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 |
| plotSummary | 6,453 |
| describedBy | 2,037 |
| explains | 1,938 |
| describesEvent | 1,229 |
| clarifies | 959 |
| depictsEvent | 859 |
| described | 542 |
| describesConcept | 250 |
| description | 212 |
| usedToDescribe | 168 |
| styleDescription | 117 |
| mediaDescription | 104 |
| describesAs | 63 |
| describesPerson | 45 |
| describesAttribute | 41 |
| isDescribedBy | 39 |
| describesQuality | 29 |
| describesTaxon | 29 |
| describesProcess | 19 |
| tailDescription | 18 |
| containsDescriptionOf | 16 |
| mathematicallyDescribedBy | 15 |
| aimsToDescribe | 9 |
| describesTraitOf | 8 |
| describesOutcome | 7 |
| areDescribedBy | 6 |
| hasTheoreticalDescription | 6 |
| describesFunctionAs | 5 |
| describesBehavior | 4 |
| statementDescribes | 4 |
| describedByTheory | 3 |
| describesAct | 3 |
| describesInteractionOf | 3 |
| describesWeather | 3 |
| décrit | 3 |
| beschreibt | 2 |
| describedByTerm | 2 |
| describesClass | 2 |
| describesObject | 2 |
| describesScenario | 2 |
| describesStateOf | 2 |
| describesSubject | 2 |
| firstDescribes | 2 |
| isUsedToDescribe | 2 |
| PaulDescribesAs | 1 |
| accuratelyDescribes | 1 |
| apologyDescribedAs | 1 |
| describedAmericanDreamAs | 1 |
| describesAccordingTo | 1 |
| describesPhenomenon | 1 |
| describesSituation | 1 |
| describesTitle | 1 |
| explainsQualitatively | 1 |
| helpsDescribe | 1 |
| kirjeldus | 1 |
| linearDescription | 1 |
| mustDescribe | 1 |
| normativelyDescribes | 1 |
| openingWordsDescribe | 1 |
| phaseIDescription | 1 |
| theoryDescribedIn | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Confession of Mikhail Bakunin | Mikhail Bakunin’s revolutionary networks via predicate surface "portrays" ⓘ |
| The Price of Inequality | links between inequality and financial instability ⓘ |
| The Price of Inequality | effects of inequality on social mobility ⓘ |
| The Price of Inequality | role of institutions in shaping inequality ⓘ |
| People, Power, and Profits | contemporary capitalism ⓘ |
| Human Rights Council institution-building package (resolution 5/1) | basis of the Universal Periodic Review via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ |
| Human Rights Council institution-building package (resolution 5/1) | principles of the Universal Periodic Review via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ |
| Human Rights Council institution-building package (resolution 5/1) | modalities of the Universal Periodic Review via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ |
| Human Rights Council institution-building package (resolution 5/1) | general guidelines for the preparation of information under the Universal Periodic Review via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ |
|
Henry Jackson Jr.
surface form:
Henry Armstrong
|
aggressive pressure fighter via predicate surface "styleDescription" ⓘ |
| Woman with a Hat | fashionable woman via predicate surface "portrays" ⓘ |
| Woman with a Hat | hat via predicate surface "portrays" ⓘ |
| Woman with a Hat | upper body via predicate surface "portrays" ⓘ |
| paranoiac-critical method | Salvador Dalí in theoretical writings via predicate surface "describedBy" ⓘ |
| Ogygia | Homer via predicate surface "describedBy" ⓘ |
| Rebel Without a Cause | adolescent angst via predicate surface "portrays" ⓘ |
| Rebel Without a Cause | juvenile delinquency via predicate surface "portrays" ⓘ |
| Rebel Without a Cause | family conflict via predicate surface "portrays" ⓘ |
| Rebel Without a Cause | alienation via predicate surface "portrays" ⓘ |
| Citius, Altius, Fortius | aspirational spirit of the Olympic Games ⓘ |
| Quadrennial Defense Review | long-term defense priorities via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ |
| Quadrennial Defense Review | force structure objectives via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ |
| Quadrennial Defense Review | readiness goals via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ |
| Quadrennial Defense Review | modernization priorities via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ |
| Quadrennial Defense Review | risk assessment for defense strategy via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ |
| Cippus Abellanus | legal practices of the Samnites ⓘ |
| Cippus Abellanus | cultural practices of the Samnites ⓘ |
| Kerr–Newman black hole | general relativity via predicate surface "describedByTheory" ⓘ |
| The Hangover | A group of friends retrace their steps after a wild bachelor party in Las Vegas to find their missing groom. via predicate surface "plotSummary" ⓘ |
| Vacation (2015 film) | Rusty Griswold takes his family on a cross-country road trip to the Walley World theme park, leading to a series of misadventures. via predicate surface "plotSummary" ⓘ |
| Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie |
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
via predicate surface "plotSummary"
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Two prank-loving boys hypnotize their principal into becoming a dimwitted superhero named Captain Underpants.
|
| Eulipoa wallacei | George Robert Gray via predicate surface "describedBy" ⓘ |
| Susanna | A virtuous married woman is falsely accused of adultery by two elders after rejecting their advances and is vindicated through Daniel’s interrogation of the accusers. via predicate surface "plotSummary" ⓘ |
| Hilbert’s syzygy theorem | structure of free resolutions of modules over polynomial rings ⓘ |
| Hilbert’s syzygy theorem | finite length of minimal free resolutions over polynomial rings ⓘ |
| Cervus elaphus | Carl Linnaeus via predicate surface "describedBy" ⓘ |
| Phacochoerus africanus | Peter Simon Pallas via predicate surface "describedBy" ⓘ |
| Nevada land survey system | township and range grid in Nevada via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ |
| Nevada land survey system | section boundaries in Nevada via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ |
| Nevada land survey system | subdivision of sections into aliquot parts via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ |
| International Chronostratigraphic Chart | formal divisions of Earth history via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ |
| International Chronostratigraphic Chart | eons via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ |
| International Chronostratigraphic Chart | eras via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ |
| International Chronostratigraphic Chart | periods via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ |
| International Chronostratigraphic Chart | epochs via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ |
| International Chronostratigraphic Chart | ages via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ |
| International Chronostratigraphic Chart | chronostratigraphic units via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ |
| International Chronostratigraphic Chart | geochronologic units via predicate surface "defines" ⓘ |
| The Federalist No. 43 | constitutional basis for intellectual property via predicate surface "explains" ⓘ |
| The Federalist No. 43 | constitutional basis for admitting new states via predicate surface "explains" ⓘ |