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
Kawi (Old Javanese) Kawi (Old Javanese) via predicate surface "alternativeName"
surface form: Old Javanese
Kawi (Old Javanese) Kawi (Old Javanese) via predicate surface "alternativeName"
surface form: Bahasa Kawi
Kawi (Old Javanese) Kawi (Old Javanese) via predicate surface "alternativeName"
surface form: Kawi language
federal judiciary of the United States federal judiciary of the United States
surface form: federal court system of the United States
Dallas Reports Dallas Reports
surface form: Dallas’s Reports
Dallas Reports Dallas
surface form: Dallas U.S.
Peters Reports Peters Reports via predicate surface "hasAlternativeName"
surface form: Peters’s Reports
Peters Reports Peters via predicate surface "hasAlternativeName"
surface form: Peters U.S.
Wallace Reports Wallace Reports via predicate surface "hasAlternativeName"
surface form: Wallace’s Reports
Otto Reports Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States via predicate surface "hasAlternativeTitle"
Black Black Reports via predicate surface "hasAlternativeName"
surface form: Black’s Reports
Black Black nominative reports via predicate surface "hasAlternativeName"
King John of England King John of England
surface form: John Lackland
Taxing and Spending Clause Taxing and Spending Clause
surface form: Spending Clause
Taxing and Spending Clause Taxing and Spending Clause
surface form: Taxing Clause
Taxing and Spending Clause Taxing and Spending Clause
surface form: General Welfare Clause
Fourteenth Amendment
surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Fourteenth Amendment
surface form: Amendment XIV
Fourteenth Amendment
surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Fourteenth Amendment
surface form: 14th Amendment
Civil Rights Act of 1866 Civil Rights Act of 1866
surface form: An Act to protect all Persons in the United States in their Civil Rights, and furnish the Means of their Vindication
Italic languages Italic branch via predicate surface "hasAlternativeName"
Italic languages Italic family via predicate surface "hasAlternativeName"
Vulgar Latin Sermo Vulgaris via predicate surface "alternativeName"
Vulgar Latin Sermo Vulgaris via predicate surface "alternativeName"
surface form: Sermo Vulgaris Latinus
Vulgar Latin Popular Latin via predicate surface "alternativeName"
Apostolic Nunciature papal nunciature via predicate surface "hasAlternativeName"
Apostolic Nunciature embassy of the Holy See via predicate surface "hasAlternativeName"
Japanese Instrument of Surrender Japanese Instrument of Surrender
surface form: Instrument of Surrender of Japan
Japanese Instrument of Surrender Japanese surrender document
CBI Theater Burma campaign
surface form: China Burma India Theater
Mediterranean Theater of Operations MTO
Free French Forces Free French Forces
surface form: Forces françaises libres
Free French Forces FFL
Bernard Montgomery Monty
Red Army Red Army via predicate surface "hasAlternativeName"
surface form: Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army
Red Army RKKA via predicate surface "hasAlternativeName"
English Channel English Channel via predicate surface "hasAlternativeName"
surface form: La Manche
English Channel Channel via predicate surface "hasAlternativeName"
September Campaign Invasion of Poland
September Campaign Invasion of Poland
surface form: Polish Defensive War
September Campaign 1939 Defensive War
Battle of Hel Obrona Helu
Kristallnacht Kristallnacht via predicate surface "hasAlternativeName"
surface form: Night of Broken Glass
Kristallnacht Kristallnacht via predicate surface "hasAlternativeName"
surface form: Reichskristallnacht
Kristallnacht Kristallnacht via predicate surface "hasAlternativeName"
surface form: November pogroms
Czechoslovak government-in-exile Czechoslovak government-in-exile
surface form: Czechoslovak National Committee
Czechoslovak government-in-exile Czechoslovak government-in-exile
surface form: London Czechoslovak government
Atlanta Atlanta via predicate surface "hasNickname"
surface form: The ATL
Atlanta Hotlanta via predicate surface "hasNickname"
Atlanta Hotlanta via predicate surface "hasNickname"
surface form: A-Town
Atlanta City in a Forest via predicate surface "hasNickname"