Kumar Sangakkara
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Kumar Sangakkara is a legendary Sri Lankan cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest wicket-keeper–batsmen and most influential leaders in the history of the sport.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kumar Sangakkara canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4573865 — 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)
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Target entity: Kumar Sangakkara Context triple: [Sri Lanka national cricket team, notableCaptain, Kumar Sangakkara]
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A.
Mahela Jayawardene
Mahela Jayawardene is a former Sri Lankan cricketer renowned as one of the game's most elegant and prolific batsmen and a highly successful captain in international cricket.
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B.
Sanath Jayasuriya
Sanath Jayasuriya is a former Sri Lankan cricketer renowned as one of the most destructive opening batsmen in limited-overs cricket and a key figure in Sri Lanka’s 1996 World Cup triumph.
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C.
Arjuna Ranatunga
Arjuna Ranatunga is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and influential captain who famously led Sri Lanka to its first Cricket World Cup title in 1996.
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D.
Muttiah Muralitharan
Muttiah Muralitharan is a legendary Sri Lankan spin bowler widely regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in cricket history and the leading wicket-taker in international cricket.
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E.
Chaminda Vaas
Chaminda Vaas is a former Sri Lankan left-arm fast-medium bowler renowned as one of the country’s greatest seamers and a leading wicket-taker in international cricket.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kumar Sangakkara Target entity description: Kumar Sangakkara is a legendary Sri Lankan cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest wicket-keeper–batsmen and most influential leaders in the history of the sport.
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A.
Mahela Jayawardene
Mahela Jayawardene is a former Sri Lankan cricketer renowned as one of the game's most elegant and prolific batsmen and a highly successful captain in international cricket.
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B.
Sanath Jayasuriya
Sanath Jayasuriya is a former Sri Lankan cricketer renowned as one of the most destructive opening batsmen in limited-overs cricket and a key figure in Sri Lanka’s 1996 World Cup triumph.
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C.
Arjuna Ranatunga
Arjuna Ranatunga is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and influential captain who famously led Sri Lanka to its first Cricket World Cup title in 1996.
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D.
Muttiah Muralitharan
Muttiah Muralitharan is a legendary Sri Lankan spin bowler widely regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in cricket history and the leading wicket-taker in international cricket.
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E.
Chaminda Vaas
Chaminda Vaas is a former Sri Lankan left-arm fast-medium bowler renowned as one of the country’s greatest seamers and a leading wicket-taker in international cricket.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (86)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cricket coach
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cricket commentator ⓘ cricketer ⓘ human ⓘ sports administrator ⓘ wicket-keeper-batsman ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
ICC Cricketer of the Year 2012
NERFINISHED
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ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year 2011 NERFINISHED ⓘ ICC Test Cricketer of the Year 2012 NERFINISHED ⓘ Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2012 NERFINISHED ⓘ Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World 2011 NERFINISHED ⓘ Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World 2014 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| battingStyle | left-handed ⓘ |
| bowlingStyle | right-arm off break ⓘ |
| captaincyEndYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| captaincyStartYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| captainedTeam | Sri Lanka national cricket team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1977-10-27 ⓘ |
| domesticTeam | Nondescripts Cricket Club NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| education | Trinity College, Kandy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Sangakkara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Kumar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInduction | ICC Cricket Hall of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInductionYear | 2021 ⓘ |
| heldPosition | President of Marylebone Cricket Club ⓘ |
| jerseyName | Sangakkara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
elegant left-handed batting
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influential leadership of Sri Lanka cricket team ⓘ one of the greatest wicket-keeper-batsmen in cricket history ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Sinhala ⓘ |
| majorTournament | 2011 Cricket World Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mccPresidencyNote | first non-British president of MCC ⓘ |
| mccPresidencyStartYear | 2019 ⓘ |
| nationalTeam | Sri Lanka national cricket team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSpeech | Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture 2011 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| odiBattingAverage | 41.00+ ⓘ |
| odiCenturies | 25 ⓘ |
| odiDebutAgainst | Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| odiDebutDate | 2000-07-05 ⓘ |
| odiHighestScore | 169 ⓘ |
| odiMatchesPlayed | 404 ⓘ |
| odiRunsScored | 14000+ ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Matale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedForTeam |
Deccan Chargers
NERFINISHED
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Dhaka Dynamites NERFINISHED ⓘ Hobart Hurricanes NERFINISHED ⓘ Jamaica Tallawahs NERFINISHED ⓘ Kandurata NERFINISHED ⓘ Kings XI Punjab NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunrisers Hyderabad NERFINISHED ⓘ Surrey NERFINISHED ⓘ Warwickshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Wayamba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postRetirementRole |
cricket administrator
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cricket coach ⓘ cricket commentator ⓘ |
| primaryRole | wicket-keeper-batsman ⓘ |
| profession | lawyer (trained) ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| retiredFromODICricket | 2015 ⓘ |
| retiredFromT20ICricket | 2014 ⓘ |
| retiredFromTestCricket | 2015 ⓘ |
| roleIn2011CricketWorldCup | captain ⓘ |
| shirtNumberODI | 11 ⓘ |
| shirtNumberT20I | 11 ⓘ |
| spouse | Yehali Sangakkara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| t20iDebutAgainst | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| t20iDebutDate | 2006-06-15 ⓘ |
| t20iMatchesPlayed | 56 ⓘ |
| t20iRunsScored | 1300+ ⓘ |
| testBattingAverage | 57.00+ ⓘ |
| testCenturies | 38 ⓘ |
| testDebutAgainst | South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| testDebutDate | 2000-07-20 ⓘ |
| testDoubleCenturies | 11 ⓘ |
| testHighestScore | 319 ⓘ |
| testMatchesPlayed | 134 ⓘ |
| testRunsScored | 12400+ ⓘ |
| testTripleCenturies | 1 ⓘ |
| wonICCWorldT20 | 2014 ⓘ |
| worldCupFinalAppearances | 2 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Kumar Sangakkara Description of subject: Kumar Sangakkara is a legendary Sri Lankan cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest wicket-keeper–batsmen and most influential leaders in the history of the sport.
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