subclassOf

P1244
predicate

Indicates that one class is a more specific type of another class, inheriting its characteristics as a subset of it.

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All labels observed (39)

Label Occurrences
subclassOf canonical 5,875
subfamilyOf 1,043
hasSubclass 834

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: subclassOf
Generated description
Indicates that one class is a more specific type of another class, inheriting its characteristics as a subset of it.

Sample triples (10,632)

Subject Object
Surreal numbers ordered fields via predicate surface "extends" ⓘ
Proto-Canaanite script abjad ⓘ
Provider Bridging IEEE 802.1Q series via predicate surface "extends" ⓘ
surface form: IEEE 802.1Q VLANs
Provider Bridging Ethernet via predicate surface "extends" ⓘ
Khari Boli Braj Bhasha ⓘ
surface form: Western Hindi
Jamalpuri dialect Bengali dialect ⓘ
Bima–Sumba languages Austronesian languages ⓘ
Bima–Sumba languages Central Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages
Nabataean alphabet Semitic abjad ⓘ
Nabataean alphabet consonantal alphabet ⓘ
Punic script Phoenician alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Phoenician script
Minahasan languages Philippine languages ⓘ
Minahasan languages Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Minahasan languages Greater Central Philippine languages ⓘ
Central–Eastern Oceanic languages Oceanic languages ⓘ
Central–Eastern Oceanic languages Austronesian languages ⓘ
Fijian languages Oceanic languages ⓘ
Fijian languages Central Pacific languages ⓘ
Fijian languages Austronesian languages ⓘ
Kawki Aymara ⓘ
surface form: Aymaran languages
Kawki indigenous languages of the Americas ⓘ
Kawki languages of Peru ⓘ
OWL 2 QL Description Logic via predicate surface "subClassOf" ⓘ
Jaqaru Aymara ⓘ
surface form: Aymaran languages
Jaqaru Andean languages ⓘ
Proto-Goidelic Goidelic ⓘ
surface form: Goidelic language
Proto-Goidelic Insular Celtic language ⓘ
Proto-Goidelic Indo-European language ⓘ
Celtiberian Continental Celtic language ⓘ
Celtiberian Indo-European language ⓘ
Celtiberian P-Celtic language ⓘ
Old South Arabian South Semitic languages ⓘ
Old South Arabian Semitic languages ⓘ
Old South Arabian Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
Kurdish language Northwestern Iranian languages via predicate surface "subfamilyOf" ⓘ
Muna–Buton languages Austronesian languages ⓘ
Muna–Buton languages Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Muna–Buton languages Celebic languages ⓘ
Triestine Venetian dialect Venetian language ⓘ
Triestine Venetian dialect Romance languages ⓘ
Triestine Venetian dialect Italo-Dalmatian language ⓘ
surface form: Italo‑Dalmatian languages
Conway groups sporadic simple groups via predicate surface "isSubsetOf" ⓘ
Conway groups
surface form: Conway group Co1
Conway groups via predicate surface "isSubgroupOf" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: automorphism group of the Leech lattice
Conway groups
surface form: Conway group Co2
Conway groups via predicate surface "isSubgroupOf" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: automorphism group of the Leech lattice
Conway groups
surface form: Conway group Co3
automorphism group of the Leech lattice via predicate surface "isSubgroupOf" ⓘ
Celebic–South Halmahera languages Austronesian languages ⓘ
SPARQL
surface form: SPARQL 1.1
SPARQL via predicate surface "extends" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: SPARQL 1.0
Zenati languages Berber languages ⓘ
Zenati languages Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
Siwi Northern Berber ⓘ
surface form: Northern Berber language