formerColonialStatus

P59055
predicate

Indicates that one entity previously held colonial authority or control over another entity, but that colonial relationship has since ended.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
formerColonialStatus canonical 9
formerColonialAdministration 4
colonialStatusEnded 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: formerColonialStatus
Generated description
Indicates that one entity previously held colonial authority or control over another entity, but that colonial relationship has since ended.

Sample triples (19)

Subject Object
Tanganyika British mandate ⓘ
Tanganyika United Nations trust territory ⓘ
association of African and Malagasy States
surface form: Association of African and Malagasy States
France via predicate surface "formerColonialPowerContext" ⓘ
South Canara (part) Madras Presidency via predicate surface "formerColonialAdministration" ⓘ
French Guinea French West African colony ⓘ
Ellice Islands British protectorate ⓘ
Ellice Islands British crown colony ⓘ
Suez Canal Zone British military occupation area in Egypt ⓘ
Ifni enclave Spanish North Africa ⓘ
surface form: Spanish West Africa
Government of São Tomé and Príncipe Portugal via predicate surface "formerColonialPowerOfState" ⓘ
Schweizer-Reneke, Transvaal, South Africa
surface form: Schweizer-Reneke
Transvaal Colony via predicate surface "formerColonialAdministration" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Independence of Zanzibar British protectorate over Zanzibar via predicate surface "colonialStatusEnded" ⓘ
Haut-Uélé Province part of Belgian Congo Orientale Province via predicate surface "formerColonialAdministration" ⓘ
Central Province, Papua New Guinea Territory of Papua (under Australia) via predicate surface "formerColonialAdministration" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Independence of South Sudan Anglo-Egyptian Sudan via predicate surface "formerColonialHistoryContext" NERFINISHED ⓘ
German South-West Africa was later administered as a League of Nations mandate by the Union of South Africa
surface form: German South-West Africa
German protectorate ⓘ
Ifni territory Spanish possession in North Africa ⓘ
modern France French colonial empire via predicate surface "formerColonialEmpire" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Incadine, Gaza Province, Portuguese Mozambique Portugal via predicate surface "formerColonialTerritoryOf" NERFINISHED ⓘ