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
Gauss’s planetary equations time derivative of eccentricity ⓘ
Gauss’s planetary equations time derivative of inclination ⓘ
Gauss’s planetary equations time derivative of longitude of ascending node ⓘ
Gauss’s planetary equations time derivative of argument of periapsis ⓘ
Gauss’s planetary equations time derivative of mean anomaly ⓘ
Nazareth Municipality Nazareth ⓘ
Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings implementation of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty ⓘ
Office of the Governor of Vermont statewide executive policy in Vermont ⓘ
Antarctic Treaty Secretariat implementation of the Antarctic Treaty System procedures ⓘ
Government of the State of Georgia Government of the State of Georgia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Georgia state agencies
Institut de France Académie française statutes ⓘ
Pakistan (Provisional Constitution) Order 1947 structure and powers of state institutions in early Pakistan via predicate surface "governed" ⓘ
Lincoln's Inn members of the Bar ⓘ
Australian Public Service headquarters federal civil service operations in Australia ⓘ
CSA B44 safety devices for elevators ⓘ
CSA B44 hoistway construction requirements ⓘ
CSA B44 car and counterweight design requirements ⓘ
CSA B44 electrical equipment for elevators ⓘ
CSA B44 control and operating devices for elevators ⓘ
CSA B44 emergency operations of elevators ⓘ
CSA B44 firefighters’ emergency operation ⓘ
CSA B44 escalator step and balustrade safety ⓘ
CSA B44 moving walk safety features ⓘ
XiamenAir Civil Aviation Administration of China via predicate surface "safetyRegulator" ⓘ
Salt Lake City Department of Airports Salt Lake City airport system ⓘ
Teaching Committee doctrinal instruction of Jehovah’s Witnesses ⓘ
Teaching Committee religious education programs of Jehovah’s Witnesses ⓘ
Board of Health of Toronto Toronto Public Health ⓘ
Board of Health of Toronto Toronto City Council via predicate surface "hasGoverningBody" ⓘ
City of Toronto Act, 2006 municipal powers of the City of Toronto ⓘ
City of Toronto Act, 2006 municipal governance framework of the City of Toronto ⓘ
City of Toronto Act, 2006 relationship between the Province of Ontario and the City of Toronto ⓘ
City of Toronto Act, 2006 Toronto’s authority over local services and infrastructure ⓘ
Board of Trustees of the Royal Ontario Museum Royal Ontario Museum ⓘ
Princess Ozma Land of Oz ⓘ
Princess Ozma Emerald City ⓘ
University of North Carolina System public universities in North Carolina ⓘ
Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly territory-level matters in the Australian Capital Territory ⓘ
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Istanbul Province (metropolitan area)
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality district municipalities within Istanbul metropolitan area ⓘ
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality European side of Istanbul ⓘ
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Asian side of Istanbul ⓘ
Hughes Hall, Cambridge Governing Body of Hughes Hall via predicate surface "hasGoverningBody" ⓘ
Chiang Chieh-shih China via predicate surface "governed" ⓘ
surface form: mainland China
Chiang Chieh-shih Taiwan, Province of China via predicate surface "governed" ⓘ
surface form: Taiwan
Code of Massachusetts Regulations procedures of Massachusetts executive agencies ⓘ
Code of Massachusetts Regulations regulatory requirements for individuals and entities in Massachusetts ⓘ
Assam Legislative Assembly Assam ⓘ
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 via predicate surface "enforces" ⓘ
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Americans with Disabilities Act via predicate surface "enforces" ⓘ
surface form: Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990