employer

P7
predicate

Indicates a relationship where one entity hires, pays, and oversees the work of another entity.

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All labels observed (44)

Label Occurrences
employer canonical 72,899
workLocation 50,883
employs 23,308

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: employer
Generated description
Indicates a relationship where one entity hires, pays, and oversees the work of another entity.

Sample triples (157,471)

Subject Object
George Wallace Alabama ⓘ
surface form: State of Alabama
George Wallace Montgomery, Alabama via predicate surface "workLocation" ⓘ
Edward Durell Stone Edward Durell Stone & Associates ⓘ
Edward Durell Stone New York City via predicate surface "workedAt" ⓘ
Hannibal Hamlin Washington, D.C. via predicate surface "workLocation" ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
Henry
surface form: Henry Kissinger
Harvard University ⓘ
Thomas Boylston Adams United States government ⓘ
Thomas Boylston Adams Port Folio (Philadelphia periodical) ⓘ
Dexter Scott King Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change ⓘ
surface form: The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
Charles Proteus Steinmetz General Electric ⓘ
Charles Proteus Steinmetz Schenectady, New York via predicate surface "workLocation" ⓘ
Nick Holonyak Jr. General Electric ⓘ
Nick Holonyak Jr. Bell Telephone Laboratories ⓘ
Nick Holonyak Jr. University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ⓘ
Nick Holonyak Jr. Urbana, Illinois, United States via predicate surface "workLocation" ⓘ
Democratic National Committee political strategists via predicate surface "employs" ⓘ
Democratic National Committee fundraising professionals via predicate surface "employs" ⓘ
Democratic National Committee communications staff via predicate surface "employs" ⓘ
Democratic National Committee data analysts via predicate surface "employs" ⓘ
Crown in right of Canada federal public service of Canada via predicate surface "employerOf" ⓘ
Thomas Gray Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge
Thomas Gray Cambridge, England via predicate surface "workLocation" ⓘ
Sergei Korolev Soviet space program ⓘ
Sergei Korolev OKB-1 ⓘ
Sergei Korolev NII-88 ⓘ
Menlo Park Laboratory, New Jersey, United States
surface form: Menlo Park Laboratory
Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Edison
Menlo Park Laboratory, New Jersey, United States
surface form: Menlo Park Laboratory
laboratory assistants via predicate surface "employed" ⓘ
Menlo Park Laboratory, New Jersey, United States
surface form: Menlo Park Laboratory
machinists via predicate surface "employed" ⓘ
Menlo Park Laboratory, New Jersey, United States
surface form: Menlo Park Laboratory
draftsmen via predicate surface "employed" ⓘ
Menlo Park Laboratory, New Jersey, United States
surface form: Menlo Park Laboratory
experimenters via predicate surface "employed" ⓘ
Christopher Luxon Air New Zealand ⓘ
Christopher Luxon Unilever ⓘ
Tobias Read (as Oregon State Treasurer)
surface form: Tobias Read
Oregon ⓘ
surface form: State of Oregon
Tobias Read (as Oregon State Treasurer)
surface form: Tobias Read
Salem, Oregon via predicate surface "workLocation" ⓘ
Abdulfattah Jandali University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ
Abdulfattah Jandali various restaurants in the United States ⓘ
Serge Koussevitzky Boston Symphony Orchestra ⓘ
Mary Lou Jepsen Google ⓘ
Mary Lou Jepsen Facebook ⓘ
Mary Lou Jepsen Oculus VR ⓘ
Silao Assembly General Motors ⓘ
surface form: General Motors Mexico
Iain Canning See-Saw Films ⓘ
Tariq Anwar United Kingdom via predicate surface "workLocation" ⓘ
Frank Mankiewicz National Public Radio ⓘ
Frank Mankiewicz Washington, D.C. via predicate surface "workLocation" ⓘ
Frank Mankiewicz United States of America via predicate surface "workLocation" ⓘ
surface form: United States
Library of Congress catalogers Library of Congress via predicate surface "employedBy" ⓘ
Library of Congress catalogers Washington, D.C. via predicate surface "workLocation" ⓘ
Ellen DeGeneres NBC ⓘ
Ellen DeGeneres Warner Bros. Television ⓘ