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
book "Everybody Matters: A Memoir"
surface form: Everybody Matters: A Memoir
Mary Robinson's global human rights advocacy ⓘ
Hidden Agendas journalists via predicate surface "portrays" ⓘ
Hidden Agendas politicians via predicate surface "portrays" ⓘ
Hidden Agendas government officials via predicate surface "portrays" ⓘ
Hidden Agendas media executives via predicate surface "portrays" ⓘ
Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia aftermath of the Khmer Rouge regime via predicate surface "portrays" ⓘ
Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia conditions in Cambodia after the fall of Pol Pot via predicate surface "portrays" ⓘ
Death of a Nation: The Timor Conspiracy Soeharto via predicate surface "portrays" ⓘ
surface form: Suharto regime in Indonesia
Death of a Nation: The Timor Conspiracy East Timorese civilian suffering via predicate surface "portrays" ⓘ
The Coming War on China China as a rising economic power via predicate surface "portrays" ⓘ
The Coming War on China U.S. as maintaining global military dominance via predicate surface "portrays" ⓘ
The Take alternatives to corporate capitalism via predicate surface "portrays" ⓘ
Newtonian fluids
surface form: Newtonian fluid
Newtonian fluids via predicate surface "describedBy" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Newton’s law of viscosity
Euler equations motion of an ideal fluid ⓘ
I Am Malala 2012 shooting of Malala Yousafzai via predicate surface "describesEvent" ⓘ
Hominidae John Edward Gray via predicate surface "describedBy" ⓘ
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach human skull collections via predicate surface "described" ⓘ
Pan paniscus Ernst Schwarz via predicate surface "describedBy" ⓘ
Toxostoma rufum Carl Linnaeus via predicate surface "describedBy" ⓘ
Mazurek Dąbrowskiego Polish national resilience ⓘ
Mazurek Dąbrowskiego hope of regaining independence ⓘ
Great Silence absence of detectable extraterrestrial civilizations ⓘ
Great Silence lack of observed alien signals ⓘ
Great Silence non-detection of advanced extraterrestrial technology ⓘ
Kardashev scale energy consumption of civilizations ⓘ
Kardashev scale technological advancement of civilizations ⓘ
Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual eligibility criteria for Navy awards via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ
Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual eligibility criteria for Marine Corps awards via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ
Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual award approval authorities via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ
Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual award processing procedures via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ
Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual wear and precedence of Navy awards via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ
Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual wear and precedence of Marine Corps awards via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ
Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual devices and attachments for awards via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ
Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual posthumous award procedures via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ
Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual award revocation procedures via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ
Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code catalog of refactoring techniques via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ
Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code systematic process for refactoring via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ
Public Law 101-380 responsible party for oil spills via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ
John Edwards 2004 presidential campaign populist campaign with economic focus via predicate surface "mediaDescription" ⓘ
North Carolina state constitution
surface form: North Carolina Constitution
structure of North Carolina government via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ
North Carolina state constitution
surface form: North Carolina Constitution
powers of North Carolina government branches via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ
Stefan–Boltzmann law total radiant heat power emitted per unit area of a black body ⓘ
special relativity spacetime interval via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ
Constitutive Treaty of the Union of South American Nations institutional structure of the Union of South American Nations via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ
Constitutive Treaty of the Union of South American Nations objectives of the Union of South American Nations via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ
Constitutive Treaty of the Union of South American Nations principles of the Union of South American Nations via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ
Constitutive Treaty of the Union of South American Nations decision-making mechanisms of the Union of South American Nations via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ
Sleepless in Seattle A widower's son calls a radio talk show to find a new partner for his father. via predicate surface "plotSummary" ⓘ
Gila monster Edward Drinker Cope via predicate surface "describedBy" ⓘ
Typikon order of church services via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ