founder

P104
predicate

Indicates that an entity established, created, or started another entity such as an organization, institution, or company.

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All labels observed (56)

Label Occurrences
foundedBy 32,152
founded 17,540
founder canonical 8,271

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: founder
Generated description
Indicates that an entity established, created, or started another entity such as an organization, institution, or company.

Sample triples (71,953)

Subject Object
American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers 1871 via predicate surface "founded" ⓘ
American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers Robert W. Hunt ⓘ
American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers Robert W. Hunt ⓘ
surface form: Rossiter W. Raymond
American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers other mining engineers in the United States ⓘ
David Packard Hewlett-Packard via predicate surface "coFounded" ⓘ
David Packard The David and Lucile Packard Foundation via predicate surface "founded" ⓘ
Massachusetts colonial legislature royal charter of 1691 via predicate surface "establishedBy" ⓘ
Harvard Art Museums Harvard University via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
Barack Obama Obama Foundation via predicate surface "founded" ⓘ
Mark Zuckerberg Facebook via predicate surface "coFounded" ⓘ
Mark Zuckerberg Chan Zuckerberg Initiative via predicate surface "coFounded" ⓘ
Mark Zuckerberg Facebook via predicate surface "founded" ⓘ
Mark Zuckerberg Chan Zuckerberg Initiative via predicate surface "founded" ⓘ
Ruth Bader Ginsburg American Civil Liberties Union via predicate surface "founded" ⓘ
surface form: ACLU Women’s Rights Project
Massachusetts Bay Colony Massachusetts Bay Company via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
Massachusetts Bay Colony Puritanism via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
surface form: English Puritans
Massachusetts Bay Colony John Winthrop via predicate surface "foundedByPerson" ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. Southern Christian Leadership Conference via predicate surface "founded" ⓘ
United States Congress United States Constitution via predicate surface "establishedBy" ⓘ
Supreme Court of the United States United States Constitution via predicate surface "establishedBy" ⓘ
surface form: Article III of the United States Constitution
United Nations 1945 via predicate surface "founded" ⓘ
G7 France via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
G7 Germany via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
G7 Italy via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
G7 Japan via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
G7 United Kingdom via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
G7 United States of America via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
surface form: United States
Christianity Jesus Christ via predicate surface "hasFounderOrOriginator" ⓘ
United States Army Second Continental Congress via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
surface form: Continental Congress
Office of Naval Research United States Congress via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
Executive Office of the President of the United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Atlantic Monthly Francis H. Underwood ⓘ
The Atlantic Monthly Ralph Waldo Emerson ⓘ
The Atlantic Monthly Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ⓘ
The Atlantic Monthly James Russell Lowell ⓘ
The Atlantic Monthly Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ⓘ
The Atlantic Monthly Harriet Beecher Stowe ⓘ
The Atlantic Monthly John Greenleaf Whittier ⓘ
Organisation for European Economic Co-operation European governments via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
Soviet Union Communist Party of the Soviet Union via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
surface form: Bolsheviks
Texas Instruments Cecil H. Green via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
Texas Instruments J. Erik Jonsson via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
Texas Instruments Eugene McDermott via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
Texas Instruments Patrick E. Haggerty via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
Dallas, Texas 1841 via predicate surface "founded" ⓘ
University of Göttingen George II of Great Britain ⓘ
American Physical Society 1899 via predicate surface "founded" ⓘ
Medal for Merit United States Congress via predicate surface "establishedBy" ⓘ
Cairo University Egyptian government via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
Academy of Sciences for the Developing World Abdus Salam via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ