ownedBy

P347
predicate

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

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
La Scala Milan
surface form: Comune di Milano
HM Passport Office UK government
Horse Guards Parade Crown Estate
Vatican Museums Holy See
Carson City Mint United States Mint
Martinsburg station Martinsburg, West Virginia
surface form: City of Martinsburg
San Francisco City Hall San Francisco County via predicate surface "owner"
surface form: City and County of San Francisco
Cabrillo Marine Aquarium Los Angeles
surface form: City of Los Angeles
Point Sur Lighthouse California, United States via predicate surface "owner"
surface form: State of California
Littleton Town Hall Town of Littleton, Massachusetts
surface form: Town of Littleton
New York State Canal System U.S. state of New York
surface form: State of New York
Epsom Downs Racecourse Jockey Club Racecourses
Woking railway station Network Rail
Addison station (CTA Red Line) Chicago Transit Authority
HRL Laboratories Boeing
surface form: The Boeing Company
HRL Laboratories General Motors
Norra begravningsplatsen Stockholm
surface form: City of Stockholm
Orpheus Fountain Stockholm
surface form: City of Stockholm
El Espectador Cano family (historical association) via predicate surface "owner"
British Post Office UK government
surface form: Government of the United Kingdom
John W. Henry Boston Red Sox via predicate surface "ownerOf"
John W. Henry Liverpool F.C. via predicate surface "ownerOf"
surface form: Liverpool FC
John W. Henry The Boston Globe via predicate surface "ownerOf"
John W. Henry Fenway Sports Group via predicate surface "ownerOf"
Hôtel de Brienne, Paris
surface form: Hôtel de Brienne
Louis-Marie-Athanase de Loménie de Brienne via predicate surface "previousOwner"
Hôtel de Brienne, Paris
surface form: Hôtel de Brienne
Madame de Staël via predicate surface "previousOwner"
Hôtel de Brienne, Paris
surface form: Hôtel de Brienne
Napoleon Bonaparte via predicate surface "previousOwner"
surface form: Napoleon I
Hôtel de Brienne, Paris
surface form: Hôtel de Brienne
Government of France
surface form: French state
NFL Network National Football League via predicate surface "owner"
Interborough Rapid Transit Company Interborough Rapid Transit Company via predicate surface "owned" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Manhattan Railway Company (lease and control)
Interborough Rapid Transit Company New York City via predicate surface "acquiredBy"
surface form: City of New York
Royal Fleet Auxiliary United Kingdom Ministry of Defence via predicate surface "owner"
surface form: UK Ministry of Defence
Huntington Avenue Grounds Boston Red Sox via predicate surface "owner"
surface form: Boston American League Baseball Company
Disney's Art of Animation Resort The Walt Disney Company
Savannah River Site U.S. Department of Energy
surface form: United States Department of Energy
Trinity Church Cemetery Trinity Church
surface form: Trinity Church (Manhattan)
USS Oklahoma Memorial at Pearl Harbor
surface form: USS Oklahoma Memorial
United States Navy
John Adams Building Library of Congress via predicate surface "owner"
John Adams Building United States government
surface form: United States federal government
Purple Line
surface form: Purple Line (CTA)
Chicago Transit Authority via predicate surface "owner"
L train Metropolitan Transportation Authority via predicate surface "owner"
Kansas City Chiefs Hunt family via predicate surface "owner"
Mexico City Metro Government of Mexico City via predicate surface "hasOwner"
Los Angeles Public Library Los Angeles
surface form: City of Los Angeles
Zankel Hall Carnegie Hall via predicate surface "owner"
surface form: Carnegie Hall Corporation
South Station Massachusetts Department of Transportation
European Parliament (Strasbourg seat) European Union
New Orleans Mint United States government
surface form: United States federal government
Ei Compendex Elsevier
Stanford Health Care Stanford University