House Parliamentarian
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nonpartisan legislative office
parliamentary official
position in the United States House of Representatives
The House Parliamentarian is the nonpartisan official of the U.S. House of Representatives who interprets and advises on chamber rules and procedures to guide legislative business.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| House Parliamentarian canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1076190 — 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: House Parliamentarian Context triple: [House Office of the Legislative Counsel, worksWith, House Parliamentarian]
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A.
Statesman House
Statesman House is a prominent commercial office building in New Delhi, India, known for its distinctive architecture and central location near Connaught Place.
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B.
Parlament
Parlament is the commonly used short name for the Austrian Parliament, the federal legislative body of Austria.
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C.
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies is one of the two legislative bodies of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church, composed of elected clergy and lay representatives from each diocese.
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D.
Lord of Parliament
Lord of Parliament is the lowest rank of the Scottish peerage, equivalent to an English baron and historically granting the holder a seat in the pre-Union Parliament of Scotland.
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E.
Members of Parliament
Members of Parliament are elected representatives who sit in the House of Commons to debate, make laws, and scrutinize the government on behalf of the public.
- 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: House Parliamentarian Target entity description: The House Parliamentarian is the nonpartisan official of the U.S. House of Representatives who interprets and advises on chamber rules and procedures to guide legislative business.
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A.
Statesman House
Statesman House is a prominent commercial office building in New Delhi, India, known for its distinctive architecture and central location near Connaught Place.
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B.
Parlament
Parlament is the commonly used short name for the Austrian Parliament, the federal legislative body of Austria.
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C.
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies is one of the two legislative bodies of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church, composed of elected clergy and lay representatives from each diocese.
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D.
Lord of Parliament
Lord of Parliament is the lowest rank of the Scottish peerage, equivalent to an English baron and historically granting the holder a seat in the pre-Union Parliament of Scotland.
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E.
Members of Parliament
Members of Parliament are elected representatives who sit in the House of Commons to debate, make laws, and scrutinize the government on behalf of the public.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nonpartisan legislative office
ⓘ
parliamentary official ⓘ position in the United States House of Representatives ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
United States House of Representatives
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. House of Representatives
|
| appointedBy | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| employer | United States House of Representatives ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
legislative process
ⓘ
parliamentary procedure ⓘ |
| hasDuty |
advising House members on chamber rules
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advising the Speaker on parliamentary procedure ⓘ assisting in drafting procedural language for legislation and resolutions ⓘ guiding legislative business through procedural advice ⓘ interpreting House rules ⓘ maintaining precedents of the House ⓘ preparing and updating the House Rules and Manual ⓘ providing nonpartisan procedural guidance ⓘ ruling on points of order through advice to the chair ⓘ training and supervising the Office of the Parliamentarian staff ⓘ |
| hasFormerOccupant |
Charles W. Johnson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jason A. Smith ⓘ John V. Sullivan ⓘ Lewis Deschler ⓘ Thomas J. Wickham Jr. ⓘ William Holmes Brown ⓘ |
| hasPart | Office of the Parliamentarian ⓘ |
| hasQuality | nonpartisan ⓘ |
| hasResponsibility |
ensuring compliance with House rules
ⓘ
maintaining continuity of House procedural practice ⓘ preserving institutional neutrality in procedural matters ⓘ |
| inception | 1927 ⓘ |
| isDistinctFrom |
Clerk of the United States House of Representatives
ⓘ
Senate Parliamentarian ⓘ Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives ⓘ
surface form:
Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives
|
| legalBasis |
House precedents
ⓘ
Rules of the House of Representatives ⓘ
surface form:
Rules of the United States House of Representatives
|
| partOf | United States House of Representatives ⓘ |
| reportsTo | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | appointment ⓘ |
| termLength | serves at the pleasure of the Speaker ⓘ |
| usedBy |
United States House of Representatives
ⓘ
surface form:
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives
committees of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ presiding officers of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ |
| workLocation |
United States Capitol
ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: House Parliamentarian Description of subject: The House Parliamentarian is the nonpartisan official of the U.S. House of Representatives who interprets and advises on chamber rules and procedures to guide legislative business.
Referenced by (1)
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