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
House of Lippe County of Lippe via predicate surface "ruled" ⓘ
House of Lippe Principality of Lippe via predicate surface "ruled" ⓘ
Head Office (UK Ministry of Defence) defence policy framework of the UK ⓘ
Ulster Unionist Party Northern Ireland Parliament via predicate surface "governed" ⓘ
surface form: Northern Ireland government 1921–1972
Board of the Fritt Ord Foundation Fritt Ord Foundation ⓘ
Lidingö Municipality Lidingö ⓘ
surface form: Lidingö Island
Sol Earth’s climate ⓘ
Sol Earth’s seasons ⓘ
Sol Earth’s day–night cycle ⓘ
UK Sport elite athlete performance pathways via predicate surface "oversight" ⓘ
UK Sport UK high-performance coaching strategy via predicate surface "oversight" ⓘ
Belmont Select Board Belmont, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Town of Belmont, Massachusetts
University Affairs Board (University of Toronto) university-wide academic issues ⓘ
University Affairs Board (University of Toronto) university-wide student affairs issues ⓘ
NPVIC how member jurisdictions appoint presidential electors ⓘ
Federal Election Commission federal campaign finance laws via predicate surface "enforces" ⓘ
Federal Election Commission limits on contributions to federal candidates via predicate surface "enforces" ⓘ
Federal Election Commission limits on contributions to political committees via predicate surface "enforces" ⓘ
Federal Election Commission public financing rules for presidential elections via predicate surface "enforces" ⓘ
Federal Election Commission prohibitions on foreign national contributions in federal elections via predicate surface "enforces" ⓘ
Federal Election Commission disclaimer and disclosure requirements for political advertising via predicate surface "enforces" ⓘ
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 budget authority for many federal departments and agencies in FY 2023 ⓘ
Chapter 3 – Protection of the President; United States Secret Service coordination of protective functions with other agencies ⓘ
Chapter 4 – Delegation of Functions procedures for delegating presidential functions ⓘ
Chapter 4 – Delegation of Functions scope of delegable presidential powers ⓘ
Chapter 4 – Delegation of Functions conditions for delegation of executive duties ⓘ
Occupational Safety and Health Administration Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 via predicate surface "enforces" ⓘ
Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA standards codified in 29 CFR via predicate surface "enforces" ⓘ
Occupational Safety and Health Administration general duty clause for workplace safety via predicate surface "enforces" ⓘ
Broadcasting Board of Governors U.S. government–funded non-military international broadcasting ⓘ
Regulation D reserve ratios for transaction accounts ⓘ
Regulation D reserve ratios for nonpersonal time deposits ⓘ
Board of Governors Committee on Supervision and Regulation supervisory approaches used by the Federal Reserve ⓘ
United Kingdom Ministry of Defence defence policy of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Executive Board of the World Health Organization World Health Organization between sessions of the World Health Assembly ⓘ
Rules of Court of the International Court of Justice procedure of the International Court of Justice ⓘ
Rules of Court of the International Court of Justice contentious cases before the International Court of Justice ⓘ
Rules of Court of the International Court of Justice advisory proceedings before the International Court of Justice ⓘ
Rules of Court of the International Court of Justice organization of the International Court of Justice ⓘ
Rules of Court of the International Court of Justice powers of judges of the International Court of Justice ⓘ
Rules of Court of the International Court of Justice duties of judges of the International Court of Justice ⓘ
Rules of Court of the International Court of Justice duties of the Registrar of the International Court of Justice ⓘ
United Nations General Assembly resolutions work of United Nations organs via predicate surface "regulate" ⓘ
Washington Air Route Traffic Control Center instrument flight rules traffic via predicate surface "controls" ⓘ
Washington Air Route Traffic Control Center visual flight rules traffic via predicate surface "controls" ⓘ
Isle of Man Constabulary Isle of Man criminal law via predicate surface "enforces" ⓘ
Isle of Man Constabulary road traffic legislation via predicate surface "enforces" ⓘ
Isle of Man Constabulary public order legislation via predicate surface "enforces" ⓘ
Vale of Glamorgan Vale of Glamorgan via predicate surface "hasGoverningBody" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vale of Glamorgan Council
Auditor General of the Army Army-wide internal audit policies and procedures ⓘ