instrument

P792

predicate

Indicates that an action is carried out using a particular tool, means, or implement as its instrument.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
instrument canonical	16,092
instrumentUsed	48
discoveryInstrument	16

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: instrument

Generated description

Indicates that an action is carried out using a particular tool, means, or implement as its instrument.

Sample triples (16,156)

Subject	Object
Don Henley	guitar ⓘ
Beck	guitar ⓘ
Beck	vocals ⓘ
Beck	harmonica ⓘ
Beck	keyboards ⓘ
Patti Smith	vocals ⓘ
Patti Smith	guitar ⓘ
Chuck Berry	guitar ⓘ
Paul Anka	vocals ⓘ
Paul Anka	piano ⓘ
Jerry Lee Lewis	piano ⓘ
Jerry Lee Lewis	vocals ⓘ
Ike Turner	guitar ⓘ
Ike Turner	piano ⓘ
Ike Turner	vocals ⓘ
Carl Perkins	guitar ⓘ
Carl Perkins	vocals ⓘ
GOSAT greenhouse gases observation satellites surface form: GOSAT	TANSO-FTS ⓘ
GOSAT greenhouse gases observation satellites surface form: GOSAT	TANSO-CAI ⓘ
GOSAT greenhouse gases observation satellites surface form: GOSAT-2	TANSO-FTS ⓘ surface form: TANSO-FTS-2
GOSAT greenhouse gases observation satellites surface form: GOSAT-2	TANSO-CAI ⓘ surface form: TANSO-CAI-2
Ahmad Jamal	piano ⓘ
Dee Dee Bridgewater	voice ⓘ
Juno spacecraft surface form: Juno	JunoCam ⓘ
Juno spacecraft surface form: Juno	Microwave Radiometer (MWR) ⓘ
Juno spacecraft surface form: Juno	Fluxgate Magnetometer ⓘ surface form: Magnetometer (MAG)
Juno spacecraft surface form: Juno	Gravity Science experiment ⓘ
Juno spacecraft surface form: Juno	Jovian Auroral Distributions Experiment (JADE) ⓘ
Juno spacecraft surface form: Juno	Jovian Energetic Particle Detector Instrument (JEDI) ⓘ
Juno spacecraft surface form: Juno	Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph (UVS) ⓘ
Juno spacecraft surface form: Juno	Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) ⓘ
Juno spacecraft surface form: Juno	Waves instrument ⓘ
Howlin' Wolf	vocals ⓘ
Howlin' Wolf	guitar ⓘ
Howlin' Wolf	harmonica ⓘ
Planck spacecraft	Low Frequency Instrument ⓘ
Planck spacecraft	High Frequency Instrument ⓘ
Terra satellite surface form: Terra	Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer ⓘ surface form: MODIS
Terra satellite surface form: Terra	ASTER ⓘ
Terra satellite surface form: Terra	MISR ⓘ
Terra satellite surface form: Terra	CERES ⓘ
Terra satellite surface form: Terra	MOPITT ⓘ
Fatboy Slim	turntables ⓘ
Fatboy Slim	sampler ⓘ
Fatboy Slim	keyboards ⓘ
Van Morrison	vocals ⓘ
Van Morrison	guitar ⓘ
Van Morrison	saxophone ⓘ
Van Morrison	harmonica ⓘ
Van Morrison	keyboards ⓘ