describes

P264
predicate

Indicates that one entity provides an explanation, representation, or account of another entity or concept.

All labels observed (64)

Label Occurrences
defines 29,662
describes canonical 19,259
portrays 17,734

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: describes
Generated description
Indicates that one entity provides an explanation, representation, or account of another entity or concept.

Sample triples (81,936)

Subject Object
Respect
surface form: Respect (2021 film)
civil rights era in the United States via predicate surface "portrays"
Respect
surface form: Respect (2021 film)
music industry in the 1960s via predicate surface "portrays"
Outer Space Treaty astronauts as envoys of mankind via predicate surface "defines"
The Jews of Silence oppression of Soviet Jews
The Jews of Silence silencing of Jewish religious and cultural life in the USSR
The Jews of Silence conditions of synagogues in the Soviet Union
The Jews of Silence restrictions on Jewish religious practice in the Soviet Union
The Jews of Silence fear and surveillance experienced by Soviet Jews
The Jews of Silence Jewish identity under Soviet rule
Cinderella Man James J. Braddock via predicate surface "portrays"
Cinderella Man Max Baer Sr. via predicate surface "portrays"
surface form: Max Baer
Cinderella Man Joe Gould via predicate surface "portrays"
Puerto Rico Penal Code criminal offenses in Puerto Rico via predicate surface "defines"
Postal Payment Services Agreement standards for interoperability of postal payment systems via predicate surface "defines"
Postal Payment Services Agreement basic principles for cross-border postal financial services via predicate surface "defines"
Annual Report of the Secretary-General activities of the United Nations
Annual Report of the Secretary-General challenges facing the United Nations
Annual Report of the Secretary-General priorities of the United Nations
Two Can Play That Game A successful relationship expert uses psychological games to win back her unfaithful boyfriend, only to find he can play the same games. via predicate surface "plotSummary"
Getting to Happy (novel continuation)
surface form: Getting to Happy
African-American middle-class life via predicate surface "portrays"
Global Plan to End TB strategies to end TB epidemic via predicate surface "defines"
Global Plan to End TB targets for TB incidence reduction via predicate surface "defines"
Global Plan to End TB targets for TB mortality reduction via predicate surface "defines"
Global Plan to End TB funding needs for TB response via predicate surface "defines"
Tacitus Germanic tribes in Germania via predicate surface "described"
Tacitus governorship of Agricola in Britain via predicate surface "described"
Psalm 151 David as the youngest son of Jesse
Unicode Character Database Unicode character properties via predicate surface "defines"
Unicode Character Database Unicode Character Database via predicate surface "defines" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Unicode character classifications
Unicode Character Database Unicode character behaviors via predicate surface "defines"
The Corsican Brothers Douglas Fairbanks Jr. via predicate surface "portrays"
surface form: Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as twin brothers
Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act status of Puerto Rico under U.S. sovereignty via predicate surface "defines"
multinomial theorem expansion of powers of sums with multiple terms
Snell’s law of refraction refraction of light
Hawking radiation Stephen Hawking via predicate surface "describedBy"
Bekenstein bound upper limit on entropy in a finite region of space via predicate surface "defines"
Bekenstein bound upper limit on information in a finite region of space via predicate surface "defines"
Unicode Technical Report #29 Unicode Technical Report #29 via predicate surface "defines" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Unicode text segmentation rules
Unicode Technical Report #29 grapheme cluster boundaries via predicate surface "defines"
Unicode Technical Report #29 word boundaries via predicate surface "defines"
Unicode Technical Report #29 sentence boundaries via predicate surface "defines"
Unicode Technical Report #29 line break interaction with segmentation via predicate surface "defines"
Miramar impact of the 1952 revolution on different social classes via predicate surface "portrays"
A Man Called Intrepid covert operations against Nazi Germany via predicate surface "portrays"
A Man Called Intrepid development of Allied intelligence networks via predicate surface "portrays"
A Man Called Intrepid cooperation between British and American intelligence via predicate surface "portrays"
A Man Called Intrepid codebreaking and communications intelligence
A Man Called Intrepid propaganda and psychological warfare
Summorum Pontificum extraordinary form of the Roman Rite via predicate surface "defines"
Summorum Pontificum ordinary form of the Roman Rite via predicate surface "defines"