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
Francis Bacon Lord Chancellor of England
Francis Bacon Attorney General for England and Wales
Francis Bacon Solicitor General for England and Wales
Francis Bacon Member of Parliament of England
Henry Armstrong Baptist minister via predicate surface "postBoxingOccupation"
William Armstrong
surface form: William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong
President of the Institution of Civil Engineers
William Armstrong
surface form: William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong
President of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne
Louis Agassiz professor of zoology and geology at Harvard University
Louis Agassiz founding director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard
Nathaniel Bowditch president of Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company
Adam Smith Professor of Logic at the University of Glasgow
Adam Smith Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Glasgow
Adam Smith Commissioner of Customs in Scotland
Istanbul Mayor of Istanbul via predicate surface "leaderTitle"
Sophia Dorothea of Celle consort of the Elector of Hanover
Muhammad Ali Jinnah Governor-General of Pakistan
David Ben-Gurion was the primary national founder of the State of Israel
surface form: David Ben-Gurion
Prime Minister of Israel
David Ben-Gurion was the primary national founder of the State of Israel
surface form: David Ben-Gurion
Minister of Defense of Israel
David Ben-Gurion was the primary national founder of the State of Israel
surface form: David Ben-Gurion
Head of the Jewish Agency
David Ben-Gurion was the primary national founder of the State of Israel
surface form: David Ben-Gurion
Chairman of the Provisional State Council of Israel
Mayor and City Council of Bogotá elected officials via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
Mario Savio lecturer in philosophy
Bettina Aptheker professor of feminist studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz
Le Duc Tho member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam
Le Duc Tho head of the Central Organization Commission
Le Duc Tho chief negotiator for the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in Paris Peace Talks
Xuan Thuy North Vietnamese foreign minister
Xuan Thuy chief negotiator of North Vietnam at the Paris Peace Talks
Nguyen Van Thieu (indirectly through South Vietnamese delegation)
surface form: Nguyen Van Thieu
President of Vietnam
surface form: President of South Vietnam
Nguyen Van Thieu (indirectly through South Vietnamese delegation)
surface form: Nguyen Van Thieu
Vice President of South Vietnam
Nguyen Van Thieu (indirectly through South Vietnamese delegation)
surface form: Nguyen Van Thieu
Chief of State of South Vietnam
Civil Rights Division Assistant United States Attorney General for the Civil Division
surface form: Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights
Uber Chief Executive Officer via predicate surface "positionHeldByDaraKhosrowshahi"
Uber Chief Legal Officer via predicate surface "positionHeldByTonyWest"
Uber Chief Financial Officer via predicate surface "positionHeldByNelsonChai"
Deep Throat Associate Director of the FBI
Kennedy's European tour of 1963 President of the United States via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
Jane Addams president of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Jane Addams vice president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association
Jane Addams first female president of the National Conference of Charities and Corrections
William J. Brennan Jr. (by designation: not; remove if inaccurate)
surface form: William J. Brennan Jr.
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
William J. Brennan Jr. (by designation: not; remove if inaccurate)
surface form: William J. Brennan Jr.
Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey via predicate surface "priorPositionHeld"
William J. Brennan Jr. (by designation: not; remove if inaccurate)
surface form: William J. Brennan Jr.
Judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey via predicate surface "priorPositionHeld"
Jennifer Siebel Newsom First Partner of California
Jennifer Siebel Newsom First Lady of San Francisco
Jennifer Siebel Newsom Second Lady of California
Paul Kurtz chairman of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal
Paul Kurtz editor of Free Inquiry magazine
Paul Kurtz professor of philosophy at the State University of New York at Buffalo
Azim Premji Chairman of Wipro