usedToBe

P23508
predicate

Indicates that something held a particular state, role, or property in the past but no longer does in the present.

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All labels observed (21)

Label Occurrences
usedToBe canonical 114
usedToHave 22
formerlyCarried 15

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: usedToBe
Generated description
Indicates that something held a particular state, role, or property in the past but no longer does in the present.

Sample triples (216)

Subject Object
Lindsey (place name in Lincolnshire, England)
surface form: Lindsey
administrative division of Lincolnshire ⓘ
Grassmoor colliery via predicate surface "usedToHave" ⓘ
Porto dos Casais name used before formal establishment of Porto Alegre ⓘ
Lake Gaberoun inhabited oasis settlement via predicate surface "usedToHave" ⓘ
Naast independent municipality via predicate surface "isFormerly" ⓘ
Windsor Bridge road traffic via predicate surface "formerlyCarried" ⓘ
Opalsøen granite quarry ⓘ
Methoni Venetian stronghold ⓘ
ancient city of Gaochang
surface form: Gaochang
important Silk Road trading center ⓘ
ancient city of Gaochang
surface form: Gaochang
political center in Turpan Basin ⓘ
Aetigkofen independent municipality ⓘ
Bucha railway station settlement ⓘ
Queen Alexandra Bridge railway traffic via predicate surface "formerlyCarried" ⓘ
Mauritius kestrel world’s rarest bird via predicate surface "wasOnceConsidered" ⓘ
Dinajpur Rajbari seat of local zamindars ⓘ
Fox Bay main settlement of West Falkland ⓘ
Fox Bay administrative centre of West Falkland ⓘ
Muranów residential neighborhood part of the Warsaw Ghetto area via predicate surface "wasPreviously" ⓘ
Fucino plain lake bed via predicate surface "wasOnce" ⓘ
Kameyama Castle ruins Kameyama Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Darwin large sheep farm via predicate surface "usedToHave" ⓘ
Darwin shearing sheds via predicate surface "usedToHave" ⓘ
Darwin store via predicate surface "usedToHave" ⓘ
Darwin social club via predicate surface "usedToHave" ⓘ
Kamb Ice Stream fast-flowing ice stream via predicate surface "wasPreviously" ⓘ
Chain of Rocks Bridge vehicular traffic via predicate surface "formerlyCarried" ⓘ
Chain of Rocks Bridge U.S. Route 66 traffic via predicate surface "formerlyCarried" ⓘ
Marin-Epagnier independent municipality ⓘ
Grimbergen castle ruins medieval fortress ⓘ
Grimbergen castle ruins feudal stronghold ⓘ
Apamea archaeological site major military base of the Seleucid Empire ⓘ
Apamea archaeological site important commercial center in Roman Syria ⓘ
Ilisu part of a historical local principality region ⓘ
Berwick Bridge A1 road via predicate surface "formerlyCarried" NERFINISHED ⓘ
みどりの日 天皇誕生日（昭和天皇）に由来する祝日名 via predicate surface "wasPreviously" ⓘ
Park Avenue Tunnel rail traffic via predicate surface "formerlyCarried" ⓘ
Columbia, California major Gold Rush mining camp ⓘ
Dominican Convent High School, Salisbury Southern Rhodesia via predicate surface "formerlyIn" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan one of the largest stadiums in the world by capacity via predicate surface "wasOnce" ⓘ
Parsley Hay railway station on the Cromford and High Peak Railway ⓘ
Parsley Hay junction for the Ashbourne Line ⓘ
Bolama administrative capital under Portuguese rule ⓘ
Stormville Flea Market Stormville Airport property ⓘ
Kaipipi Bay sawmill via predicate surface "usedToHave" ⓘ
Kaipipi Bay timber tramway terminus via predicate surface "usedToHave" ⓘ
Surosowan Palace ruins royal palace complex ⓘ
Collégiale Notre-Dame de Dole collegiate church ⓘ
Halsskov ferry service across the Great Belt via predicate surface "usedToHave" ⓘ
Lapaha political center of Tonga ⓘ
Lapaha religious center of Tonga ⓘ