Shirani Bandaranayake
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Shirani Bandaranayake is a Sri Lankan jurist who became the first female Chief Justice of Sri Lanka.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Shirani Bandaranayake canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9987300 — 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: Shirani Bandaranayake Context triple: [St. Bridget’s Convent, Colombo, hasNotableAlumna, Shirani Bandaranayake]
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A.
Molly Dunuwila Senanayake
Molly Dunuwila Senanayake was a Sri Lankan woman best known as the mother of Dudley Senanayake, who served multiple terms as Prime Minister of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
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B.
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake was a Sri Lankan politician who served as Prime Minister and held several key roles in the country’s government during the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
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C.
Sunethra Bandaranaike
Sunethra Bandaranaike is a Sri Lankan philanthropist and social activist from the prominent Bandaranaike political family.
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D.
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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E.
Ravi Karunanayake
Ravi Karunanayake is a Sri Lankan politician who has held prominent cabinet positions, including serving as the country's finance minister.
- 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: Shirani Bandaranayake Target entity description: Shirani Bandaranayake is a Sri Lankan jurist who became the first female Chief Justice of Sri Lanka.
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A.
Molly Dunuwila Senanayake
Molly Dunuwila Senanayake was a Sri Lankan woman best known as the mother of Dudley Senanayake, who served multiple terms as Prime Minister of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
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B.
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake was a Sri Lankan politician who served as Prime Minister and held several key roles in the country’s government during the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
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C.
Sunethra Bandaranaike
Sunethra Bandaranaike is a Sri Lankan philanthropist and social activist from the prominent Bandaranaike political family.
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D.
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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E.
Ravi Karunanayake
Ravi Karunanayake is a Sri Lankan politician who has held prominent cabinet positions, including serving as the country's finance minister.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sri Lankan jurist
ⓘ
human ⓘ judge ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith | Faculty of Law, University of Colombo ⓘ |
| areaOfActivity | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| continentOfCitizenship | Asia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Colombo
ⓘ
University of London ⓘ |
| employer |
Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
ⓘ
University of Colombo ⓘ |
| familyName | Bandaranayake ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
constitutional law
ⓘ
law ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Shirani ⓘ |
| hasAcademicSpecialization |
constitutional law
ⓘ
public law ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
judicial decision-making
ⓘ
legal scholarship ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | Sinhalese ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle |
Dr.
ⓘ
Madam Chief Justice ⓘ
linked to:
Chief Justice
|
| hasRole | chief judicial officer of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
legal and political analyses in Sri Lanka
ⓘ
news coverage on judicial independence in Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| knownFor | controversial impeachment proceedings in Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
ⓘ
Sinhala ⓘ |
| legalProfession | barrister ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Sri Lankan legal system ⓘ |
| memberOf | Sri Lankan judiciary ⓘ |
| name | Shirani Bandaranayake ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Sinhala ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
appointment as first female Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
ⓘ
impeachment motion brought before Sri Lankan Parliament ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the first female Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
ⓘ
service on the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| occupation |
academic
ⓘ
judge ⓘ jurist ⓘ |
| partOf | Supreme Court of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
ⓘ
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| workLocation | Colombo ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Shirani Bandaranayake Description of subject: Shirani Bandaranayake is a Sri Lankan jurist who became the first female Chief Justice of Sri Lanka.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.