Commander of the Army (Sri Lanka)
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The Commander of the Army (Sri Lanka) is the professional head and highest-ranking officer of the Sri Lanka Army, responsible for its overall command, operations, and administration.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Commander of the Army (Sri Lanka) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9595261 — 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: Commander of the Army (Sri Lanka) Context triple: [Commander of the Air Force (Sri Lanka), associatedWith, Commander of the Army (Sri Lanka)]
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Commander of the Air Force (Sri Lanka)
The Commander of the Air Force (Sri Lanka) is the professional head and highest-ranking officer of the Sri Lanka Air Force, responsible for its overall command, operations, and administration.
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B.
Chief of the Army Staff (India)
The Chief of the Army Staff (India) is the professional head and highest-ranking officer of the Indian Army, responsible for its overall command, operational readiness, and strategic direction.
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C.
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South-Eastern Command
The General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South-Eastern Command was the senior British Army commander responsible for overseeing and directing military forces and operations within the South-Eastern region of the United Kingdom.
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D.
Chief of Army Staff of Nepal
The Chief of Army Staff of Nepal is the highest-ranking military officer and professional head of the Nepali Army, responsible for its command, operations, and overall administration.
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E.
Chief of Army (New Zealand)
The Chief of Army (New Zealand) is the professional head and highest-ranking officer of the New Zealand Army, responsible for its command, readiness, and overall leadership.
- 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: Commander of the Army (Sri Lanka) Target entity description: The Commander of the Army (Sri Lanka) is the professional head and highest-ranking officer of the Sri Lanka Army, responsible for its overall command, operations, and administration.
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A.
Commander of the Air Force (Sri Lanka)
The Commander of the Air Force (Sri Lanka) is the professional head and highest-ranking officer of the Sri Lanka Air Force, responsible for its overall command, operations, and administration.
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B.
Chief of the Army Staff (India)
The Chief of the Army Staff (India) is the professional head and highest-ranking officer of the Indian Army, responsible for its overall command, operational readiness, and strategic direction.
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C.
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South-Eastern Command
The General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South-Eastern Command was the senior British Army commander responsible for overseeing and directing military forces and operations within the South-Eastern region of the United Kingdom.
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D.
Chief of Army Staff of Nepal
The Chief of Army Staff of Nepal is the highest-ranking military officer and professional head of the Nepali Army, responsible for its command, operations, and overall administration.
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E.
Chief of Army (New Zealand)
The Chief of Army (New Zealand) is the professional head and highest-ranking officer of the New Zealand Army, responsible for its command, readiness, and overall leadership.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
army chief position
ⓘ
military office ⓘ |
| advises |
Minister of Defence (Sri Lanka) on army matters
ⓘ
President of Sri Lanka on army matters ⓘ |
| appliesTo | Sri Lanka Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appointedBy | President of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Sri Lanka Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| firstHolder | Brigadier Roderick Sinclair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstHolderCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstHolderRank | Brigadier ⓘ |
| flag | Flag of the Commander of the Sri Lanka Army ⓘ |
| flagType | command flag ⓘ |
| formationYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| higherOffice | Chief of Defence Staff (Sri Lanka) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| insignia | Sri Lanka Army Commander rank insignia ⓘ |
| insigniaType | rank insignia ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | land warfare operations of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Sri Lanka Army Act NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mayHoldRank | General ⓘ |
| memberOf | National Security Council of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeName | ශ්රී ලංකා යුද්ධ හමුදාපති NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeNameLanguage | si ⓘ |
| officeHoldersInclude |
Crishantha de Silva
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Daya Ratnayake NERFINISHED ⓘ Mahesh Senanayake NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarath Fonseka NERFINISHED ⓘ Shavendra Silva NERFINISHED ⓘ Vikum Liyanage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oversees |
regular forces of the Sri Lanka Army
ⓘ
reserve forces of the Sri Lanka Army ⓘ volunteer forces of the Sri Lanka Army ⓘ |
| participatesIn | defence policy implementation in Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| partOf | Sri Lanka Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededByOffice | Commander of the Ceylon Army ⓘ |
| rank | Lieutenant General ⓘ |
| reportsTo |
Chief of Defence Staff (Sri Lanka)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Minister of Defence (Sri Lanka) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Official residence of the Army Commander, Colombo ⓘ |
| responsibility |
administration of the Sri Lanka Army
ⓘ
operations of the Sri Lanka Army ⓘ overall command of the Sri Lanka Army ⓘ |
| role |
highest-ranking officer of the Sri Lanka Army
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professional head of the Sri Lanka Army ⓘ |
| seat | Army Headquarters, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | Lieutenant General ⓘ |
| typeOfCommand | single-service professional head ⓘ |
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: Commander of the Army (Sri Lanka) Description of subject: The Commander of the Army (Sri Lanka) is the professional head and highest-ranking officer of the Sri Lanka Army, responsible for its overall command, operations, and administration.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.