commonName

P570
predicate

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

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
Yangtze river dolphin (baiji)
surface form: Yangtze river dolphin
baiji
Myrmeciinae bulldog ants subfamily
Myrmeciinae jack jumper ants subfamily
Obetia stinging nettles
Sarcochlamys sarcochlamys
All Souls College, Oxford All Souls College NERFINISHED
Purple finch purple finch
Caenorhabditis elegans Caenorhabditis elegans self-linksurface differs
surface form: C. elegans
Ascaris lumbricoides giant intestinal roundworm
Elaeagnus oleasters
Elaeagnus silverberries
Games of the XXVI Olympiad 1996 Summer Olympics
Girardinia girardinia nettles
Girardinia
surface form: Girardinia diversifolia
Boehmeria
surface form: Himalayan nettle
Eishockey-Bundesliga Eishockey-Bundesliga self-linksurface differs
surface form: German Ice Hockey Bundesliga
Laportea laporteas
Laportea nettle family via predicate surface "familyCommonName"
Larrea tridentata creosote bush
Larrea tridentata chaparral
Hovenia
surface form: Hovenia dulcis
Japanese raisin tree
Hovenia
surface form: Hovenia dulcis
Hovenia self-linksurface differs
surface form: Oriental raisin tree
Colubrina colubrina
Staurozoa stalked jellyfish
Alcelaphinae alcelaphines
Reduncinae reduncine antelopes
Enterobius vermicularis human pinworm
Enterobius vermicularis threadworm
Heterodera glycines soybean cyst nematode
Cephalophinae duikers
Hydrozoa hydrozoans
San Joaquin kit fox San Joaquin kit fox self-link
Malacostraca malacostracans via predicate surface "hasCommonName"
Euphausiacea krill
Cubozoa box jellyfish
Major Oak English oak
Parietaria pellitory
Parietaria pellitory-of-the-wall
Hippotraginae grazing antelopes
Delta smelt Delta smelt self-link
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2016
Camponotus pennsylvanicus black carpenter ant
Camponotus pennsylvanicus Pennsylvania carpenter ant
Boehmeria boehmerias
Rhamnus cathartica common buckthorn
Rhamnus cathartica Rhamnus cathartica self-linksurface differs
surface form: European buckthorn
Ventilago Ventilago self-link
Helinus helinus
Geochelone geochelone tortoises
Sialia bluebirds
Turdidae thrushes