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 |
| positionHeldBy | 4,014 |
| heldBy | 2,006 |
| leaderTitle | 1,773 |
| heldTitle | 1,588 |
| hasPosition | 1,422 |
| officeHeld | 909 |
| position held | 854 |
| positionHeldIn | 725 |
| heldPosition | 559 |
| president | 554 |
| isPositionIn | 451 |
| positionHeldInOrganization | 232 |
| positionInOrganization | 230 |
| currentHolder | 224 |
| positionType | 205 |
| previousPositionHeld | 125 |
| holdsRecord | 108 |
| MVPPosition | 96 |
| positionLevel | 67 |
| associatedWithOfficeHolder | 39 |
| officeHeldFor | 34 |
| holderRole | 31 |
| depictsPositionHeld | 28 |
| tookOffice | 23 |
| positionHeldEnd | 22 |
| canHoldPosition | 20 |
| positionHolder | 19 |
| officeHeldDuringPeriod | 18 |
| positionHeldContext | 16 |
| positionHeldAt | 14 |
| positionHeldByKeyPerson | 13 |
| holdsPosition | 12 |
| notablePositionStart | 12 |
| positionHeldInGovernment | 11 |
| holderPosition | 10 |
| officeHeldBySigner | 10 |
| positionHeldFor | 10 |
| hadPosition | 9 |
| positionHeldByDepicted | 9 |
| positionHeldByLeader | 9 |
| historicalPosition | 8 |
| positionHeldInTheLegislature | 8 |
| positionInLegislature | 8 |
| isOftenHeldBy | 7 |
| positionFilled | 7 |
| positionOfAuthority | 7 |
| ポジション | 7 |
| positionHeldByProposer | 5 |
| positionHeldBySpeaker | 5 |
| officeHeldAtTime | 4 |
| officeHeldByProposer | 4 |
| oftenHoldsPosition | 4 |
| positionHeldBySigner | 4 |
| positionOfProposer | 4 |
| subjectPositionHeld | 4 |
| hasPositionHeld | 3 |
| heldPositions | 3 |
| isPositionHeld | 3 |
| positionHeldByAccused | 3 |
| positionHeldByTitleHolder | 3 |
| positionHeldInOrganizationType | 3 |
| positionHeldOrder | 3 |
| priorPositionHeld | 3 |
| bearerPositionHeld | 2 |
| dutyPosition | 2 |
| heldPartyPosition | 2 |
| heldRankDuring | 2 |
| holderPreviousPosition | 2 |
| laterHeldPosition | 2 |
| positionHeldAtCompany | 2 |
| positionHeldByChairman | 2 |
| positionHeldByKeyProponent | 2 |
| positionHeldByLeaderAfterEvent | 2 |
| positionHeldByLeaderAtTime | 2 |
| positionHeldByMainProponent | 2 |
| positionHeldByParticipant | 2 |
| positionHeldBySubject | 2 |
| positionHeldDetail | 2 |
| positionHeldInAdministrativeDivision | 2 |
| positionHeldInHouseholdOf | 2 |
| startPositionHeld | 2 |
| grantedToPositionHolder | 1 |
| heldPositionAt | 1 |
| heldPositionTitle | 1 |
| heldUNRole | 1 |
| holdsRankWhileServing | 1 |
| mentionsPositionHeld | 1 |
| position held by leader | 1 |
| positionHeldByAhmedBinSaeedAlMaktoum | 1 |
| positionHeldByArchitect | 1 |
| positionHeldByChengWei | 1 |
| positionHeldByDaraKhosrowshahi | 1 |
| positionHeldByDuringDissolutionOfState | 1 |
| positionHeldByDuringEntireExistence | 1 |
| positionHeldByFormulator | 1 |
| positionHeldByInitiator | 1 |
| positionHeldByJeanLiu | 1 |
| positionHeldByNelsonChai | 1 |
| positionHeldByOathAdministrator | 1 |
| positionHeldByOrganizer | 1 |
| positionHeldByReformer | 1 |
| positionHeldByStraussZelnick | 1 |
| positionHeldByTimClark | 1 |
| positionHeldByTonyWest | 1 |
| positionHeldByWinner | 1 |
| positionHeldInBody | 1 |
| positionHeldInDistrict | 1 |
| positionHeldInHierarchy | 1 |
| positionHeldInOrganizationalBody | 1 |
| positionHeldInTheLegislativeExecutiveOrJudicialBranch | 1 |
| positionHeldOf | 1 |
| positionHeldThere | 1 |
| positionHolderOf | 1 |
| positionInLodge | 1 |
| positionInvolved | 1 |
| positionOfLeader | 1 |
| postBoxingOccupation | 1 |
| recalledPositionHeld | 1 |
| servedInChamber | 1 |
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 ⓘ |