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
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea peaceful settlement of disputes concerning the law of the sea ⓘ
Portland City Charter Government of Portland, Oregon ⓘ
surface form: municipal government of Portland, Oregon
Birmingham City Council Birmingham, Alabama, United States ⓘ
surface form: Birmingham, Alabama
Parliament of Bermuda domestic legislation via predicate surface "governsPolicyAreas" ⓘ
Parliament of Bermuda public finance via predicate surface "governsPolicyAreas" ⓘ
Parliament of Bermuda local governance via predicate surface "governsPolicyAreas" ⓘ
English barons local jurisdictions via predicate surface "governed" ⓘ
Peonage Act of 1867 Thirteenth Amendment via predicate surface "enforces" ⓘ
surface form: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Puerto Rico Rules of Civil Procedure civil actions in Puerto Rico courts ⓘ
Puerto Rico Rules of Civil Procedure filing of civil complaints ⓘ
Puerto Rico Rules of Civil Procedure service of process in civil cases ⓘ
Puerto Rico Rules of Civil Procedure pleadings in civil cases ⓘ
Puerto Rico Rules of Civil Procedure pretrial procedure in civil cases ⓘ
Puerto Rico Rules of Civil Procedure discovery in civil cases ⓘ
Puerto Rico Rules of Civil Procedure motions practice in civil cases ⓘ
Puerto Rico Rules of Civil Procedure civil trials in Puerto Rico courts ⓘ
Puerto Rico Rules of Civil Procedure judgments in civil cases ⓘ
Puerto Rico Rules of Civil Procedure post‑judgment proceedings in civil cases ⓘ
Puerto Rico Rules of Civil Procedure appealable civil orders and judgments ⓘ
White House Office of the Chief Usher protocols for residence staff conduct ⓘ
White House Office of the Chief Usher procedures for official entertaining in the residence ⓘ
Office of the Vice President of the United States vice president’s participation in executive policymaking via predicate surface "governsRole" ⓘ
Office of the Vice President of the United States vice president’s representation of the president at official events via predicate surface "governsRole" ⓘ
Office of the Vice President of the United States vice president’s engagement with Congress via predicate surface "governsRole" ⓘ
Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ministries of the Soviet Union via predicate surface "oversaw" ⓘ
Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union state committees of the Soviet Union via predicate surface "oversaw" ⓘ
Constitution of California Government of California ⓘ
surface form: California state government
IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard
surface form: IEEE 802.3
Ethernet interoperability ⓘ
European Higher Education Area Ministerial Conference of the Bologna Process via predicate surface "hasGoverningBody" ⓘ
Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 remuneration framework for senior political offices in the UK ⓘ
London Assembly transport via predicate surface "overseesPolicyArea" ⓘ
London Assembly policing via predicate surface "overseesPolicyArea" ⓘ
London Assembly planning via predicate surface "overseesPolicyArea" ⓘ
London Assembly environment via predicate surface "overseesPolicyArea" ⓘ
London Assembly fire and emergency planning via predicate surface "overseesPolicyArea" ⓘ
London Assembly economic development via predicate surface "overseesPolicyArea" ⓘ
London Assembly health and public services via predicate surface "overseesPolicyArea" ⓘ
Commons confidence in the government via predicate surface "controls" ⓘ
Governing Body of Harrow School Harrow School ⓘ
37th United Kingdom Parliament United Kingdom during most of World War II via predicate surface "oversawGovernmentOf" ⓘ
World Health Assembly overall policy direction of the World Health Organization ⓘ
Statute of the International Court of Justice composition of the International Court of Justice ⓘ
Statute of the International Court of Justice election of judges of the International Court of Justice ⓘ
Statute of the International Court of Justice contentious jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice ⓘ
Statute of the International Court of Justice advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice ⓘ
Statute of the International Court of Justice sources of law applied by the International Court of Justice ⓘ
Statute of the International Court of Justice procedure in contentious cases ⓘ
Statute of the International Court of Justice procedure for advisory opinions ⓘ
Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees scope of UNHCR’s competence ⓘ
Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees organizational framework of UNHCR ⓘ