Deputy Speaker
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The Deputy Speaker is a senior parliamentary official in Sri Lanka who presides over sessions of the Parliament in the absence of the Speaker and assists in maintaining order and procedure.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Deputy Speaker canonical | 2 |
| Mr Deputy Speaker | 1 |
| उप–सभामुख | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8327411 — 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: Deputy Speaker Context triple: [Parliament of Sri Lanka, hasOfficer, Deputy Speaker]
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A.
Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly
The Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly is a key parliamentary official in Pakistan who assists and substitutes for the Speaker in presiding over sessions of the lower house of Parliament.
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B.
Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly
The Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly is a parliamentary officer in Saint Kitts and Nevis who assists and substitutes for the Speaker in presiding over legislative sessions and maintaining order in the chamber.
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C.
Deputy Chief Whip
The Deputy Chief Whip is a senior party official in a legislature responsible for assisting the Chief Whip in managing party discipline, coordinating votes, and organizing members’ participation in parliamentary business.
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D.
Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha
The Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha is the second-highest presiding officer of India’s lower house of Parliament, responsible for conducting its proceedings in the absence of the Speaker.
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E.
Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives
The Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives is a senior parliamentary officer in Japan’s lower house who assists and can act in place of the Speaker in presiding over legislative sessions and managing house affairs.
- 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: Deputy Speaker Target entity description: The Deputy Speaker is a senior parliamentary official in Sri Lanka who presides over sessions of the Parliament in the absence of the Speaker and assists in maintaining order and procedure.
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A.
Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly
The Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly is a key parliamentary official in Pakistan who assists and substitutes for the Speaker in presiding over sessions of the lower house of Parliament.
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B.
Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly
The Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly is a parliamentary officer in Saint Kitts and Nevis who assists and substitutes for the Speaker in presiding over legislative sessions and maintaining order in the chamber.
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C.
Deputy Chief Whip
The Deputy Chief Whip is a senior party official in a legislature responsible for assisting the Chief Whip in managing party discipline, coordinating votes, and organizing members’ participation in parliamentary business.
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D.
Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha
The Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha is the second-highest presiding officer of India’s lower house of Parliament, responsible for conducting its proceedings in the absence of the Speaker.
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E.
Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives
The Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives is a senior parliamentary officer in Japan’s lower house who assists and can act in place of the Speaker in presiding over legislative sessions and managing house affairs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | parliamentary office ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Parliament of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Government of Sri Lanka
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Legislature of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branchOfGovernment | legislative branch of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| canActAs | Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka in the Speaker’s absence ⓘ |
| category |
Government positions in Sri Lanka
ⓘ
Legislative presiding officers ⓘ Sri Lankan parliamentary titles ⓘ |
| country | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| duty |
assist the Speaker in enforcing parliamentary procedure
ⓘ
assist the Speaker in maintaining order in the House ⓘ chair parliamentary debates when delegated by the Speaker ⓘ ensure adherence to the Standing Orders of Parliament ⓘ maintain decorum during parliamentary proceedings ⓘ preside over sittings of Parliament in the absence of the Speaker ⓘ put questions to the House and announce results in the Speaker’s absence ⓘ |
| electedBy | Members of Parliament of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Sinhala ⓘ Tamil ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Parliament of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Constitution of Sri Lanka
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Standing Orders of the Parliament of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Province, Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | officers of Parliament of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| officeHolderOf | presiding officer of Parliament in absence of Speaker ⓘ |
| officeType |
deputy presiding officer
ⓘ
presiding officer ⓘ |
| partOf | Parliament of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rank | second highest presiding officer of the Parliament of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| reportsTo | Parliament of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| requiresQualification | membership in the Parliament of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| residesIn | Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
ensuring continuity of parliamentary sittings when the Speaker is absent
ⓘ
interpreting rules of procedure when presiding ⓘ |
| seat | Parliament Complex, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | election by majority vote of Members of Parliament ⓘ |
| style | Honourable ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbol | Emblem of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| termLength | linked to term of the Parliament of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| worksWith |
Deputy Chairman of Committees of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Deputy Speaker Description of subject: The Deputy Speaker is a senior parliamentary official in Sri Lanka who presides over sessions of the Parliament in the absence of the Speaker and assists in maintaining order and procedure.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Parliament of Sri Lanka
this entity surface form:
Mr Deputy Speaker
this entity surface form:
उप–सभामुख