Ben Stokes
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Ben Stokes is an English international cricketer renowned as one of the world’s leading all-rounders and a key figure in several of England’s most dramatic recent victories.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ben Stokes canonical | 3 |
| Benjamin Andrew Stokes | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Stokes Context triple: [England cricket team, captainTest, Ben Stokes]
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A.
Cameron Bairstow
Cameron Bairstow is an Australian professional basketball player and former New Mexico Lobos standout who briefly played in the NBA with the Chicago Bulls.
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B.
Steve Smith
Steve Smith is a main character from the animated television series "American Dad!", portrayed as the socially awkward yet good-hearted teenage son of the Smith family.
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C.
Geordie Greig
Geordie Greig is a British journalist and newspaper editor best known for leading major UK titles including the Daily Mail and the Evening Standard.
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D.
Hashim Amla
Hashim Amla is a South African cricketer renowned as one of his country’s greatest batsmen, noted for his prolific run-scoring and elegant batting style in international cricket.
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E.
David Warner
David Warner is a prominent Australian international cricketer known for his aggressive left-handed opening batting and significant contributions across all formats of the game.
- 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: Ben Stokes Target entity description: Ben Stokes is an English international cricketer renowned as one of the world’s leading all-rounders and a key figure in several of England’s most dramatic recent victories.
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A.
Cameron Bairstow
Cameron Bairstow is an Australian professional basketball player and former New Mexico Lobos standout who briefly played in the NBA with the Chicago Bulls.
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B.
Steve Smith
Steve Smith is a main character from the animated television series "American Dad!", portrayed as the socially awkward yet good-hearted teenage son of the Smith family.
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C.
Geordie Greig
Geordie Greig is a British journalist and newspaper editor best known for leading major UK titles including the Daily Mail and the Evening Standard.
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D.
Hashim Amla
Hashim Amla is a South African cricketer renowned as one of his country’s greatest batsmen, noted for his prolific run-scoring and elegant batting style in international cricket.
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E.
David Warner
David Warner is a prominent Australian international cricketer known for his aggressive left-handed opening batting and significant contributions across all formats of the game.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
all-rounder
ⓘ
cricketer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| achievement |
Player of the Match in 2019 Cricket World Cup Final
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helped England level 2019 Ashes with Headingley innings ⓘ key role in England winning 2019 Cricket World Cup ⓘ |
| award |
ICC Cricketer of the Year
ⓘ
Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World ⓘ |
| battingStyle | left-handed ⓘ |
| bowlingStyle | right-arm fast-medium ⓘ |
| captaincyRole |
England cricket team
ⓘ
surface form:
England ODI cricket team captain
England cricket team ⓘ
surface form:
England Test cricket team captain
|
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1991-06-04 ⓘ |
| debutFormat |
One Day International
ⓘ
surface form:
One Day International cricket
Test cricket ⓘ Twenty20 International cricket ⓘ |
| family | son of rugby league player Gerard Stokes ⓘ |
| familyName | Stokes ⓘ |
| fullName |
Ben Stokes
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Benjamin Andrew Stokes
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Benjamin ⓘ |
| grewUpIn |
Cumbria
ⓘ
surface form:
Cumbria, England
|
| honour | Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ |
| honourReason | services to cricket ⓘ |
| iplTeam |
Rajasthan Royals
ⓘ
Rising Pune Supergiant ⓘ |
| leagueParticipation | Indian Premier League ⓘ |
| nationalTeam | England cricket team ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
2019 Cricket World Cup
ⓘ
surface form:
2019 Cricket World Cup Final at Lord's
|
| notableFor |
aggressive batting style
ⓘ
all-round performances in Test cricket ⓘ competitive on-field attitude ⓘ match-winning innings in limited-overs cricket ⓘ |
| notableInnings | 135* vs Australia at Headingley in 2019 Ashes ⓘ |
| odiDebutOpponent | Ireland ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Christchurch, New Zealand ⓘ |
| playsFor | Durham County Cricket Club ⓘ |
| position | middle-order batter ⓘ |
| retirement | retired from ODI cricket in 2022 ⓘ |
| return | came out of ODI retirement for 2023 Cricket World Cup ⓘ |
| role | all-rounder ⓘ |
| series |
The Ashes
ⓘ
surface form:
2019 Ashes series
|
| shirtNumber | 55 ⓘ |
| sport | cricket ⓘ |
| t20iDebutOpponent | New Zealand ⓘ |
| teamRole | vice-captain of England Test team (past) ⓘ |
| testDebutOpponent | Australia ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ben Stokes Description of subject: Ben Stokes is an English international cricketer renowned as one of the world’s leading all-rounders and a key figure in several of England’s most dramatic recent victories.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Benjamin Andrew Stokes