Kumar Dharmasena
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Kumar Dharmasena is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer who became a prominent elite panel umpire, officiating in major events such as the Cricket World Cup.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kumar Dharmasena canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6946684 — 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: Kumar Dharmasena Context triple: [2015 Cricket World Cup final, umpire, Kumar Dharmasena]
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A.
W. Dahanayake
W. Dahanayake was a Sri Lankan politician who briefly served as Prime Minister of Ceylon in the late 1950s.
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B.
Chandika Hathurusingha
Chandika Hathurusingha is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and prominent international cricket coach known for significantly improving the performance of teams such as Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
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C.
A. T. Ariyaratne
A. T. Ariyaratne is a Sri Lankan Buddhist leader and social reformer best known as the founder of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement, which applies Buddhist principles to grassroots community development and peacebuilding.
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D.
Anura Bandaranaike
Anura Bandaranaike was a prominent Sri Lankan politician and member of the influential Bandaranaike family, who held several key ministerial and parliamentary positions during his career.
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E.
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.
- 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: Kumar Dharmasena Target entity description: Kumar Dharmasena is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer who became a prominent elite panel umpire, officiating in major events such as the Cricket World Cup.
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A.
W. Dahanayake
W. Dahanayake was a Sri Lankan politician who briefly served as Prime Minister of Ceylon in the late 1950s.
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B.
Chandika Hathurusingha
Chandika Hathurusingha is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and prominent international cricket coach known for significantly improving the performance of teams such as Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
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C.
A. T. Ariyaratne
A. T. Ariyaratne is a Sri Lankan Buddhist leader and social reformer best known as the founder of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement, which applies Buddhist principles to grassroots community development and peacebuilding.
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D.
Anura Bandaranaike
Anura Bandaranaike was a prominent Sri Lankan politician and member of the influential Bandaranaike family, who held several key ministerial and parliamentary positions during his career.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cricket umpire
ⓘ
cricketer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| appointedToElitePanelYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| awardReceived | ICC Umpire of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceivedYear |
2012
ⓘ
2018 ⓘ |
| battingStyle | right-handed bat ⓘ |
| bowlingStyle | right-arm offbreak ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1971-04-24 ⓘ |
| familyName | Dharmasena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Deshabandu Handunnettige Deepthi Priyantha Kumar Dharmasena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Kumar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Deshabandu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| internationalDebutFormat |
One Day International cricket
ⓘ
Test cricket ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being a member of Sri Lanka’s 1996 World Cup–winning team
ⓘ
international cricket umpiring ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Sinhala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Sri Lankan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | cricket umpire ⓘ |
| odiDebutDate | 1994-04-24 ⓘ |
| odiDebutOpponent | Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| odiMatchesPlayed | 141 ⓘ |
| officiatedIn |
2015 Cricket World Cup final
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
2019 Cricket World Cup final NERFINISHED ⓘ Cricket World Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ ICC World Twenty20 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Colombo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedFor |
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sri Lanka national cricket team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| retiredFromInternationalCricketYear | 2004 ⓘ |
| role |
all-rounder
ⓘ
umpire ⓘ |
| sport | cricket ⓘ |
| testDebutDate | 1993-08-18 ⓘ |
| testDebutOpponent | South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| testMatchesPlayed | 31 ⓘ |
| umpireDebutOdiYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| umpireDebutTestYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| umpiringPanel | ICC Elite Panel of Umpires NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasMemberOf | Sri Lanka squad at the 1996 Cricket World Cup ⓘ |
| won | 1996 Cricket World Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kumar Dharmasena Description of subject: Kumar Dharmasena is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer who became a prominent elite panel umpire, officiating in major events such as the Cricket World Cup.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.