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
NCAA Division III Management Council Division III institutional athletics programs ⓘ
National Convention abolition of the French monarchy via predicate surface "oversaw" ⓘ
National Convention proclamation of the First French Republic via predicate surface "oversaw" ⓘ
Keijo Imperial University Japanese colonial administration in Korea via predicate surface "governedUnder" ⓘ
Dicastery for Bishops Roman Catholic episcopal appointments outside mission territories and Eastern Churches ⓘ
Wayne Township, DuPage County, Illinois Wayne Township Board via predicate surface "hasGoverningBody" ⓘ
NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ
surface form: NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship
Australian Securities and Investments Commission corporations law in Australia via predicate surface "enforces" ⓘ
Australian Securities and Investments Commission financial services law in Australia via predicate surface "enforces" ⓘ
Australian Securities and Investments Commission market integrity rules via predicate surface "enforces" ⓘ
Australian Securities and Investments Commission consumer credit law in Australia via predicate surface "enforces" ⓘ
International Seabed Authority mineral resources of the Area ⓘ
Convention on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development operation of the OECD as an international organisation ⓘ
Convention on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD’s internal structure and organs ⓘ
Convention on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD’s external relations with member states ⓘ
Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank conduct of monetary policy in the euro area ⓘ
Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank foreign-exchange operations of the ESCB ⓘ
Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank management of the official foreign reserves of the Member States by the ECB ⓘ
Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank operation of payment systems in the euro area ⓘ
Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank collection and use of statistical data by the ESCB ⓘ
Romanian Academy Romanian orthography ⓘ
Romanian Academy Romanian grammar standards ⓘ
Illinois frontier Territory Northwest of the River Ohio via predicate surface "governedUnder" ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Territory administration
Illinois frontier Illinois Territory administration via predicate surface "governedUnder" ⓘ
Littleton Police Department Massachusetts General Laws via predicate surface "enforces" ⓘ
Littleton Police Department Town of Littleton bylaws via predicate surface "enforces" ⓘ
North Carolina General Assembly North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: State of North Carolina
Nobel Committee for Physics shortlisting of Nobel Prize in Physics candidates ⓘ
FAO Conference overall policy of the Food and Agriculture Organization ⓘ
Patent Cooperation Treaty procedure for international patent applications ⓘ
Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs international registration of industrial designs ⓘ
WIPO Coordination Committee administrative aspects of WIPO’s operations ⓘ
San Diego Association of Governments regional comprehensive plan for San Diego region ⓘ
Sir George Carteret Channel Islands (crown dependencies) via predicate surface "governed" ⓘ
surface form: Island of Jersey
L.A.M.C.
surface form: Los Angeles Municipal Code
Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: City of Los Angeles
Metro Board of Directors Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority policies ⓘ
German Foreign Office foreign service law of Germany ⓘ
Marshal’s Office of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship regional public institutions subordinated to the voivodeship ⓘ
Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Soviet state apparatus via predicate surface "controls" ⓘ
Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Soviet government policy via predicate surface "controls" ⓘ
Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union KGB via predicate surface "controls" ⓘ
surface form: Soviet security apparatus
Norfolk Southern Railway Federal Railroad Administration via predicate surface "safetyRegulator" ⓘ
Air Force Materiel Command Secretary of the Air Force via predicate surface "oversight" ⓘ
surface form: United States Secretary of the Air Force
Air Force Materiel Command Chief of Staff of the Air Force via predicate surface "oversight" ⓘ
University of California Board of Regents University of California system ⓘ
surface form: University of California
New York City Administrative Code New York City ⓘ
Peerage of Ireland Crown in right of the United Kingdom via predicate surface "laterGovernedBy" ⓘ
surface form: Crown of the United Kingdom
See of Canterbury Archbishop’s diocesan jurisdiction of Canterbury ⓘ
Stanford University Board of Trustees Stanford University ⓘ
Stanford University Board of Trustees Stanford University’s overall institutional direction ⓘ