formerName

P65
predicate

Indicates that an entity was previously known by a different name in the past.

All labels observed (200)

Label Occurrences
birthName 17,256
formerName canonical 16,539
originalTitle 3,663

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: formerName
Generated description
Indicates that an entity was previously known by a different name in the past.

Sample triples (51,408)

Subject Object
Internet Architecture Board Internet Activities Board via predicate surface "renamedFrom"
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Oregon Museum of Science and Industry self-linksurface differs
surface form: City of Portland Museum of Science and Industry
Bailey
surface form: Bailey Whitfield Diffie
Whitfield Diffie via predicate surface "birthName"
surface form: Bailey Whitfield Diffie
Mellon Institute of Industrial Research Mellon Institute of Industrial Research self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mellon Institute of Industrial Research of the University of Pittsburgh
Pinnacles National Park Pinnacles National Park via predicate surface "previousDesignation" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Pinnacles National Monument
Henry
surface form: Henry Kissinger
Henry A. Kissinger via predicate surface "birthName"
surface form: Heinz Alfred Kissinger
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
surface form: Robert Breck Brigham Hospital
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston Hospital for Women
Lieserl Einstein Lieserl Einstein via predicate surface "birthName" self-link
Charles Proteus Steinmetz Charles Proteus Steinmetz via predicate surface "birthName" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Karl August Rudolph Steinmetz
LaGuardia Airport Glenn H. Curtiss Airport via predicate surface "previousName"
LaGuardia Airport North Beach Airport via predicate surface "previousName"
Carleton College Northfield College via predicate surface "originalName"
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania self-linksurface differs
surface form: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Vasily Stalin Vasily Stalin via predicate surface "birthName" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Vasily Iosifovich Dzhugashvili
Qantas Qantas via predicate surface "originalName" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited
Zhukovsky International Airport Zhukovsky International Airport via predicate surface "formerlyKnownAs" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ramenskoye Airport
Blackstone Inc. Blackstone Inc. self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Blackstone Group L.P.
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Mustafa via predicate surface "birthName"
Christopher Luxon Christopher Luxon via predicate surface "birthName" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Christopher Mark Luxon
Laurene Powell Jobs Laurene Powell via predicate surface "birthName"
Delphi (programming language)
surface form: Delphi
Delphi (programming language) via predicate surface "originalName" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Delphi 1
People's Liberation Army People's Liberation Army self-linksurface differs
surface form: Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
People's Liberation Army National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
surface form: Eighth Route Army
People's Liberation Army New Fourth Army
Serge Koussevitzky Sergei Aleksandrovich Kusevitsky via predicate surface "birthName"
Geoffrey Rush Geoffrey Rush via predicate surface "birthName" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Geoffrey Roy Rush
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role self-linksurface differs
surface form: BAFTA Award for Best British Actor
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role self-linksurface differs
surface form: BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role self-linksurface differs
surface form: BAFTA Award for Best Actor
Kate Mara Kate Rooney Mara via predicate surface "birthName"
Tom Hanks Tom Hanks via predicate surface "birthName" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Thomas Jeffrey Hanks
Whoopi Goldberg Caryn Elaine Johnson via predicate surface "birthName"
Steve Martin Stephen Glenn Martin via predicate surface "birthName"
Newsweek magazine
surface form: Newsweek
Newsweek magazine via predicate surface "originalName" self-linksurface differs
surface form: News-Week
Telcordia Technologies Telcordia Technologies self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bell Communications Research
Izmir Smyrna via predicate surface "historicalName"
Plaza de Bolívar Plaza Mayor
Plaza de Bolívar Plaza de la Constitución
Plaza de Bolívar Plaza de la Independencia
Valerie Jarrett Valerie June Bowman via predicate surface "birthName"
National Urban League National Urban League via predicate surface "originalName" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Committee on Urban Conditions Among Negroes
Piccadilly Portugal Street via predicate surface "historicalName"
Charles Barry Charles Barry via predicate surface "birthName" self-link
Manchester Central Convention Complex G-Mex Centre
Manchester Central Convention Complex Manchester International Convention Centre
Comboios de Portugal Comboios de Portugal self-linksurface differs
surface form: Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses
Emmanuel Lubezki Emmanuel Lubezki via predicate surface "birthName" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Emmanuel Lubezki Morgenstern
Honoré de Balzac Honoré de Balzac via predicate surface "birthName" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Honoré Balzac