elects

P122
predicate

Indicates that one entity selects or chooses another entity for a position, role, or office, typically through a formal voting process.

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All labels observed (33)

Label Occurrences
elects canonical 4,541
electedBy 1,017
electsTo 247

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: elects
Generated description
Indicates that one entity selects or chooses another entity for a position, role, or office, typically through a formal voting process.

Sample triples (6,514)

Subject Object
Cook County Board of Commissioners Cook County Board of Commissioners self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cook County Board President
Cook County Board of Commissioners voters of Cook County, Illinois via predicate surface "isElectedBy" ⓘ
Texas legislative districts state legislators in Texas ⓘ
Texas legislative districts state representatives in Texas ⓘ
Texas legislative districts state senators in Texas ⓘ
United Nations General Assembly non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council ⓘ
United Nations General Assembly members of the United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
United Nations General Assembly members of the United Nations Human Rights Council ⓘ
United Nations General Assembly judges of the International Court of Justice ⓘ
Parliament of Pakistan Prime Minister of Pakistan (through National Assembly) ⓘ
Parliament of Pakistan President of Pakistan ⓘ
surface form: President of Pakistan (through an electoral college including Parliament)
2020 United States presidential election 306 via predicate surface "electoralVoteWinner" ⓘ
Parliament of Italy President of Italy ⓘ
surface form: President of the Republic of Italy (joint session with regional delegates)
Parliament of Italy one-third of the Constitutional Court judges ⓘ
Parliament of Italy one-third of the members of the High Council of the Judiciary ⓘ
Assembly of the Republic President of the Assembly of the Republic ⓘ
Assembly of the Republic Vice-Presidents of the Assembly of the Republic ⓘ
Palestinian Legislative Council Palestinian government ⓘ
surface form: Palestinian Authority government
1937 Soviet legislative election deputies of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ
Econometric Society Econometric Society self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Fellows of the Econometric Society
President of Finland Finnish citizens via predicate surface "electedBy" ⓘ
Minority Leader of the California State Senate minority party members of the California State Senate via predicate surface "electedBy" ⓘ
Texas House of Representatives Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives ⓘ
Texas House of Representatives President pro tempore of the United States Senate ⓘ
surface form: Speaker pro tempore
Texas's 15th congressional district one member to the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
New York's 26th congressional district one member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
Assembly of the League of Nations President of the Assembly of the League of Nations ⓘ
IMO Assembly IMO Council members ⓘ
IMO Assembly Secretary-General ⓘ
surface form: IMO Secretary-General
Texas congressional districts members of Congress ⓘ
Texas congressional districts U.S. Representatives from Texas ⓘ
ICAO Council ICAO Assembly via predicate surface "electedBy" ⓘ
Virginia's 10th congressional district one member to the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
Grand National Assembly of Turkey Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey ⓘ
World Meteorological Congress President of the World Meteorological Organization ⓘ
World Meteorological Congress Vice-Presidents of the World Meteorological Organization ⓘ
World Meteorological Congress members of the WMO Executive Council ⓘ
Massachusetts House of Representatives Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ
surface form: Speaker of the House
Pope College of Cardinals via predicate surface "electedBy" ⓘ
Bundestag Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
surface form: Federal Chancellor of Germany
Bundestag President of Germany ⓘ
surface form: Federal President of Germany (jointly in Federal Convention)
Bundestag German citizens with the right to vote in federal elections via predicate surface "membersElectedBy" ⓘ
European Court of Human Rights Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe via predicate surface "electionOfJudgesBy" ⓘ
Secretary General of the Organization of American States member states of the Organization of American States via predicate surface "electedBy" ⓘ
Chancellor of Germany Bundestag via predicate surface "electedBy" ⓘ
President of Peru citizens of Peru via predicate surface "electedBy" ⓘ
1936 United States presidential election President Franklin D. Roosevelt via predicate surface "electoralVoteWinner" ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
First Chamber provincial councils of the Netherlands via predicate surface "electoralCollege" ⓘ
First Chamber electoral colleges for the Caribbean Netherlands via predicate surface "electoralCollege" ⓘ
First Chamber electoral college for Dutch citizens abroad via predicate surface "electoralCollege" ⓘ