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
Charter of the City and County of San Francisco certain functions of the judicial and quasi‑judicial bodies of San Francisco ⓘ
Charter of the City and County of San Francisco Government of San Francisco ⓘ
surface form: consolidated city‑county government of San Francisco
Placer County government Placer County ⓘ
surface form: Placer County, California
Supreme Court of California practice and procedure in California state courts ⓘ
Article 6 of the Constitution of Japan Prime Minister of Japan via predicate surface "governsOffice" ⓘ
Article 6 of the Constitution of Japan Chief Justice of Japan via predicate surface "governsOffice" ⓘ
surface form: Chief Judge of the Supreme Court of Japan
Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1977 employment relationships in interstate commerce ⓘ
Steinbrenner family Yankee Global Enterprises via predicate surface "controls" ⓘ
Steinbrenner family YES Network via predicate surface "controls" ⓘ
surface form: YES Network (major stake historically)
Title 26 of the United States Code assessment of federal taxes ⓘ
Title 26 of the United States Code collection of federal taxes ⓘ
Title 26 of the United States Code federal tax liabilities of taxpayers in the United States ⓘ
Article XI
surface form: Article XI (Genocide Convention)
application of the Convention to states that accede after 1951-01-12 ⓘ
Miami-Dade County Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners via predicate surface "hasGoverningBody" ⓘ
Fleet Air Arm frontline naval air squadrons via predicate surface "controls" ⓘ
Fleet Air Arm training squadrons via predicate surface "controls" ⓘ
Fleet Air Arm support squadrons via predicate surface "controls" ⓘ
Monmouthshire County Council Monmouthshire ⓘ
surface form: county of Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire County Council Abergavenny via predicate surface "governsSettlement" ⓘ
Monmouthshire County Council Caldicot via predicate surface "governsSettlement" ⓘ
Monmouthshire County Council Chepstow via predicate surface "governsSettlement" ⓘ
Monmouthshire County Council Monmouth via predicate surface "governsSettlement" ⓘ
Monmouthshire County Council Usk via predicate surface "governsSettlement" ⓘ
Monmouthshire County Council elected councillors via predicate surface "hasGoverningBody" ⓘ
NCAA women’s basketball game rules via predicate surface "governsRulesArea" ⓘ
NCAA women’s basketball recruiting via predicate surface "governsRulesArea" ⓘ
NCAA women’s basketball eligibility via predicate surface "governsRulesArea" ⓘ
NCAA women’s basketball amateurism via predicate surface "governsRulesArea" ⓘ
NCAA women’s basketball scholarship limits via predicate surface "governsRulesArea" ⓘ
Corine Mauch Zurich ⓘ
surface form: City of Zürich
Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks classification of goods for trademark registration ⓘ
Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks classification of services for trademark registration ⓘ
Office of the National Security Advisor to the Vice President staff work on national security issues for the Vice President ⓘ
Massachusetts Bay Company Massachusetts Bay Colony via predicate surface "governed" ⓘ
Maurice Podoloff merger of the Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League via predicate surface "oversaw" ⓘ
Article XII
surface form: Article XII of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
interaction between the Genocide Convention and other international agreements of States Parties ⓘ
Kantei executive functions of the Japanese state ⓘ
Title 31 of the United States Code U.S. public finance ⓘ
Title 31 of the United States Code U.S. Treasury operations ⓘ
Title 31 of the United States Code federal financial management ⓘ
Title 31 of the United States Code federal appropriations accounting ⓘ
Title 31 of the United States Code federal financial reporting ⓘ
Title 31 of the United States Code anti-money laundering obligations for certain financial institutions ⓘ
Federal Communications Commission communications laws and regulations via predicate surface "enforces" ⓘ
House of Bruce Kingdom of Scotland via predicate surface "ruled" ⓘ
Scottish Football Association Scotland national football team ⓘ
Scottish Football Association Scotland women's national football team ⓘ
Scottish Football Association Scotland national under-21 football team ⓘ
Scottish Football Association Scotland national under-19 football team ⓘ
Scottish Football Association Scotland national under-17 football team ⓘ