alsoKnownAs

P39
predicate

Indicates that one entity is an alternative name, alias, or designation for another entity.

All labels observed (200)

Label Occurrences
alsoKnownAs canonical 93,690
hasAlternativeName 26,393
alternativeName 8,852

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: alsoKnownAs
Generated description
Indicates that one entity is an alternative name, alias, or designation for another entity.

Sample triples (152,447)

Subject Object
Library of Congress Control Number LC control number via predicate surface "hasAlternativeName"
Library of Congress Control Number Library of Congress card number via predicate surface "hasAlternativeName"
Beaux-Arts Beaux-Arts via predicate surface "hasAlternativeName"
surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Beaux-Arts École des Beaux-Arts style via predicate surface "hasAlternativeName"
Fife Kingdom of Fife via predicate surface "hasNickname"
St. Margaret of Scotland (associated)
surface form: St. Margaret of Scotland
St. Margaret of Scotland (associated)
surface form: Saint Margaret of Scotland
St. Margaret of Scotland (associated)
surface form: St. Margaret of Scotland
Margaret of Wessex
Homestead Strike Homestead Strike via predicate surface "hasAlternateName"
surface form: Homestead Steel Strike
Homestead Strike Homestead Strike via predicate surface "hasAlternateName"
surface form: Homestead Massacre
Anglo-American relations Anglo-American relations
surface form: Anglo–American relations
Anglo-American relations Anglo-American relations
surface form: UK–US relations
Anglo-American relations British–American relations
Haymarket affair Haymarket affair
surface form: Haymarket riot
Haymarket affair Haymarket affair
surface form: Haymarket massacre
Haymarket affair Haymarket affair
surface form: Haymarket bombing
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
surface form: Loma Prieta earthquake
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
surface form: World Series earthquake
California Gold Rush California Gold Rush via predicate surface "alternateName"
surface form: Gold Rush of 1849
i.LINK IEEE 1394
surface form: FireWire
i.LINK IEEE 1394 interface
IEEE 488 GPIB standard
surface form: IEEE 488
IEEE 488 GPIB standard
surface form: GPIB
IEEE 488 GPIB standard
surface form: IEEE 488
IEEE 488 GPIB standard
surface form: General Purpose Interface Bus
IEEE 488 GPIB standard
surface form: IEEE 488
IEEE 488 GPIB standard
surface form: HP-IB
IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol standard IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol standard
surface form: Precision Time Protocol
IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol standard PTP
IEEE 1149.1 JTAG boundary‑scan standard
surface form: IEEE 1149.1 JTAG boundary-scan standard
IEEE 1149.1 JTAG boundary‑scan standard
surface form: IEEE 1149.1
IEEE 1149.1 JTAG boundary‑scan standard
surface form: IEEE 1149.1 JTAG boundary-scan standard
IEEE 1149.1 JTAG boundary‑scan standard
surface form: JTAG
IEEE 1149.1 JTAG boundary‑scan standard
surface form: IEEE 1149.1 JTAG boundary-scan standard
IEEE 1149.1 JTAG boundary‑scan standard
surface form: JTAG boundary-scan
IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet standard
surface form: IEEE 802.3af
PoE
Hodgenville, Kentucky Birthplace of Lincoln via predicate surface "hasNickname"
Axis powers Axis
Axis powers Axis powers
surface form: Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis
Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
surface form: Third Reich
Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
surface form: National Socialist Germany
German Instrument of Surrender German Instrument of Surrender
surface form: Act of Military Surrender
German Instrument of Surrender German Instrument of Surrender
surface form: German Act of Surrender
German Instrument of Surrender German Instrument of Surrender
surface form: Instrument of Unconditional Surrender of the German Armed Forces
ETO
surface form: European Theater of Operations
European theatre of World War II
surface form: European Theatre of Operations
Polish Armed Forces in the East Polish People’s Army
surface form: Ludowe Wojsko Polskie
Polish Armed Forces in the East Polish People’s Army
surface form: Polish People’s Army (in the East phase)
Fall Weiss Case White
Fall Weiss Plan White
Second Polish Republic Second Polish Republic
surface form: Interwar Poland
Second Polish Republic Second Polish Republic
surface form: Second Republic of Poland
Slovak Republic (1939–1945) Slovak Republic (1939–1945)
surface form: First Slovak Republic
InternationalHolocaustRemembranceDay
surface form: International Holocaust Remembrance Day
InternationalHolocaustRemembranceDay
surface form: International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
Bore War Phoney War via predicate surface "hasAlternativeName"
Bore War Sitzkrieg via predicate surface "hasAlternativeName"
Bore War Sitzkrieg via predicate surface "hasAlternativeName"
surface form: Drôle de guerre
Altmark Incident Altmark Incident
surface form: Altmark affair