formerDirector

P10190
predicate

Indicates that one entity previously held the position of director of the other entity but no longer does.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
formerDirector canonical 11
previousArtisticDirector 9
previousDirector 7

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: formerDirector
Generated description
Indicates that one entity previously held the position of director of the other entity but no longer does.

Sample triples (36)

Subject Object
Mass MoCA Joseph C. Thompson ⓘ
Mass MoCA Tracy Moore ⓘ
“Diamonds”
surface form: Diamonds
George Balanchine via predicate surface "originalCompanyDirector" ⓘ
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt Philipp Demandt via predicate surface "previousDirector" ⓘ
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt Max Hollein via predicate surface "previousDirector" ⓘ
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt Ingrid Mössinger via predicate surface "previousDirector" ⓘ
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt Klaus Gallwitz via predicate surface "previousDirector" ⓘ
British Museum Neil MacGregor ⓘ
British Museum Hartwig Fischer ⓘ
Institute for Government Jill Rutter via predicate surface "previousDirector" ⓘ
Institute for Government Peter Riddell via predicate surface "previousDirector" ⓘ
Institute for Government Bronwen Maddox via predicate surface "previousDirector" ⓘ
Göttingen International Handel Festival Nicholas McGegan via predicate surface "previousArtisticDirector" ⓘ
Göttingen International Handel Festival John Eliot Gardiner via predicate surface "previousArtisticDirector" ⓘ
Göttingen International Handel Festival Lawrence Cummings via predicate surface "previousArtisticDirector" ⓘ
Contact Theatre Matt Fenton via predicate surface "previousArtisticDirector" ⓘ
Contact Theatre John McGrath via predicate surface "previousArtisticDirector" ⓘ
Goddard Institute for Space Studies James Hansen ⓘ
Mick
surface form: Mick Mulvaney
Russell Vought via predicate surface "succeededInOfficeAsOMBDirector" ⓘ
Peabody Essex Museum Dan L. Monroe via predicate surface "hasFormerDirector" ⓘ
Peabody Essex Museum Lynda Roscoe Hartigan via predicate surface "hasFormerDirector" ⓘ
National Gallery of Jamaica David Boxer ⓘ
National Gallery of Jamaica Veerle Poupeye ⓘ
Piotrovsky
surface form: State Hermitage Museum
Boris Piotrovsky via predicate surface "hasFormerDirector" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team Paddy Lowe via predicate surface "formerTechnicalDirector" ⓘ
Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens Emmanuelle Charpentier ⓘ
Komische Oper Berlin Walter Felsenstein NERFINISHED ⓘ
Komische Oper Berlin Harry Kupfer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Komische Oper Berlin Andreas Homoki NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bitcoin Foundation Jon Matonis via predicate surface "hasFormerExecutiveDirector" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bitcoin Foundation Bruce Fenton via predicate surface "hasFormerExecutiveDirector" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Staatsballett Berlin Vladimir Malakhov via predicate surface "previousArtisticDirector" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Staatsballett Berlin Nacho Duato via predicate surface "previousArtisticDirector" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Staatsballett Berlin Johannes Öhman via predicate surface "previousArtisticDirector" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Staatsballett Berlin Sasha Waltz via predicate surface "previousArtisticDirector" NERFINISHED ⓘ
La Boutique fantasque Sergei Diaghilev via predicate surface "originalCompanyDirector" NERFINISHED ⓘ