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
Taro Kono (as Minister for Foreign Affairs)
surface form: Taro Kono
Minister of Defense of Japan
Taro Kono (as Minister for Foreign Affairs)
surface form: Taro Kono
Minister for Administrative Reform of Japan
Taro Kono (as Minister for Foreign Affairs)
surface form: Taro Kono
Minister for Administrative Reform of Japan
surface form: Minister for Regulatory Reform of Japan
Taro Kono (as Minister for Foreign Affairs)
surface form: Taro Kono
Member of the House of Representatives of Japan
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
surface form: Isaac Newton
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics self-linksurface differs
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
surface form: Charles Babbage
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics self-linksurface differs
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
surface form: George Stokes
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics self-linksurface differs
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
surface form: Paul Dirac
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics self-linksurface differs
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
surface form: Stephen Hawking
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics self-linksurface differs
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
surface form: Michael Green
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics self-linksurface differs
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
surface form: Michael Cates
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics self-linksurface differs
Warden of the Royal Mint Isaac Newton via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
Warden of the Royal Mint Thomas Neale via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
Warden of the Royal Mint Charles Montagu via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
Norman Kirk Prime Minister of New Zealand
Norman Kirk Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party
Norman Kirk Member of Parliament of New Zealand
Norman Kirk Mayor of Kaiapoi
Church (surname)
surface form: Frank Church
United States Senator from Idaho
Seal of the Prophets Muhammad via predicate surface "heldBy"
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Abdel Fattah el-Sisi self-linksurface differs
surface form: President of Egypt
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Minister of Defence of Egypt
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Deputy Prime Minister of Egypt
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Director of Military Intelligence (Egypt)
Emmanuel Macron President of the French Republic
surface form: President of France
Emmanuel Macron Co-Prince of Andorra
Emmanuel Macron Minister of the Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs of France
Emmanuel Macron Deputy Secretary-General of the Élysée
Gary Bettman Gary Bettman self-linksurface differs
surface form: Commissioner of the National Hockey League
Gary Bettman Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the National Basketball Association
International Ice Hockey Federation President via predicate surface "leaderTitle"
Benedictines Abbot Primate via predicate surface "leaderTitle"
Sir Alex Ferguson forward via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Cristiano Ronaldo forward via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Cristiano Ronaldo winger via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Lord Mayor of Manchester Manchester City Council via predicate surface "positionHeldInOrganization"
René Cassin Vice President of the Council of State of France
René Cassin President of the European Court of Human Rights
René Cassin French delegate to the United Nations
René Cassin Member of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
René Cassin Vice-Chairman of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
René Cassin President of the Alliance Israélite Universelle
Taíno cacique via predicate surface "leaderTitle"
Thomas Cranmer Archbishop of Canterbury
Jonathan Edwards pastor at Northampton, Massachusetts
Jonathan Edwards missionary to Native Americans in Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Jonathan Edwards president of the College of New Jersey
Great Society President of the United States via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
Deacon Phillippe pitcher via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
The Wall left field via predicate surface "position"