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
Basketball Association of America owners of major ice hockey arenas in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
Boston is a major city in New England
surface form: Boston
Puritan settlers via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
Major League Soccer United States Soccer Federation via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
Dutch East India Company Dutch merchants via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
Dutch East India Company States General of the Netherlands via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
Amsterdam Stock Exchange Dutch East India Company via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
Liberal Democratic Party 1955 via predicate surface "founded" ⓘ
Georges Longy Longy School of Music of Bard College via predicate surface "founded" ⓘ
surface form: Longy School of Music
Raytheon Company Laurence K. Marshall via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
Raytheon Company Vannevar Bush via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
Raytheon Company Charles G. Smith via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
EOP
surface form: Executive Office of the President of the United States
President Franklin D. Roosevelt via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Internet Engineering Task Force Internet Architecture Board via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
Internet Engineering Task Force U.S. government researchers and contractors via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
Amtrak United States government via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
HUP
surface form: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
Powell’s City of Books Walter Powell via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
Powell’s City of Books Michael Powell via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
Association for Computing Machinery 1947 via predicate surface "founded" ⓘ
Google Larry Page via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
Google Sergey Brin via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
Yoshua Bengio Mila – Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute via predicate surface "founded" ⓘ
Yoshua Bengio Element AI via predicate surface "coFounded" ⓘ
United States Patent and Trademark Office United States Congress via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
NMTI United States Congress via predicate surface "establishedBy" ⓘ
IBM Charles Ranlett Flint via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
SETI Frank Drake via predicate surface "pioneeredBy" ⓘ
SETI Giuseppe Cocconi via predicate surface "pioneeredBy" ⓘ
SETI Philip Morrison via predicate surface "pioneeredBy" ⓘ
American Astronomical Society George Ellery Hale via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
American Astronomical Society George Comstock via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
American Astronomical Society Edward Charles Pickering via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
American Astronomical Society Simon Newcomb via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal Paul Kurtz via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal Marcello Truzzi via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal James Randi via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal Martin Gardner via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal Ray Hyman via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal Isaac Asimov via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal Carl Sagan via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
Rockefeller Foundation John D. Rockefeller via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
Rockefeller Foundation John D. Rockefeller Jr. via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
Rockefeller Foundation Frederick T. Gates via predicate surface "foundedBy" ⓘ
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center 1966 via predicate surface "founded" ⓘ
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center Norman Borlaug ⓘ
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center Rockefeller Foundation ⓘ
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center Mexico ⓘ
surface form: Mexican government
Padma Vibhushan Government of India via predicate surface "establishedBy" ⓘ
The Giving Pledge Warren Buffett ⓘ
The Giving Pledge Bill and Melinda Gates ⓘ
surface form: Bill Gates