officeContested

P495
predicate

Indicates that a particular office or position is being actively sought or challenged by multiple parties in an election or selection process.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
officeContested canonical 2,621
officeContestedIn 264
positionContested 118

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: officeContested
Generated description
Indicates that a particular office or position is being actively sought or challenged by multiple parties in an election or selection process.

Sample triples (3,061)

Subject Object
Jeremy Corbyn Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Henry Pelham Member of Parliament
Valentin Pavlov leadership of the Soviet government
Edward FitzRoy seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Marinus Willett Governor of New York
Jamaal Myers Toronto City Council seat
Kurt Georg Kiesinger Chancellor of Germany
surface form: Chancellorship of West Germany
Ernő Gerő General Secretary of the Hungarian Working People's Party
George Troup Governor of Georgia
Sir Thomas Osborne
surface form: Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds
Prime ministerial leadership under Charles II
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius President of the South African Republic
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius President of the Orange Free State
Kay Bailey Hutchison Governor of Texas
Truong Chinh leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam
Red River County Judge Red River County general elections via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
Kwame Kilpatrick Mayor of Detroit
San Francisco mayoral election, 2018 Mayor of San Francisco via predicate surface "positionContested"
Wilbur Ross Secretary of Commerce of the United States
surface form: U.S. Secretary of Commerce
Marianne Schuurmans-Wijdeven municipal office in the Netherlands
Neil Kinnock Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Texas's 2nd congressional district biennial U.S. House elections via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
Checkers speech Vice President of the United States
Nicolae Ceaușescu leadership of the Romanian Communist Party
John Llewellin Member of Parliament for Uxbridge
San Francisco mayoral election, 2019 Mayor of San Francisco
Premier of Quebec Quebec general election via predicate surface "officeContestedIn"
1996 United States presidential election President of the United States
Joseph W. Martin Jr. Governor of Massachusetts
John W. McCormack United States House of Representatives elections
William Simon
surface form: William E. Simon
Governor of New Jersey
José Justo Corro President of Mexico
Greg Abbott Governor of Texas
James R. Thompson Governor of Illinois
Norman Mineta United States House of Representatives elections
surface form: U.S. House of Representatives elections in California
August Zaleski President of Poland
Justin Bibb Mayor of Cleveland
Josiah Winslow governorship of Plymouth Colony
John Marshall Harlan Governor of Kentucky
Lester
surface form: Lester B. Pearson
House of Commons of Canada seat
Necmettin Erbakan Prime Minister of Turkey
Monica De La Cruz United States House of Representatives
Elbridge Gerry President of the United States
Francisco Javier Venegas leadership of royalist forces in New Spain
Texas's 13th congressional district U.S. Representative
Andrew Holness Prime Minister of Jamaica
Bertrand H. Snell U.S. House of Representatives elections in New York via predicate surface "office contested"
surface form: United States House of Representatives elections in New York
Henry Vane the Younger Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull
Henry Vane the Younger Member of Parliament for Wilton
Henry Vane the Younger Member of Parliament for Kent
Lowell Weicker President of the United States