s embassies ⓘ Sri Lanka’s high commissions ⓘ
linked to:
Sri Lankan diplomatic missions
Sri Lanka’s permanent missions to international organizations ⓘ |
| participatesIn |
formulation of Sri Lanka’s foreign trade policy
ⓘ
regional diplomacy in South Asia ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cabinet of Sri Lanka
ⓘ
Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| policyArea |
consular affairs
ⓘ
development cooperation ⓘ diaspora engagement ⓘ diplomacy ⓘ foreign affairs ⓘ international law ⓘ international relations ⓘ |
| reportsTo |
Parliament of Sri Lanka
ⓘ
linked to:
unicameral Parliament of Sri Lanka
President of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
coordination of Sri Lanka’s bilateral relations
ⓘ
coordination of Sri Lanka’s multilateral relations ⓘ diplomatic relations of Sri Lanka ⓘ foreign policy of Sri Lanka ⓘ international representation of Sri Lanka ⓘ issuance of Sri Lankan passports and travel documents ⓘ management of Sri Lankan diplomatic missions abroad ⓘ protection of Sri Lankan citizens abroad ⓘ treaty negotiations involving Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| seat | Colombo ⓘ |
| style | The Honourable ⓘ |
| worksWith |
Minister of Defence of Sri Lanka
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Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka ⓘ Prime Minister of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
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: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka Description of subject: The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka is the cabinet-level government official responsible for directing the country’s foreign policy and managing its diplomatic relations worldwide.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the United States
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reportsTo
→
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka
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linked to: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka
linked to: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka