positionHeld

P8
predicate

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

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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
Robert McNamara United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Robert McNamara President of the World Bank ⓘ
Edward M. Kennedy United States Senator ⓘ
Edward M. Kennedy United States Senate via predicate surface "servedInChamber" ⓘ
Edward M. Kennedy Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee ⓘ
Edward M. Kennedy Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee ⓘ
Ismail Serageldin Vice President of the World Bank ⓘ
Ismail Serageldin Vice President for Environmentally Sustainable Development at the World Bank ⓘ
Ismail Serageldin Vice President for Special Programs at the World Bank ⓘ
Ismail Serageldin Chairman of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research ⓘ
Ismail Serageldin Founding Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina ⓘ
Ismail Serageldin Director of the Library of Alexandria ⓘ
Ismail Serageldin Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina ⓘ
Ismail Serageldin Co-chair of the Nizami Ganjavi International Center ⓘ
Ismail Serageldin Co-chair of the Science and Technology Panel of the Islamic Development Bank ⓘ
John H. Sununu Governor of New Hampshire ⓘ
John H. Sununu White House Chief of Staff ⓘ
John H. Sununu Chair of the New Hampshire Republican Party ⓘ
John H. Sununu Chair of the Republican National Committee ⓘ
John H. Sununu Chief of Staff to the President of the United States ⓘ
John H. Sununu Governor of New Hampshire (1983–1989) via predicate surface "officeHeld" ⓘ
John H. Sununu White House Chief of Staff via predicate surface "officeHeld" ⓘ
surface form: White House Chief of Staff (1989–1991)
Tim Berners-Lee director of the World Wide Web Consortium ⓘ
Tim Berners-Lee professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
Tim Berners-Lee professor at University of Oxford ⓘ
Delano 32nd president of the United States via predicate surface "associatedWithOfficeHolder" ⓘ
New York State Senator upper chamber member via predicate surface "positionInLegislature" ⓘ
Eleanor Roosevelt First Lady of the United States ⓘ
Eleanor Roosevelt United States Representative to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights ⓘ
Eleanor Roosevelt United States Representative to the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
Eleanor Roosevelt Chair of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights ⓘ
Eleanor Roosevelt First Chair of the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women ⓘ
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop via predicate surface "leaderTitle" ⓘ
Joseph Stalin General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
Joseph Stalin Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ
Joseph Stalin member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
Joseph Stalin People's Commissar for Nationalities ⓘ
Joseph Stalin Joseph Stalin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union
Boston Red Sox Sam Kennedy via predicate surface "president" ⓘ
New England Patriots Robert Kraft via predicate surface "president" ⓘ
surface form: Jonathan Kraft
Boston Celtics Rich Gotham via predicate surface "president" ⓘ
New England Revolution Brian Bilello via predicate surface "president" ⓘ
National Security Act of 1947 President of the United States via predicate surface "officeHeldBySigner" ⓘ
Joseph
surface form: Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider
director of the Information Processing Techniques Office at ARPA ⓘ
United States Department of the Treasury Secretary of the Treasury via predicate surface "position" ⓘ
surface form: United States Secretary of the Treasury
United States Department of the Treasury Deputy Secretary of the Treasury via predicate surface "position" ⓘ
United States Department of the Treasury Under Secretary for Domestic Finance via predicate surface "position" ⓘ
United States Department of the Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs via predicate surface "position" ⓘ
United States Department of the Treasury Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence via predicate surface "position" ⓘ
surface form: Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
San Francisco Mayor via predicate surface "leaderTitle" ⓘ