describes

P264
predicate

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

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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
Higgs mechanism masses of W boson and Z boson via predicate surface "explains" ⓘ
Higgs mechanism nonzero rest mass of elementary particles via predicate surface "explains" ⓘ
Ultra-prominent peaks of Europe European mountains ⓘ
Australia Act 1986 that Australian law is not subject to UK law supremacy via predicate surface "clarifies" ⓘ
Unitatis Redintegratio principles of Catholic ecumenism via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ
Rendezvous With Destiny elite airborne role of the 101st Airborne Division ⓘ
Rendezvous With Destiny combat legacy of the 101st Airborne Division ⓘ
The City of the Plains Abilene, Kansas, United States ⓘ
surface form: Abilene, Kansas
1972 pornographic film "Deep Throat"
surface form: Deep Throat (film)
A woman discovers that her clitoris is located in her throat and seeks sexual satisfaction through oral sex. via predicate surface "plotSummary" ⓘ
film "All the President’s Men"
surface form: All the President’s Men
journalistic ethics via predicate surface "portrays" ⓘ
Trivia, or the Art of Walking the Streets of London London weather ⓘ
Trivia, or the Art of Walking the Streets of London muddy streets ⓘ
Trivia, or the Art of Walking the Streets of London coach traffic ⓘ
Trivia, or the Art of Walking the Streets of London pickpockets ⓘ
Trivia, or the Art of Walking the Streets of London street vendors ⓘ
Trivia, or the Art of Walking the Streets of London fashionable pedestrians ⓘ
Twenty Years at Hull-House education programs at Hull House ⓘ
Twenty Years at Hull-House cultural programs at Hull House ⓘ
Twenty Years at Hull-House political advocacy from Hull House ⓘ
Peace and Bread in Time of War Jane Addams's pacifist activism during World War I ⓘ
Peace and Bread in Time of War humanitarian relief efforts during World War I ⓘ
play "Inherit the Wind"
surface form: Inherit the Wind
tension between modernism and traditionalism via predicate surface "portrays" ⓘ
play "Inherit the Wind"
surface form: Inherit the Wind
media influence on public opinion via predicate surface "portrays" ⓘ
play "Inherit the Wind"
surface form: Inherit the Wind
politicization of religion via predicate surface "portrays" ⓘ
play "Inherit the Wind"
surface form: Inherit the Wind
social pressure in small-town America via predicate surface "portrays" ⓘ
1960 film "Inherit the Wind"
surface form: Inherit the Wind (1960 film)
conflict between science and religion via predicate surface "portrays" ⓘ
1960 film "Inherit the Wind"
surface form: Inherit the Wind (1960 film)
freedom of thought via predicate surface "portrays" ⓘ
1960 film "Inherit the Wind"
surface form: Inherit the Wind (1960 film)
freedom of speech via predicate surface "portrays" ⓘ
Civil Rights Act of 1991 standards for disparate impact claims under Title VII via predicate surface "clarifies" ⓘ
Civil Rights Act of 1991 burden of proof in disparate impact cases via predicate surface "clarifies" ⓘ
Civil Rights Act of 1991 mixed-motive discrimination standards via predicate surface "clarifies" ⓘ
NESHAP major source of hazardous air pollutants via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ
NESHAP area source of hazardous air pollutants via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ
Public Law 92-500 point source via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ
Subtitle C hazardous waste identification criteria via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ
Subtitle C requirements for hazardous waste permits via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ
Subtitle C standards for hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ
Trafficking Victims Protection Act severe forms of trafficking in persons via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ
RFC 6557 procedures for maintaining the IANA time zone database via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ
RFC 6557 guidelines for distribution of the IANA time zone database via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ
RFC 6557 process for public review of time zone database changes via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ
RFC 6557 archiving requirements for time zone database releases via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ
RFC 6557 security considerations for time zone database distribution via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ
Intimate Politics: How I Grew Up Red, Fought for Free Speech, and Became a Feminist Rebel Bettina Aptheker's childhood in a communist family ⓘ
Intimate Politics: How I Grew Up Red, Fought for Free Speech, and Became a Feminist Rebel Bettina Aptheker's engagement with radical politics in the United States ⓘ
Intimate Politics: How I Grew Up Red, Fought for Free Speech, and Became a Feminist Rebel the intersection of personal life and political struggle ⓘ
Intimate Politics: How I Grew Up Red, Fought for Free Speech, and Became a Feminist Rebel Bettina Aptheker as a feminist rebel via predicate surface "portrays" ⓘ
New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball a historically strong mid-major men's basketball program via predicate surface "description" ⓘ
Galilean relativity equivalence of all inertial frames for mechanical laws ⓘ
fluctuation–dissipation theorem relation between equilibrium fluctuations and linear response ⓘ