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
International Workers’ Day International Workers’ Day
surface form: International Labour Day
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois Forest Home Cemetery via predicate surface "hasAlternativeName"
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois German Waldheim Cemetery via predicate surface "hasAlternativeName"
surface form: Waldheim Cemetery (historical name)
California Department of General Services DGS
Great Famine Great Famine
surface form: Irish Potato Famine
Great Famine Great Famine
surface form: Great Hunger
Great Famine An Gorta Mór
USB Power Delivery USB Power Delivery
surface form: USB PD
ATA IDE
ATA Parallel ATA
LC series
surface form: Macintosh LC series
LC series
surface form: Low-Cost Color series
1984 Super Bowl commercial 1984 Super Bowl commercial
surface form: Apple 1984 commercial
1984 Super Bowl commercial 1984 Macintosh commercial
Black Hawk Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak via predicate surface "alternateName"
Black Hawk Makataimeshekiakiak via predicate surface "alternateName"
Old Northwest Northwest Territories
surface form: Northwest Territory
Old Northwest Territory Northwest of the River Ohio
Axis Axis powers
Axis Axis powers
surface form: Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis
Anschluss of Austria Anschluss of Austria
surface form: Anschluss
Anschluss of Austria Anschluss of Austria
surface form: Anschluss Österreichs
Anschluss of Austria Annexation of Austria
Soviet Military Headquarters in Karlshorst Soviet Military Headquarters in Karlshorst
surface form: Soviet Headquarters Karlshorst
Soviet Military Headquarters in Karlshorst Soviet Military Headquarters in Karlshorst
surface form: Soviet Military Administration headquarters in Karlshorst
Victory in Europe Day Victory in Europe Day
surface form: Victory Day in Europe
French colonial empire French Empire
French colonial empire French colonial empire
surface form: French overseas empire
Case White Fall Weiss
Case White Fall Weiß
May Coup of 1926 May Coup of 1926
surface form: May Coup
May Coup of 1926 May Coup d'État
May Coup of 1926 Przewrót majowy
Romani language Romany via predicate surface "alternativeName"
Romani language Romani language via predicate surface "alternativeName"
surface form: Romani čhib
Romani language Rromani ćhib via predicate surface "alternativeName"
Intelligenzaktion Intelligenzaktion gegen die polnische Intelligenz
Intelligenzaktion Intelligenzaktion
surface form: Action against the Polish intelligentsia
HungerPlan HungerPlan
surface form: Hunger Plan
HungerPlan HungerPlan
surface form: Starvation Plan
HungerPlan Backe Plan
LebensraumPolicy Lebensraum policy via predicate surface "hasAlternativeName"
LebensraumPolicy policy of Lebensraum via predicate surface "hasAlternativeName"
LebensraumPolicy living space policy via predicate surface "hasAlternativeName"
Antillean Creole Antillean Creole
surface form: Antillean French Creole
Antillean Creole Créole antillais
Antillean Creole Kwéyòl
John Calvin John Calvin
surface form: Jean Calvin
John Calvin John Calvin
surface form: Calvin
Belgic Confession Belgic Confession
surface form: Confessio Belgica
Belgic Confession Belgic Confession
surface form: Belgic Confession of Faith