placeOfBirth

P1
predicate

Indicates the location where a person or other entity was born.

All labels observed (176)

Label Occurrences
placeOfBirth canonical 68,914
birthPlace 25,058
countryOfBirth 9,812

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: placeOfBirth
Generated description
Indicates the location where a person or other entity was born.

Sample triples (109,656)

Subject Object
Edward Beecher East Hampton, New York, United States
surface form: East Hampton, New York
Rachel Carson Springdale, Pennsylvania, United States
Norman Foster Reddish, Stockport, England
Juan Sebastián Elcano Getaria
Juan Sebastián Elcano Basque Country
surface form: Gipuzkoa
Juan Sebastián Elcano Basque Country
Juan Sebastián Elcano Crown of Castile
Prince Gabriel of Belgium Anderlecht, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Napoleon II Tuileries Palace via predicate surface "birthPlace"
surface form: Tuileries Palace, Paris, France
Adam Sandler Brooklyn
surface form: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
Christopher Walken Astoria, Queens
surface form: Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, United States
John Steinbeck Salinas
surface form: Salinas, California, United States
J. A. Bayona Barcelona
Ferdinand II of Aragon Sos del Rey Católico
Ferdinand II of Aragon Kingdom of Aragon
Aurangzeb Dahod via predicate surface "birthPlace"
Aurangzeb Gujarat via predicate surface "birthPlace"
Aurangzeb Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) via predicate surface "birthPlace"
surface form: Mughal Empire
Pierre Bonnard Fontenay-aux-Roses
Pierre Bonnard France via predicate surface "countryOfBirth"
Heraclitus Ephesus via predicate surface "birthPlace"
Michael Palin Sheffield
Michael Palin United Kingdom via predicate surface "countryOfBirth"
Mary Everest Boole Wickwar, Gloucestershire, England
Jeremy Bentham London, England
surface form: London
Jeremy Bentham England
Jeremy Bentham Kingdom of Great Britain
John Rawls Baltimore
surface form: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Arthur Schopenhauer Gdańsk
surface form: Danzig
Arthur Schopenhauer Free City of Danzig
Alfred L. Kroeber Hoboken
surface form: Hoboken, New Jersey
Pope Innocent III Gavignano via predicate surface "birthPlace"
Pope Innocent III near Anagni via predicate surface "birthPlace"
Pope Innocent III Papal States via predicate surface "birthPlace"
Gian Lorenzo Bernini Naples via predicate surface "birthPlace"
Gian Lorenzo Bernini Kingdom of Naples via predicate surface "birthPlace"
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque Belloy-Saint-Léonard, Somme, France via predicate surface "birthPlace"
Plaza Mayor de Lima Lima via predicate surface "isBirthplaceOf"
surface form: City of Lima
Wilhelm Röntgen Lennep
Wilhelm Röntgen Remscheid
Wilhelm Röntgen Prussia
Emil Theodor Kocher Bern
Emil Theodor Kocher Switzerland
Max Frisch Zurich
surface form: Zürich
Steve Albini Pasadena
surface form: Pasadena, California, United States
Alexander Löhr Turnu-Severin
Alexander Löhr Kingdom of Romania
Tesla
surface form: Nikola Tesla
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy via predicate surface "countryOfBirth"
surface form: Austrian Empire
Tesla
surface form: Nikola Tesla
Smiljan
Chaim Weizmann Motal