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
US GAAP financial instruments accounting ⓘ
US GAAP hedge accounting ⓘ
US GAAP share-based payment accounting ⓘ
US GAAP business combination accounting ⓘ
US GAAP fair value measurement ⓘ
US GAAP contingencies and provisions ⓘ
US GAAP subsequent events reporting ⓘ
US GAAP related party disclosures ⓘ
US GAAP cash flow statement presentation ⓘ
US GAAP comprehensive income reporting ⓘ
US GAAP interim financial reporting ⓘ
US GAAP noncontrolling interests in consolidated financial statements ⓘ
US GAAP debt and equity classification ⓘ
US GAAP asset retirement obligations ⓘ
US GAAP restructuring charges ⓘ
US GAAP segment disclosures ⓘ
US GAAP discontinued operations reporting ⓘ
US GAAP foreign currency translation ⓘ
US GAAP consolidation of variable interest entities ⓘ
US GAAP accounting changes and error corrections ⓘ
US GAAP intangible assets accounting ⓘ
US GAAP software development cost accounting ⓘ
US GAAP oil and gas accounting in certain industries ⓘ
US GAAP insurance contract accounting ⓘ
US GAAP pension and other postretirement benefit accounting ⓘ
US GAAP nonmonetary transactions ⓘ
US GAAP troubled debt restructurings ⓘ
US GAAP consolidation of majority-owned subsidiaries ⓘ
US GAAP presentation of balance sheet ⓘ
US GAAP presentation of income statement ⓘ
US GAAP presentation of statement of shareholders’ equity ⓘ
US GAAP presentation of statement of cash flows ⓘ
Code of Criminal Procedure of Japan criminal investigations in Japan ⓘ
Code of Criminal Procedure of Japan criminal prosecutions in Japan ⓘ
Code of Criminal Procedure of Japan criminal trials in Japan ⓘ
Code of Criminal Procedure of Japan criminal appeals in Japan ⓘ
Code of Criminal Procedure of Japan pretrial detention procedures in Japan ⓘ
Code of Criminal Procedure of Japan rules of evidence in Japanese criminal cases ⓘ
Code of Criminal Procedure of Japan interrogation procedures in Japan ⓘ
Code of Criminal Procedure of Japan search and seizure procedures in Japan ⓘ
Code of Criminal Procedure of Japan warrant issuance procedures in Japan ⓘ
Code of Criminal Procedure of Japan public prosecution procedures in Japan ⓘ
Code of Criminal Procedure of Japan private prosecution procedures in Japan ⓘ
Code of Criminal Procedure of Japan summary criminal procedures in Japan ⓘ
Code of Criminal Procedure of Japan appeal and retrial procedures in Japan ⓘ
National Police Agency of Japan National Public Safety Commission of Japan via predicate surface "oversight" ⓘ
APS Divisions topical groups within APS ⓘ
Massachusetts Rules of Professional Conduct professional conduct of lawyers in Massachusetts ⓘ
Massachusetts Rules of Professional Conduct ethical responsibilities of lawyers in Massachusetts ⓘ
Supreme Court of India judicial precedents via predicate surface "governsSubordinateCourtsThrough" ⓘ