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
Rajkot one of the largest cities in Gujarat ⓘ
Mike Scioscia first manager to lead Los Angeles Angels to a World Series title ⓘ
Basel SBB railway station largest railway station in Basel ⓘ
Basel SBB railway station one of the busiest railway stations in Switzerland ⓘ
Basel SBB railway station major international railway hub ⓘ
Basel SBB railway station major junction for national train services ⓘ
Basel SBB railway station major junction for cross-border train services ⓘ
MIT Club Wrestling student-run ⓘ
Port of Antwerp one of the largest ports in Europe ⓘ
Port of Antwerp one of the busiest ports in Europe ⓘ
Tanjung Priok Indonesia’s busiest seaport ⓘ
Tanjung Priok Indonesia’s largest seaport ⓘ
Dominican Summer League part of MLB player development pipeline via predicate surface "relationship" ⓘ
Comodoro Rivadavia oil industry hub ⓘ
Comodoro Rivadavia major urban center of Patagonia ⓘ
ALS fatal via predicate surface "isUsually" ⓘ
Nakhodka key port city on Russia’s Pacific coast ⓘ
Nakhodka urban locality ⓘ
Wayne County major industrial hub of Michigan ⓘ
Wayne County major cultural hub of Michigan ⓘ
Eurycleia nurse of Telemachus via predicate surface "relationship" ⓘ
Windsor, Ontario automotive manufacturing hub ⓘ
Windsor, Ontario industrial centre ⓘ
Oxted commuter town ⓘ
Haslemere historic market town ⓘ
Szczecin major seaport ⓘ
Szczecin industrial center ⓘ
Szczecin maritime center ⓘ
Can Tho economic hub of the Mekong Delta ⓘ
Can Tho cultural hub of the Mekong Delta ⓘ
Can Tho one of five centrally governed cities of Vietnam ⓘ
Rocky Mount, North Carolina mid-sized city ⓘ
Hai Phong major port city ⓘ
Hai Phong one of the largest cities in Vietnam ⓘ
Hai Phong important industrial center of Vietnam ⓘ
Hai Phong important seaport of Vietnam ⓘ
Hai Phong municipality directly under central government ⓘ
Zentrum campus historic central campus of ETH Zurich ⓘ
Western Oceanic languages predominantly spoken by coastal and island communities via predicate surface "are" ⓘ
Addison DeWitt manipulates Eve Harrington via predicate surface "relationship" ⓘ
Addison DeWitt Margo Channing via predicate surface "relationship" ⓘ
surface form: observes Margo Channing
Addison DeWitt blackmails Eve Harrington via predicate surface "relationship" ⓘ
Colorado Springs, Colorado second most populous city in Colorado ⓘ
Colorado Springs, Colorado county seat of El Paso County, Colorado ⓘ
Chittagong Principal seaport of Bangladesh ⓘ
Lord President of the Council Member of Parliament or peer via predicate surface "isUsually" ⓘ
Barnstaple, Devon, England
surface form: Barnstaple
historic market and river-port town ⓘ
Novorossiysk major port on Russia’s Black Sea coast ⓘ
Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force highest enlisted rank in the United States Air Force ⓘ
Saint Helier main commercial centre of Jersey ⓘ