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
.ng Internet Assigned Numbers Authority via predicate surface "assignedBy"
.ng IANA via predicate surface "assignedBy"
House Minority Leader minority party caucus or conference in the House
Government Accountability Office President of the United States
Tim Wu Joe Biden
Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands Governor of the United States Virgin Islands
Internet Architecture Board IETF liaison to the ICANN Board via predicate surface "appoints"
Internet Architecture Board members of the RFC Series Oversight Committee via predicate surface "appoints"
Governor-General of Korea Emperor of Japan
Governor-General of Korea Government of Japan
surface form: Japanese government
Government of Greece President of the Hellenic Republic
surface form: President of Greece
UP Association of American Railroads via predicate surface "assignedBy"
Junior Lords of the Treasury Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Junior Lords of the Treasury British monarch
surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers Allied Powers of World War I
surface form: Allied Powers
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers United States government
AS International Organization for Standardization via predicate surface "assignedBy"
AS International Organization for Standardization via predicate surface "assignedBy"
surface form: ISO
John Barry George Washington
General Counsel of the Department of the Treasury President of the United States
Ajay Banga Joe Biden
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency President of the United States (for the Comptroller of the Currency)
Secretary of the Air Force President of the United States
Deval Patrick Bill Clinton
United States Ambassador to the United Nations (Cabinet-level) President of the United States
United States Ambassador to the United Nations (Cabinet-level) President of the United States via predicate surface "nominatedBy"
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit President of the United States
Secretary-General
surface form: Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization
IMO Council
Felipe de Neve Kingdom of Spain
surface form: Spanish Crown
California State University Board of Trustees Governor of California
Antonio Quarracino Pope John Paul II via predicate surface "appointedArchbishopOfBuenosAiresBy"
Supreme Court of Peru National Board of Justice of Peru via predicate surface "appointingAuthority"
King Zedekiah of Judah
surface form: Zedekiah
Nebuchadnezzar II
Herod Antipas Augustus
Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands President of India
Secretary of State for India British monarch
surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom
Secretary of State for India Prime Minister via predicate surface "nominatedBy"
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Hunter Commission Colonial Office
surface form: British Government of India
Hunter Commission Secretary of State for India
Andrew Cuomo Bill Clinton
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit President of the United States
Surface Transportation Board President of the United States
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit President of the United States
State Council of China National People's Congress
Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces Viceroy of India
Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces Viceroy of India
surface form: Governor-General of India
Simon Commission UK government
surface form: British government
Simon Commission Conservative government of the United Kingdom
Simon Commission Stanley Baldwin
surface form: Stanley Baldwin government
Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Governor of New South Wales