usesNameForm

P68644
predicate

Indicates that one entity adopts or applies a particular standardized form or variant of a name associated with another entity.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
usesNameVariant 5
hasDescendantNameForm 3
usesNameForm canonical 3

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: usesNameForm
Generated description
Indicates that one entity adopts or applies a particular standardized form or variant of a name associated with another entity.

Sample triples (20)

Subject Object
Abbey Okulaja Abbey Okulaja self-link ⓘ
Abbey Okulaja Abiodun Okulaja ⓘ
NewTestamentReferences King Solomon via predicate surface "usesNameVariant" ⓘ
surface form: Solomon
NewTestamentReferences Sulayman via predicate surface "usesNameVariant" ⓘ
Cai-Göran Alexander
surface form: Cai-Göran Alexander Stubb
Alexander Stubb ⓘ
Old Norse name Óláfr
surface form: Óláfr
Olave via predicate surface "hasDescendantNameForm" ⓘ
Old Norse name Óláfr
surface form: Óláfr
Olaus via predicate surface "hasDescendantNameForm" ⓘ
Old Norse name Óláfr
surface form: Óláfr
Olao via predicate surface "hasDescendantNameForm" ⓘ
Iain M. Banks Iain M. Banks via predicate surface "differentiatedUseOfName" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Used "Iain M. Banks" for science fiction works
Iain M. Banks Used "Iain Banks" for mainstream fiction via predicate surface "differentiatedUseOfName" ⓘ
Maclean of Kingairloch MacLean via predicate surface "usesSurnameForm" ⓘ
Maclean of Kingairloch McLean via predicate surface "usesSurnameForm" ⓘ
Manzanita Band of Diegueño Mission Indians Manzanita Band of the Kumeyaay Nation via predicate surface "usesNameVariant" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Manzanita Band of Diegueño Mission Indians Manzanita Band of Diegueño Indians via predicate surface "usesNameVariant" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Esh-baal Masoretic Text via predicate surface "nameFormUsedIn" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Esh-baal Septuagint (as Ishbosheth) via predicate surface "nameFormUsedIn" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Crown in right of South Australia The Crown in right of the State of South Australia via predicate surface "legalNameUsedInProceedings" NERFINISHED ⓘ
National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs Base Ball (historical spelling) via predicate surface "usesOfficialNameSpelling" ⓘ
MDC–T (Khupe faction) MDC-T Khupe faction via predicate surface "usesNameVariant" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Al Shahran Al-Shahrani via predicate surface "usesSurnameForm" NERFINISHED ⓘ