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
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act via predicate surface "enforces" ⓘ
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Fair Debt Collection Practices Act via predicate surface "enforces" ⓘ
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act via predicate surface "enforces" ⓘ
surface form: Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Electronic Fund Transfer Act via predicate surface "enforces" ⓘ
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Home Mortgage Disclosure Act via predicate surface "enforces" ⓘ
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act via predicate surface "enforces" ⓘ
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau federal consumer protection regulations via predicate surface "enforces" ⓘ
Office of Financial Research United States Congress via predicate surface "oversight" ⓘ
Great Yarmouth Borough Council Great Yarmouth ⓘ
surface form: Borough of Great Yarmouth
Communist Party of Vietnam Government of Vietnam via predicate surface "controls" ⓘ
Communist Party of Vietnam People's Army of Vietnam via predicate surface "controls" ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam People's Army
Communist Party of Vietnam Vietnam People's Public Security via predicate surface "controls" ⓘ
USSS
surface form: United States Secret Service
United States Congress via predicate surface "oversight" ⓘ
Municipal government of Guadalajara Guadalajara ⓘ
surface form: City of Guadalajara
Article 41 of the Constitution of Japan allocation of legislative authority in Japan ⓘ
Caledonian fault system basin development in parts of the North Sea via predicate surface "controls" ⓘ
Caledonian fault system distribution of some mineralization in Scotland via predicate surface "controls" ⓘ
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues Minor League Baseball (since 2021 restructuring) via predicate surface "governed" ⓘ
surface form: Minor League Baseball
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues professional baseball leagues via predicate surface "governed" ⓘ
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues minor league baseball teams via predicate surface "governed" ⓘ
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues classification system of minor leagues via predicate surface "oversaw" ⓘ
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues league governance and rules for minor leagues via predicate surface "oversaw" ⓘ
LGA Independent Group its member councillors’ representation on LGA boards ⓘ
Mexican Football Federation Mexican national football system ⓘ
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular season competition ⓘ
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference conference championships ⓘ
military collegium
surface form: Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR
military tribunals of the USSR via predicate surface "oversaw" ⓘ
Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Resources, Environmental Protection, Energy and Transportation budget issues related to California natural resources agencies ⓘ
Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Resources, Environmental Protection, Energy and Transportation budget issues related to California environmental regulatory agencies ⓘ
Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Resources, Environmental Protection, Energy and Transportation budget issues related to California energy programs ⓘ
Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Resources, Environmental Protection, Energy and Transportation budget issues related to California transportation programs ⓘ
Office of the Governor of Massachusetts state executive administration of Massachusetts ⓘ
Council of the School of Arts and Humanities School of Arts and Humanities, University of Cambridge ⓘ
Ochs-Sulzberger family The New York Times Company via predicate surface "controls" ⓘ
Guggenheim Baseball Management Los Angeles Dodgers front office operations via predicate surface "controls" ⓘ
Guggenheim Baseball Management Los Angeles Dodgers business operations via predicate surface "controls" ⓘ
National Gallery of Victoria state government of Victoria via predicate surface "hasGovernance" ⓘ
Governorate of Vatican City State Vatican City ⓘ
surface form: territory of Vatican City
Governorate of Vatican City State public order in Vatican City ⓘ
Governorate of Vatican City State civil administration of Vatican City ⓘ
New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance implementation of state and federal welfare policies in New York State ⓘ
S&P Index Committee index inclusion rules application ⓘ
S&P Index Committee index deletion rules application ⓘ
S&P Index Committee treatment of mergers and acquisitions in indices ⓘ
S&P Index Committee treatment of spin-offs in indices ⓘ
S&P Index Committee treatment of bankruptcies in indices ⓘ
S&P Index Committee treatment of share offerings in indices ⓘ
S&P Index Committee treatment of share repurchases in indices ⓘ
S&P Index Committee treatment of index corporate actions ⓘ
Gauss’s planetary equations time derivative of semi-major axis ⓘ