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
Pioneer Courthouse U.S. General Services Administration ⓘ
surface form: General Services Administration
Glenn Research Center United States government ⓘ
Palais de Chaillot French Republic ⓘ
surface form: French state
George Steinbrenner New York Yankees via predicate surface "owned" ⓘ
Alcatraz Island Lighthouse United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
Portsmouth Square San Francisco County ⓘ
surface form: City and County of San Francisco
Central Subway San Francisco Muni via predicate surface "owner" ⓘ
surface form: San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
Harvard Book Store locally owned business via predicate surface "ownership" ⓘ
Bank of Scotland shareholders of Lloyds Banking Group ⓘ
Biltmore Estate Vanderbilt family via predicate surface "owner" ⓘ
Biltmore Estate George Washington Vanderbilt II via predicate surface "originalOwner" ⓘ
Warminster Line SEPTA Regional Rail via predicate surface "owner" ⓘ
surface form: SEPTA
Warminster Line Reading Company via predicate surface "formerOwner" ⓘ
Moda Center Vulcan Inc. via predicate surface "owner" ⓘ
Alexandria tram Alexandria Governorate via predicate surface "owner" ⓘ
Alexandria tram local government of Alexandria via predicate surface "infrastructureOwner" ⓘ
State Farm Center University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ⓘ
Sears, Roebuck & Co. Kenmore via predicate surface "brandOwner" ⓘ
Sears, Roebuck & Co. Craftsman via predicate surface "brandOwner" ⓘ
Sears, Roebuck & Co. DieHard via predicate surface "brandOwner" ⓘ
Sears, Roebuck & Co. Kmart Corporation via predicate surface "acquiredBy" ⓘ
EQ Office skyscrapers via predicate surface "owns" ⓘ
Petronas Towers Petroliam Nasional Berhad via predicate surface "owner" ⓘ
Historic Water Tower Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: City of Chicago
SUE the T. rex Field Museum of Natural History ⓘ
SUE the T. rex Field Museum of Natural History via predicate surface "purchasedBy" ⓘ
Ricketts family Chicago Cubs via predicate surface "owns" ⓘ
Corvallis Municipal Airport Corvallis, Oregon via predicate surface "isOwnedBy" ⓘ
surface form: City of Corvallis
Sandown Park Racecourse The Jockey Club ⓘ
Máximo the Titanosaur Field Museum of Natural History via predicate surface "ownership" ⓘ
McCaskey family Chicago Bears via predicate surface "owns" ⓘ
Quays Theatre The Lowry ⓘ
Imperial War Museum North Imperial War Museums ⓘ
Dubai Tram Government of Dubai via predicate surface "owner" ⓘ
Dubai Tram Roads and Transport Authority via predicate surface "owner" ⓘ
Davis station MBTA ⓘ
surface form: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Broadway MBTA ⓘ
surface form: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Balmoral Castle Charles III, King of Canada ⓘ
surface form: Charles III
Balmoral Castle British royal family ⓘ
Balmoral Castle Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha via predicate surface "purchasedBy" ⓘ
surface form: Prince Albert
Marine Corps Base Quantico Department of the Navy ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of the Navy
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
Runway Visitor Park Manchester Airport ⓘ
Bristol Temple Meads Network Rail ⓘ
Peterhof Palace Russian Empire ⓘ
Peterhof Palace Russia ⓘ
surface form: Russian Federation
Tokyo Imperial Palace Japan via predicate surface "ownership" ⓘ
surface form: State of Japan
Science Hill Yale University ⓘ
Los Alamos Historical Museum Los Alamos Historical Museum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Los Alamos Historical Society
Enola Gay Smithsonian Institution via predicate surface "owner" ⓘ