is

P637
predicate

Indicates that two entities are equivalent, share an attribute, or stand in a specified state or relation to each other.

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All labels observed (19)

Label Occurrences
is canonical 2,981
relationship 1,414
are 97

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: is
Generated description
Indicates that two entities are equivalent, share an attribute, or stand in a specified state or relation to each other.

Sample triples (4,626)

Subject Object
Long Beach one of the largest cities in California ⓘ
Long Beach one of the largest cities in the Los Angeles metropolitan area ⓘ
ICMP connectionless ⓘ
ICMP unreliable ⓘ
Guangzhou major port city ⓘ
Guangzhou commercial hub ⓘ
Guangzhou manufacturing hub ⓘ
Guangzhou transportation hub ⓘ
The Quarry (park) central venue for local events in Shrewsbury ⓘ
The Quarry (park) major public open space in Shrewsbury ⓘ
University of Chile one of the oldest universities in Chile ⓘ
University of Chile one of the most prestigious universities in Chile ⓘ
University of Chile one of the most prestigious universities in Latin America ⓘ
National Military Strategy implements aspects of the National Security Strategy via predicate surface "relationship" ⓘ
National Military Strategy translates National Defense Strategy into military guidance via predicate surface "relationship" ⓘ
CUL
surface form: Cambridge University Library
main research library of the University of Cambridge ⓘ
CUL
surface form: Cambridge University Library
one of the largest academic libraries in the United Kingdom ⓘ
CUL
surface form: Cambridge University Library
one of the most important academic libraries in the United Kingdom ⓘ
Hamburg second-largest city in Germany ⓘ
Hamburg major European port ⓘ
Hamburg major cultural center in northern Europe ⓘ
Lynden, Washington small city ⓘ
London Borough of Bromley largest London borough by area ⓘ
Harare main economic center of Zimbabwe ⓘ
Harare main political center of Zimbabwe ⓘ
Harare main cultural center of Zimbabwe ⓘ
Harare seat of the Government of Zimbabwe ⓘ
Harare transport hub of Zimbabwe ⓘ
George Falconer in A Single Man
surface form: George Falconer
Jim via predicate surface "relationship" ⓘ
Jeddah major Saudi Arabian port city ⓘ
Guayaquil principal commercial center of Ecuador ⓘ
Guayaquil principal industrial center of Ecuador ⓘ
Guayaquil major Pacific port city ⓘ
Guayaquil largest city in Ecuador by population ⓘ
Ado Annie Carnes fiancée of Will Parker via predicate surface "relationship" ⓘ
Anchorage largest city in Alaska by population ⓘ
Anchorage economic hub of Alaska ⓘ
Anchorage transportation hub of Alaska ⓘ
Anchorage cultural hub of Alaska ⓘ
Anchorage regional hub for the Arctic ⓘ
Karachi largest city in Pakistan by population ⓘ
Karachi economic hub of Pakistan ⓘ
Karachi major seaport of Pakistan ⓘ
Karachi former capital of Pakistan ⓘ
Fabaceae large plant family ⓘ
Fabaceae economically important plant family ⓘ
Houghton Library principal rare books and manuscripts library of Harvard University ⓘ
Brom Bones rival of Ichabod Crane via predicate surface "relationship" ⓘ
Brom Bones suitor of Katrina Van Tassel via predicate surface "relationship" ⓘ
Yokohama Japan’s second-largest city by population ⓘ