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
Oliver
surface form: Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Professor of Anatomy and Physiology at Harvard Medical School
Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office Sheriff via predicate surface "leaderTitle"
Government of Portland, Oregon Mayor via predicate surface "leaderTitle"
Government of Portland, Oregon City Commissioner via predicate surface "leaderTitle"
Portland City Commissioner, Position 2 Portland City Council via predicate surface "positionHeldInOrganization"
Chief Security Officer at Sun Microsystems Whitfield Diffie via predicate surface "heldBy"
Chief Security Officer at Sun Microsystems
surface form: Whitfield Diffie
Chief Security Officer at Sun Microsystems
Representative Don Fuqua Wydler (commonly referred to as Wydler in the act’s title)
surface form: Don Fuqua Wydler
Member of the United States House of Representatives
Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company Thomas J. Watson – general manager
Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company Thomas J. Watson – president
Max Scherzer pitcher via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Frick
surface form: Henry Clay Frick
chairman of Carnegie Steel Company
Guangzhou Mayor of Guangzhou via predicate surface "leaderTitle"
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. commander of the Tenth Army
General Government Hans Frank via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
General Government Governor-General via predicate surface "officeHeld"
Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski Commander-in-chief of the Home Army
Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile
Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski Commander-in-chief of the Polish Armed Forces in the West
Antoni Chruściel Home Army general
Antoni Chruściel commander of Warsaw Uprising resistance forces
Garner
surface form: John Nance Garner
Vice President of the United States
Garner
surface form: John Nance Garner
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Joe Klecko defensive end via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Joe Klecko defensive tackle via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Joe Klecko nose tackle via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Woody Johnson owner of the New York Jets
Woody Johnson chairman of the New York Jets
Woody Johnson United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom
Shanghai Communist Party Secretary of Shanghai via predicate surface "leaderTitle"
Shanghai Mayor of Shanghai via predicate surface "leaderTitle"
Melania Trump First Lady of the United States
Donald Trump Jr. Executive Vice President of The Trump Organization
Herbert Spencer editor of The Economist (early career, sub-editor)
Brendan Rogers
surface form: Brendan Rodgers
defender via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich First Lord of the Admiralty
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich Secretary of State for the Northern Department
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich Postmaster General of Great Britain
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich Board of Admiralty
surface form: Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty
Lord Jellicoe Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Fleet
Lord Jellicoe First Sea Lord
Lord Jellicoe Governor-General of New Zealand
Lord Jellicoe Second Sea Lord
Lord Jellicoe Chief of Naval Staff
Lord Jellicoe Admiral of the Fleet of the Royal Navy
Lord Jellicoe First Lord of the Admiralty
surface form: Lord of the Admiralty
Lord Jellicoe Member of the House of Lords
Official Opposition (United Kingdom) Leader of the Opposition (UK) via predicate surface "leaderTitle"
surface form: Leader of His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition
Keir Starmer Leader of the Labour Party
Keir Starmer Leader of the Opposition (UK)
surface form: Leader of the Opposition