ownedBy

P347
predicate

Indicates that one entity possesses legal or rightful ownership of another entity.

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All labels observed (126)

Label Occurrences
ownedBy canonical 39,770
owner 23,037
owns 6,214

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: ownedBy
Generated description
Indicates that one entity possesses legal or rightful ownership of another entity.

Sample triples (82,478)

Subject Object
Meredith Corporation Better Homes and Gardens via predicate surface "owns" ⓘ
surface form: Better Homes and Gardens (magazine brand)
Meredith Corporation Allrecipes via predicate surface "owns" ⓘ
surface form: Allrecipes (brand)
Meredith Corporation IAC via predicate surface "acquiredBy" ⓘ
Meredith Corporation Dotdash Meredith via predicate surface "acquiredBy" ⓘ
surface form: Dotdash (IAC subsidiary)
Sabarmati Ashram Sabarmati Ashram self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sabarmati Ashram Preservation and Memorial Trust
Raj Ghat, Delhi, India
surface form: Raj Ghat
Government of India ⓘ
Peace Palace Carnegie Foundation (Peace Palace) via predicate surface "owner" ⓘ
surface form: Carnegie Foundation (Netherlands)
Mount Vernon, Virginia Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association ⓘ
Heurich House Museum Christian Heurich via predicate surface "originalOwner" ⓘ
Maryland Aviation Administration Maryland ⓘ
surface form: State of Maryland
Baltimore Light RailLink Maryland Transit Administration via predicate surface "owner" ⓘ
Lerner family Washington Nationals via predicate surface "owns" ⓘ
Lerner family Washington Nationals via predicate surface "owns" ⓘ
surface form: Washington Nationals Baseball Club
Ryan Zimmerman Washington Nationals via predicate surface "formerlyPropertyOf" ⓘ
surface form: Montreal Expos organization
Getty Center J. Paul Getty Trust ⓘ
San Diego Zoo San Diego Zoo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
BSE Global Brooklyn Nets via predicate surface "owns" ⓘ
BSE Global New York Liberty via predicate surface "owns" ⓘ
BSE Global Long Island Nets via predicate surface "owns" ⓘ
BSE Global Nets Gaming Crew via predicate surface "owns" ⓘ
The Starry Night Museum of Modern Art via predicate surface "owner" ⓘ
Hanshin Tigers Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd. via predicate surface "owner" ⓘ
Independence Visitors Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Latter-day Saint movement churches ⓘ
surface form: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Arts of War United States government via predicate surface "owner" ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
Boston’s North Station (via Fitchburg Line) MBTA ⓘ
surface form: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Reformation Wall Geneva ⓘ
surface form: City of Geneva
Gare de Genève-Cornavin Swiss Federal Railways ⓘ
Senate wing United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
The Alba Madonna by Raphael
surface form: The Alba Madonna
National Gallery of Art via predicate surface "owner" ⓘ
Capital Bullets Abe Pollin via predicate surface "owner" ⓘ
Long Island Rail Road (controlling interest for many years)
surface form: Long Island Rail Road
Metropolitan Transportation Authority via predicate surface "owner" ⓘ
Long Island Rail Road (controlling interest for many years)
surface form: Long Island Rail Road
Metropolitan Transportation Authority via predicate surface "acquiredBy" ⓘ
Gary Works United States Steel Corporation ⓘ
Mon Valley Works United States Steel Corporation via predicate surface "owner" ⓘ
Great Lakes Works United States Steel Corporation via predicate surface "owner" ⓘ
surface form: U. S. Steel
Palace of Justice, Nuremberg Bavaria ⓘ
surface form: Free State of Bavaria
Rikers Island New York City ⓘ
surface form: City of New York
Metropolitan Transportation Authority New York via predicate surface "owner" ⓘ
surface form: State of New York
MetroCard Metropolitan Transportation Authority via predicate surface "owner" ⓘ
YES Network Yankee Global Enterprises via predicate surface "owner" ⓘ
YES Network Amazon via predicate surface "owner" ⓘ
YES Network Sinclair Broadcast Group (minority stake, via Diamond Sports) via predicate surface "owner" ⓘ
YES Network 21st Century Fox via predicate surface "formerOwner" ⓘ
YES Network The Walt Disney Company via predicate surface "formerOwner" ⓘ
surface form: The Walt Disney Company (held stake pending divestiture)
Big Blue John Mara via predicate surface "owner" ⓘ
Big Blue Steve Tisch via predicate surface "owner" ⓘ
Universal Studios Japan NBCUniversal via predicate surface "owner" ⓘ
Universal Studios Japan Comcast via predicate surface "owner" ⓘ
Noland Home United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
Wallace family home United States government via predicate surface "owner" ⓘ
surface form: U.S. federal government