positionHeld

P8
predicate

Indicates that an entity occupies or has occupied a specific role, job, office, or position within an organization or context.

All labels observed (122)

Label Occurrences
positionHeld canonical 129,634
positionPlayed 11,449
position 4,486

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: positionHeld
Generated description
Indicates that an entity occupies or has occupied a specific role, job, office, or position within an organization or context.

Sample triples (162,264)

Subject Object
Martha Tedeschi Deputy Director for Art and Research at the Art Institute of Chicago
Ruth
surface form: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
James Clerk Maxwell Professor of Natural Philosophy at Marischal College, Aberdeen
James Clerk Maxwell Professor of Natural Philosophy at King's College London
James Clerk Maxwell Cavendish Professor of Physics at University of Cambridge
Hermann Minkowski professor of mathematics
John von Neumann professor at Institute for Advanced Study
John von Neumann commissioner of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Bert Hölldobler professor of zoology
Bert Hölldobler professor of behavioral physiology and sociobiology
Bert Hölldobler foundation professor at Arizona State University
Edward S. Herman professor of finance
Francis Scott Key United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
Mary Barra Chief Executive Officer of General Motors
Mary Barra Chair of General Motors
Olaf Kölzig goaltender via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Walter Chrysler president of Chrysler Corporation
Walter Chrysler chairman of Chrysler Corporation
Charles Dudley Warner editor of the Hartford Courant
Stanford University Richard Saller via predicate surface "president"
Robert N. Noyce co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor
Robert N. Noyce co-founder of Intel Corporation
Robert N. Noyce chief executive officer of Intel Corporation
Robert N. Noyce chairman of Intel Corporation
Franklin
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd President of the United States
Franklin
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Governor of New York via predicate surface "officeHeld"
Franklin
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition via predicate surface "officeHeld"
surface form: Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Elliott Roosevelt commander of reconnaissance wing
Alben W. Barkley Vice President of the United States
Alben W. Barkley United States Senate
surface form: United States Senator
Alben W. Barkley U.S. Representative
surface form: United States Representative
Alben W. Barkley Senate Majority Leader
Alben W. Barkley Senate Minority Leader
Alben W. Barkley County Attorney of McCracken County, Kentucky
Bess Truman First Lady of the United States
Clark
surface form: Herbert Hoover
31st president of the United States
Lord Randolph Churchill Chancellor of the Exchequer
Lord Randolph Churchill Leader of the House of Commons
Lord Randolph Churchill Secretary of State for India
Lord Randolph Churchill Member of Parliament for Woodstock
Lord Randolph Churchill Member of Parliament for South Paddington
Margaret Thatcher Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Margaret Thatcher Leader of the Conservative Party
Margaret Thatcher Leader of the Opposition (UK)
Margaret Thatcher Secretary of State for Education and Science
Ronald Reagan 40th president of the United States
Ronald Reagan 33rd governor of California
Ronald Reagan President of the Screen Actors Guild
Mikhail Gorbachev General Secretary of the Communist Party
surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev self-linksurface differs
surface form: President of the Soviet Union