commonName

P570
predicate

Indicates that one entity is the commonly used or vernacular name by which the other entity is known.

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All labels observed (21)

Label Occurrences
commonName canonical 8,606
hasCommonName 929
courtesyName 229

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: commonName
Generated description
Indicates that one entity is the commonly used or vernacular name by which the other entity is known.

Sample triples (9,846)

Subject Object
Fiordland crested penguin / tawaki
surface form: Fiordland crested penguin
tawaki ⓘ
New Zealand fur seal New Zealand fur seal self-link ⓘ
New Zealand fur seal New Zealand fur seal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: long-nosed fur seal
Eurasian sparrowhawk Eurasian sparrowhawk self-link ⓘ
Eurasian sparrowhawk sparrowhawk ⓘ
Carnegiea saguaro genus via predicate surface "hasCommonName" ⓘ
Perissodactyla odd-toed ungulates ⓘ
Khanate of Khiva Khiva ⓘ
Cyprinodontiformes cyprinodontiform fishes ⓘ
Cyprinodontiformes killifish and allies ⓘ
École Biblique École Biblique self-link ⓘ
Pandionidae osprey family ⓘ
Embryophyta land plants ⓘ
greater roadrunner greater roadrunner ⓘ
greater roadrunner roadrunner ⓘ
Phyllocladaceae phylloclad family via predicate surface "hasCommonName" ⓘ
Colinus virginianus Northern bobwhite ⓘ
surface form: northern bobwhite
Colinus leucopogon white-throated bobwhite ⓘ
Colinus leucopogon white-throated bobwhite quail ⓘ
Northern bobwhite Northern bobwhite ⓘ
Northern bobwhite bobwhite quail ⓘ
Northern bobwhite Virginia quail ⓘ
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Chinese hibiscus ⓘ
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis shoeblackplant ⓘ
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis China rose ⓘ
Sciadopityaceae umbrella-pine family ⓘ
Crested bobwhite crested bobwhite ⓘ
Crested bobwhite crested quail ⓘ
Taxaceae yew family ⓘ
Games of the XX Olympiad 1972 Summer Olympics (Munich) ⓘ
surface form: 1972 Summer Olympics
Queens County Queens ⓘ
Polygonaceae knotweed family ⓘ
Polygonaceae buckwheat family ⓘ
Cephalotaxaceae plum yews ⓘ
Fragaria strawberries ⓘ
Mespilus medlar genus ⓘ
Mespilus
surface form: Mespilus germanica
common medlar ⓘ
Crataegus hawthorn ⓘ
Crataegus hawthorns ⓘ
Crataegus hawberry ⓘ
Crataegus thornapple ⓘ
Crataegus may-tree ⓘ
Crataegus whitethorn ⓘ
Scissor-tailed flycatcher Scissor-tailed flycatcher self-link ⓘ
Scissor-tailed flycatcher Texas bird-of-paradise ⓘ
Eastern redbud Eastern redbud ⓘ
Eastern redbud Eastern redbud self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: American redbud
Saurophaganax maximus Saurophaganax maximus via predicate surface "hasCommonName" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Saurophaganax
White bass white bass ⓘ
Rose rock barite rose via predicate surface "hasCommonName" ⓘ