performsAction

P45006
predicate

Indicates that an entity carries out, executes, or engages in a specified action or activity.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
performsAction canonical 92
performsTask 75
performsAct 28

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: performsAction
Generated description
Indicates that an entity carries out, executes, or engages in a specified action or activity.

Sample triples (213)

Subject Object
Eliza Harris escapes from Kentucky ⓘ
Eliza Harris crosses the frozen Ohio River ⓘ
Eliza Harris flees slave catchers ⓘ
Eliza Harris seeks freedom in the Northern United States ⓘ
Eliza Harris protects her son from being sold ⓘ
Lady Bertilak visits Gawain in his bedchamber ⓘ
Lady Bertilak offers Gawain gifts ⓘ
Lady Bertilak offers Gawain a green girdle ⓘ
Iravan self-sacrifice via predicate surface "performsAct" ⓘ
Tesla Vision lane keeping via predicate surface "performsTask" ⓘ
Tesla Vision adaptive cruise control via predicate surface "performsTask" ⓘ
Tesla Vision traffic-aware cruise control via predicate surface "performsTask" ⓘ
Tesla Vision automatic lane changes via predicate surface "performsTask" ⓘ
Tesla Vision traffic light and stop sign recognition via predicate surface "performsTask" ⓘ
Tesla Vision object detection via predicate surface "performsTask" ⓘ
Tesla Vision pedestrian detection via predicate surface "performsTask" ⓘ
Tesla Vision vehicle detection via predicate surface "performsTask" ⓘ
Tesla Vision road edge detection via predicate surface "performsTask" ⓘ
Tesla Vision parking assistance via predicate surface "performsTask" ⓘ
Three Knights kill Thomas Becket ⓘ
Three Knights confront the Archbishop in the cathedral ⓘ
Three Knights address the audience with justifications ⓘ
U.S. state licensing boards issue professional licenses ⓘ
U.S. state licensing boards renew professional licenses ⓘ
U.S. state licensing boards suspend professional licenses ⓘ
U.S. state licensing boards revoke professional licenses ⓘ
U.S. state licensing boards investigate complaints ⓘ
U.S. state licensing boards conduct disciplinary proceedings ⓘ
U.S. state licensing boards adopt administrative rules ⓘ
U.S. state licensing boards set continuing education requirements ⓘ
U.S. state licensing boards verify professional qualifications ⓘ
Tobias retrieval of deposited money for Tobit via predicate surface "performsAct" ⓘ
Tooth Fairy collects lost baby teeth ⓘ
Tooth Fairy leaves money ⓘ
Tooth Fairy leaves small gifts ⓘ
Gongman strikes a large gong ⓘ
Robert Angier The Real Transported Man via predicate surface "performsAct" ⓘ
Robert Angier The Real Transported Man via predicate surface "performsAct" ⓘ
surface form: The New Transported Man
Arthur Holmwood helps destroy vampire Lucy Westenra via predicate surface "performsAct" ⓘ
Arthur Holmwood participates in pursuit of Count Dracula via predicate surface "performsAct" ⓘ
Hazel Motes blinds himself with quicklime via predicate surface "performsAct" ⓘ
Hazel Motes wraps himself in barbed wire via predicate surface "performsAct" ⓘ
Hazel Motes puts rocks in his shoes via predicate surface "performsAct" ⓘ
Rudy Steiner paints himself black and runs on the local track ⓘ
George Milton kills Lennie Small at the end of the novella ⓘ
Nora Helmer secretly borrows money to save her husband’s life ⓘ
Nora Helmer forges her father’s signature on a loan document ⓘ
Nora Helmer repays the loan in secret ⓘ
Nora Helmer confronts Torvald Helmer about their marriage ⓘ
Nora Helmer leaves her husband and children at the end of the play ⓘ