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
California Natural Resources Agency statewide natural resource programs in California ⓘ
New York City Council New York City municipal agencies ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief, North America British Army operations in North America ⓘ
General Convention of the Episcopal Church doctrine of the Episcopal Church ⓘ
General Convention of the Episcopal Church discipline of the Episcopal Church ⓘ
General Convention of the Episcopal Church worship of the Episcopal Church ⓘ
Shenyang multiple districts ⓘ
Patriot League regular season competition ⓘ
Patriot League conference championships ⓘ
San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department park rules and regulations in San Francisco ⓘ
Greater London Authority Greater London ⓘ
Regulation T extension of credit by securities brokers ⓘ
Regulation T extension of credit by securities dealers ⓘ
Regulation T margin requirements for purchasing securities ⓘ
Eureka City Council Eureka, California ⓘ
surface form: City of Eureka, California
Senate Rules and administrative policies legislative operations of the California State Senate ⓘ
Senate Rules and administrative policies administrative operations of the California State Senate ⓘ
Japanese Central China Area Army commanders offensives against Chinese National Revolutionary Army forces via predicate surface "oversaw" ⓘ
Akademio de Esperanto normative aspects of Esperanto ⓘ
Nevada Legislature Nevada ⓘ
surface form: State of Nevada
Title 32 of the United States Code organization of the National Guard ⓘ
Title 32 of the United States Code training of the National Guard ⓘ
Title 32 of the United States Code duties of the National Guard ⓘ
Title 32 of the United States Code National Guard service under state authority with federal support ⓘ
Title 32 of the United States Code National Guard personnel management ⓘ
Title 32 of the United States Code National Guard pay and allowances in certain duty statuses ⓘ
Title 32 of the United States Code National Guard training duty status ⓘ
Title 32 of the United States Code National Guard inactive-duty training ⓘ
Title 32 of the United States Code National Guard full-time National Guard duty ⓘ
Title 32 of the United States Code Air Reserve Technicians ⓘ
surface form: National Guard technicians
Title 32 of the United States Code National Guard federal recognition ⓘ
Title 32 of the United States Code National Guard discipline and courts-martial under certain conditions ⓘ
Title 32 of the United States Code National Guard use for homeland defense activities ⓘ
Title 32 of the United States Code National Guard use for domestic operations with federal funding ⓘ
Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain Royal Navy via predicate surface "oversaw" ⓘ
Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain British Army via predicate surface "oversaw" ⓘ
Field Army divisional-level formations of the British Army via predicate surface "controls" ⓘ
Field Army brigade-level formations of the British Army via predicate surface "controls" ⓘ
Field Army enablers and combat support formations via predicate surface "controls" ⓘ
Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution suits against U.S. states by out-of-state citizens ⓘ
Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution suits against U.S. states by foreign citizens or subjects ⓘ
Pro Football Hall of Fame selection process for Hall of Fame inductees ⓘ
Skinner box stimulus presentation via predicate surface "controls" ⓘ
Skinner box timing of reinforcement via predicate surface "controls" ⓘ
Skinner box contingencies between behavior and outcome via predicate surface "controls" ⓘ
Lord High Admiral of England Board of Admiralty via predicate surface "oversaw" ⓘ
surface form: Board of Admiralty (in some periods)
Lord Kitchener expansion of the British Army in 1914–1915 via predicate surface "oversaw" ⓘ
Cronus Titans via predicate surface "ruled" ⓘ
Board of Trustees of the J. Paul Getty Trust J. Paul Getty Trust ⓘ
Vice Enforcement Division New York State statutes via predicate surface "enforces" ⓘ
surface form: New York State Penal Law