appointedBy

P257
predicate

Indicates that one entity has been formally selected or assigned to a position, role, or office by another entity.

All labels observed (142)

Label Occurrences
appointedBy canonical 11,748
nominatedBy 1,141
assignedBy 960

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: appointedBy
Generated description
Indicates that one entity has been formally selected or assigned to a position, role, or office by another entity.

Sample triples (15,523)

Subject Object
Securities and Exchange Commission President of the United States via predicate surface "chairpersonAppointedBy"
Social Security Board President of the United States
Social Security Board President of the United States via predicate surface "boardMembersAppointedBy"
Court of Oyer and Terminer Governor William Phips
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition President of the United States
Chief Justice of the United States President of the United States
Rogers Commission investigation of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster Ronald Reagan
United States courts of appeals President of the United States via predicate surface "appointingAuthority"
NATO Secretary General North Atlantic Council
NATO Secretary General governments of NATO member states
Secretary of the Navy President of the United States
General Secretary of the Communist Party
surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
General Secretary of the Communist Party
surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
surface form: Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
DNI
surface form: Director of National Intelligence
President of the United States
SecDef President of the United States
President of the French Republic French electorate
Under Secretary for International Affairs President of the United States via predicate surface "nominatedBy"
World Bank Group Board of Executive Directors President of the World Bank Group via predicate surface "canAppoint"
United States Holocaust Memorial Council President of the United States
Library of Congress Control Number Library of Congress catalogers via predicate surface "assignedBy"
Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts President of the United States
United States Ambassador to Hungary President of the United States
United States Ambassador to Hungary President of the United States via predicate surface "nominatedBy"
Frances Arnold President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology via predicate surface "appointedTo"
Frances Arnold Joe Biden
United States National Security Advisor President of the United States
United States Deputy Attorney General President of the United States
Vice President of the United States candidate for President of the United States via predicate surface "nominatedBy"
United States Representative to the United Nations General Assembly President of the United States
Thurgood Marshall Lyndon B. Johnson
Secretary of the Treasury President of the United States
War Manpower Commission President of the United States
People's Commissar for Nationalities Council of People's Commissars
Secretary of State for Air British monarch
surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom
Secretary of State for Air Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom via predicate surface "nominatedBy"
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
C. Everett Koop Ronald Reagan
Ted Wheeler Ted Kulongoski
Shirley Ann Jackson Bill Clinton
W3C Director World Wide Web Consortium
College of Arms British monarch
President of the Massachusetts Senate Massachusetts Senate
First Lord of the Treasury British monarch
surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom
First Lord of the Treasury First Lord of the Treasury via predicate surface "nominatedBy" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
AAL International Civil Aviation Organization via predicate surface "assignedBy"
Grand Pensionary States of Holland and West Friesland
surface form: States of Holland
Grand Pensionary provincial States
Emperor
surface form: Emperor of Japan
Prime Minister of Japan via predicate surface "appoints"
Emperor
surface form: Emperor of Japan
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan via predicate surface "appoints"
Prime Minister of Japan Naruhito
surface form: Emperor of Japan
Prime Minister of Japan National Diet via predicate surface "nominatedBy"