governs

P760
predicate

Indicates that one entity exercises authoritative control, direction, or rule over another entity or domain.

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All labels observed (109)

Label Occurrences
governs canonical 40,211
controls 3,498
enforces 2,464

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: governs
Generated description
Indicates that one entity exercises authoritative control, direction, or rule over another entity or domain.

Sample triples (56,947)

Subject Object
Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order cleanup of radioactive waste via predicate surface "governsActivity" ⓘ
Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order cleanup of hazardous chemical waste via predicate surface "governsActivity" ⓘ
Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order compliance with environmental laws via predicate surface "governsActivity" ⓘ
Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order coordination among federal and state agencies at Hanford ⓘ
Tri-Party Agreement cleanup of underground storage tanks at Hanford ⓘ
Tri-Party Agreement cleanup of contaminated soil and groundwater at Hanford ⓘ
Tri-Party Agreement closure of waste treatment and storage units at Hanford ⓘ
1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union structure of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ⓘ
1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union relationship between union republics and the union ⓘ
Executive Board
surface form: Executive Board (Coimbra Group)
activities of the Coimbra Group ⓘ
Southern Uplands Fault regional topography between Central Lowlands and Southern Uplands via predicate surface "controls" ⓘ
UK–US Extradition Treaty transfer of persons for prosecution ⓘ
UK–US Extradition Treaty transfer of persons for sentencing ⓘ
Northern Ireland Executive Northern Ireland ⓘ
New York Court of Appeals precedent binding on all New York state courts ⓘ
Diocese of Honduras diocesan convention or synod via predicate surface "hasGoverningBody" ⓘ
World Council of Churches World Council of Churches via predicate surface "hasGoverningBody" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Assembly of the World Council of Churches
World Council of Churches Central Committee of the World Council of Churches via predicate surface "hasGoverningBody" ⓘ
audit and compliance committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
surface form: Audit and Compliance Committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
audit policies of the University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
audit and compliance committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
surface form: Audit and Compliance Committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
compliance policies of the University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
IMO Council strategic direction of the International Maritime Organization ⓘ
IMO Council administrative affairs of the International Maritime Organization ⓘ
Long Parliament 1640
surface form: Long Parliament
trial of Charles I via predicate surface "oversaw" ⓘ
Oregon Supreme Court Oregon Rules of Appellate Procedure ⓘ
Grand National Assembly of Turkey national legislation of Turkey ⓘ
Washington County Board of Commissioners Washington County, Oregon ⓘ
GSAS graduate education in arts and sciences at Harvard University ⓘ
Rules of the House of Representatives legislative process in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
Rules of the House of Representatives floor debate in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
Rules of the House of Representatives amendment process in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
Rules of the House of Representatives voting procedures in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
Rules of the House of Representatives order of business in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
Rules of the House of Representatives committee procedures in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
Rules of the House of Representatives ethics standards for members of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
Rules of the House of Representatives recognition of members to speak on the House floor ⓘ
Rules of the House of Representatives introduction of bills and resolutions in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
Rules of the House of Representatives referral of legislation to committees ⓘ
Rules of the House of Representatives motions and points of order in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
Rules of the House of Representatives quorum requirements in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
Rules of the House of Representatives roll-call voting in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
Rules of the House of Representatives use of the previous question motion ⓘ
Rules of the House of Representatives procedures for reconsideration of votes ⓘ
Rules of the House of Representatives procedures for suspending the rules ⓘ
Rules of the House of Representatives procedures for special rules reported by the Rules Committee ⓘ
Rules of the House of Representatives ethics investigations by the Committee on Ethics ⓘ
Rules of the House of Representatives discharge petitions in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
Rules of the House of Representatives budget and appropriations procedures in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
Rules of the House of Representatives conference committee procedures ⓘ
Rules of the House of Representatives procedures for impeachment in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
Rules of the House of Representatives administration of oaths to members ⓘ