National Assembly of Zambia
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The National Assembly of Zambia is the unicameral legislative body responsible for making laws and overseeing the government of the Republic of Zambia.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| National Assembly of Zambia canonical | 3 |
| Parliament of Zambia | 2 |
| Zambian Parliament | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T841611 — 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: National Assembly of Zambia Context triple: [Zambia, legislature, National Assembly of Zambia]
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A.
National Assembly of Zimbabwe
The National Assembly of Zimbabwe is the country's primary legislative chamber, responsible for making laws, overseeing the executive, and representing citizens at the national level.
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B.
Parliament of Zimbabwe
The Parliament of Zimbabwe is the bicameral national legislative body responsible for making laws and overseeing the government in Zimbabwe.
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C.
House of Assembly of Zimbabwe
The House of Assembly of Zimbabwe was the former lower chamber of the country’s Parliament, serving as its primary legislative body before being superseded by the National Assembly.
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D.
National Assembly of Botswana
The National Assembly of Botswana is the country’s unicameral parliamentary body responsible for making laws, overseeing the executive, and representing the electorate at the national level.
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E.
Senate of Zimbabwe
The Senate of Zimbabwe is the upper chamber of the country's bicameral Parliament, responsible for reviewing and amending legislation proposed by the lower house.
- 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: National Assembly of Zambia Target entity description: The National Assembly of Zambia is the unicameral legislative body responsible for making laws and overseeing the government of the Republic of Zambia.
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A.
National Assembly of Zimbabwe
The National Assembly of Zimbabwe is the country's primary legislative chamber, responsible for making laws, overseeing the executive, and representing citizens at the national level.
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B.
Parliament of Zimbabwe
The Parliament of Zimbabwe is the bicameral national legislative body responsible for making laws and overseeing the government in Zimbabwe.
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C.
House of Assembly of Zimbabwe
The House of Assembly of Zimbabwe was the former lower chamber of the country’s Parliament, serving as its primary legislative body before being superseded by the National Assembly.
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D.
National Assembly of Botswana
The National Assembly of Botswana is the country’s unicameral parliamentary body responsible for making laws, overseeing the executive, and representing the electorate at the national level.
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E.
Senate of Zimbabwe
The Senate of Zimbabwe is the upper chamber of the country's bicameral Parliament, responsible for reviewing and amending legislation proposed by the lower house.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
legislative body
ⓘ
parliament ⓘ unicameral legislature ⓘ |
| abbreviation | NAZ ⓘ |
| adopts | national budget ⓘ |
| approves | international treaties where required by law ⓘ |
| branchOfGovernment | legislative branch ⓘ |
| can |
question the executive
ⓘ
summon ministers ⓘ |
| capitalOfJurisdiction |
Lusaka, Zambia
ⓘ
surface form:
Lusaka
|
| constitutionalBasis | Constitution of Zambia ⓘ |
| constitutionalStatus | branch of government ⓘ |
| country | Zambia ⓘ |
| currentSpeaker | Nelly Butete Kashumba Mutti ⓘ |
| currentSpeakerAssumedOfficeYear | 2021 ⓘ |
| electiveMembersCount | 156 ⓘ |
| electoralCycle | general elections every five years ⓘ |
| electorate | citizens of Zambia ⓘ |
| establishedInYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| establishedOnEvent | independence of Zambia ⓘ |
| hasCommitteeType |
portfolio committees
ⓘ
select committees ⓘ standing committees ⓘ |
| houseType | unicameral ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Zambia
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of Zambia
|
| languageUsed | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lusaka, Zambia
ⓘ
surface form:
Lusaka
|
| lowerHouse | itself ⓘ |
| meetsInBuilding | Parliament Buildings, Lusaka ⓘ |
| memberTitle | Member of Parliament ⓘ |
| numberOfMembers | 156 ⓘ |
| oversees | Government of Zambia ⓘ |
| oversightMechanism | parliamentary committees ⓘ |
| partOf |
National Assembly of Zambia
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Parliament of Zambia
|
| passes | Acts of Parliament ⓘ |
| predecessor | Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia ⓘ |
| presidingOfficerTitle | Speaker of the National Assembly ⓘ |
| role |
budget approval
ⓘ
government oversight ⓘ lawmaking ⓘ representation of citizens ⓘ scrutiny of the executive ⓘ |
| termLengthYears | 5 ⓘ |
| upperHouse | none ⓘ |
| votingSystem | first-past-the-post ⓘ |
| website | https://www.parliament.gov.zm ⓘ |
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: National Assembly of Zambia Description of subject: The National Assembly of Zambia is the unicameral legislative body responsible for making laws and overseeing the government of the Republic of Zambia.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Lusaka
this entity surface form:
Parliament of Zambia
this entity surface form:
Parliament of Zambia
this entity surface form:
Zambian Parliament