colonialPowerOfOrigin
P4289
predicate
Indicates the colonial state or empire from which a colony or formerly colonized territory originated or was governed.
All labels observed (27)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| hasColonialPower | 41 |
| historicalColonialPower | 37 |
| coloniser | 20 |
| countryDuringColonialPeriod | 20 |
| colonizer | 15 |
| colonialPredecessor | 9 |
| colonialPowerOfOrigin canonical | 6 |
| foundingColonialPower | 6 |
| hasMajorColonialPower | 6 |
| colonialPowerAssociated | 5 |
| colonialPowerRepresented | 5 |
| hasColonialOrigin | 5 |
| colonisingPower | 4 |
| formerColonyType | 4 |
| originalColonialPower | 4 |
| colonialNameGivenBy | 3 |
| colonialPowerContext | 3 |
| colonialPowersInRegion | 3 |
| colonialPowerHistoricallyRulingHomeland | 2 |
| hasColonialCountry | 2 |
| colonialPowerAtFounding | 1 |
| colonialPowerShared | 1 |
| countryOfColonialSettlement | 1 |
| formerColonialPowerOfNeighboringTerritory | 1 |
| governingColonialPowerAtFounding | 1 |
| governingCountryDuringColonialEra | 1 |
| primaryColonialPowerAssociated | 1 |
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: colonialPowerOfOrigin
Generated description
Indicates the colonial state or empire from which a colony or formerly colonized territory originated or was governed.
Sample triples (207)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
|
Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
surface form:
Detroit
|
France via predicate surface "originalColonialPower" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Jesko von Puttkamer | German Empire via predicate surface "colonialPowerRepresented" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Boven Digul | Netherlands via predicate surface "hasColonialPower" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Assam Forest Regulation, 1891 | true via predicate surface "hasColonialOrigin" ⓘ |
| Old River | British Honduras via predicate surface "countryDuringColonialPeriod" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Guelma | French Algeria via predicate surface "countryDuringColonialPeriod" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Government of Madras Presidency | United Kingdom via predicate surface "hasColonialPower" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Government of Madras Presidency | British Crown via predicate surface "hasColonialPower" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Gold Coast (Ghana) | Crown colony via predicate surface "formerColonyType" ⓘ |
| Mazagaon | Portuguese Empire via predicate surface "historicalColonialPower" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Mazagaon | British Empire via predicate surface "historicalColonialPower" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Indigenous peoples of Brazil | Portuguese Empire via predicate surface "colonizer" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Italian colonial period | Italy via predicate surface "colonizer" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Italian colonial period | Kingdom of Italy via predicate surface "colonizer" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Islamic Republic of Mauritania (historical usage) | French West Africa via predicate surface "colonialPredecessor" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| St. Maries | England via predicate surface "hasColonialPower" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Ai Island | Dutch East Indies via predicate surface "countryDuringColonialPeriod" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
|
Bône (Annaba)
surface form:
Bône
|
France via predicate surface "hasColonialPower" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Mbala | United Kingdom via predicate surface "governingCountryDuringColonialEra" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Roman Catholicism in the Philippines | Spain via predicate surface "primaryColonialPowerAssociated" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Golden Jubilee of Ghana’s independence | United Kingdom via predicate surface "originalColonialPower" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Kochi, Kerala | Portuguese Empire via predicate surface "historicalColonialPower" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Kochi, Kerala | Dutch Empire via predicate surface "historicalColonialPower" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Kochi, Kerala | British Empire via predicate surface "historicalColonialPower" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
|
Bombay Hook (original Dutch name Bompies Hoeck)
surface form:
Bombay Hook
|
Dutch colonial period via predicate surface "hasColonialOrigin" ⓘ |
|
Bombay Hook (original Dutch name Bompies Hoeck)
surface form:
Bombay Hook
|
Dutch Republic via predicate surface "hasColonialPower" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
|
Governor John Parr of Nova Scotia
surface form:
John Parr
|
Great Britain via predicate surface "colonialPowerRepresented" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Mascate War | Portugal via predicate surface "hasColonialPower" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Government House, Pretoria | United Kingdom via predicate surface "colonialPowerAssociated" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Charlestown | Colony of Natal via predicate surface "countryDuringColonialPeriod" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Fleurissant | France via predicate surface "hasColonialPower" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Captaincy General of the Canary Islands | Spain via predicate surface "hasColonialPower" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Viceroyalty of the Indies | Indigenous peoples of the Americas via predicate surface "colonizer" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Viceroyalty of the Indies | Philippine indigenous groups via predicate surface "colonizer" ⓘ |
| Walluvanad | British India via predicate surface "countryDuringColonialPeriod" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Portuguese Burgher | Kingdom of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Fort St. Joseph (Michigan) | New France via predicate surface "foundingColonialPower" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Government of Southern Rhodesia | United Kingdom via predicate surface "hasColonialPower" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Ksar Said occupation (1881) | France via predicate surface "hasColonialPower" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Commewijne District | Netherlands via predicate surface "historicalColonialPower" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Santa Fe de Nuevo México | Spain via predicate surface "foundingColonialPower" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| New Hanover Island | German Empire via predicate surface "historicalColonialPower" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| New Hanover Island | Australia via predicate surface "historicalColonialPower" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Saint Christopher (Saint Kitts) | British colony via predicate surface "formerColonyType" ⓘ |
| Saint Christopher (Saint Kitts) | French colony via predicate surface "formerColonyType" ⓘ |
| Namibia–Angola border | Germany via predicate surface "historicalColonialPower" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Namibia–Angola border | Portugal via predicate surface "historicalColonialPower" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Kristang people | Kingdom of Portugal via predicate surface "colonialPowerAssociated" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Northwest South Asia | British Empire via predicate surface "hasColonialPower" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Western Mediterranean Punic world | Phoenician colonization via predicate surface "hasColonialOrigin" ⓘ |