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
Pope bishops via predicate surface "appoints"
Ban Ki-moon United Nations General Assembly
Speaker of the House of Commons House of Commons of the United Kingdom
surface form: House of Commons
U.S. ambassadors President of the United States
Secretary General of the Organization of American States General Assembly of the Organization of American States
Presiding Bishop
surface form: Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
General Convention of the Episcopal Church
surface form: General Convention of The Episcopal Church
Prime Minister of Pakistan President of Pakistan
Prime Minister of Pakistan National Assembly of Pakistan via predicate surface "nominatedBy"
Archbishop John Sharp
surface form: John Sharp
William III of England
Archbishop John Sharp
surface form: John Sharp
Mary II of England
Parliament of Norway Norwegian Nobel Committee via predicate surface "appoints"
Archbishop William Sancroft
surface form: William Sancroft
Charles II of England
Chancellor of Germany President of Germany
Benjamin A. Smith II John A. Volpe
Goodwin Knight Earl Warren
Supreme Court of Colombia Attorney General of Colombia (with participation of other bodies) via predicate surface "appoints"
United States Associate Attorney General President of the United States
United States Associate Attorney General President of the United States via predicate surface "nominatedBy"
SV International Organization for Standardization via predicate surface "assignedBy"
SV ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency via predicate surface "assignedBy"
Willem Kieft Dutch West India Company
Queen of the Bahamas Governor-General of the Bahamas via predicate surface "appointedRepresentative"
War Production Board President of the United States
H. R. Haldeman Richard Nixon
John Armstrong
surface form: John Armstrong Jr.
James Madison
President of Peru popular vote
Manhattan Community Board 6 Manhattan Borough President via predicate surface "memberAppointedBy"
United Nations delegates
surface form: United Nations delegate
national government
Viceroy of India British monarch
surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom
Viceroy of India UK government via predicate surface "nominatedBy"
surface form: British government
Prime Minister of Portugal President of Portugal
Prime Minister of Portugal President of Portugal via predicate surface "nominatedBy"
President of Pakistan Electoral College of Pakistan
President of Germany Federal Convention
Assistant United States Attorneys
surface form: Assistant United States Attorney
United States Attorneys
surface form: United States Attorney
Jenny Durkan Barack Obama
Governor of Massachusetts popular vote
Governor of Massachusetts political parties in Massachusetts via predicate surface "nominatedBy"
Secretary of State for Defence British monarch
surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom
Queen of Jamaica hereditary succession
Majority Leader of the New York State Senate majority conference of the New York State Senate
Attorney General of New York elected by popular vote
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York Governor of New York via predicate surface "appointingAuthorityForJustices"
Samantha Power Barack Obama
Samantha Power Joe Biden via predicate surface "nominatedBy"
Westminster Assembly Ordinance of Parliament
House Office of the Clerk United States House of Representatives
PE International Organization for Standardization via predicate surface "assignedBy"
PE International Organization for Standardization via predicate surface "assignedBy"
surface form: ISO
Supreme Court of Nigeria President of Nigeria via predicate surface "appointingAuthorityForJustices"