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
Keir Starmer Member of Parliament for Holborn and St Pancras
Keir Starmer Director of Public Prosecutions
Keir Starmer Head of the Crown Prosecution Service
Louis Botha Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa
Louis Botha Minister of Native Affairs of the Union of South Africa
Louis Botha Minister of Agriculture of the Union of South Africa
Louis Botha Commandant-General of the Transvaal forces
Lady Blanche Hozier Lady-in-Waiting
Laurence Olivier Artistic Director of the National Theatre
César Chávez César Chávez self-linksurface differs
surface form: president of the United Farm Workers
Government of the Netherlands Prime Minister via predicate surface "leaderTitle"
Lester B. Pearson Prime Minister of Canada
Lester B. Pearson Secretary of State for External Affairs
Lester B. Pearson Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada
Lester B. Pearson Member of Parliament of Canada
Lester B. Pearson 14th Prime Minister of Canada via predicate surface "officeHeld"
Henry Middleton President of the Continental Congress
Henry Middleton member of the Continental Congress
Henry Middleton member of the South Carolina Provincial Congress
Henry Middleton member of the South Carolina Commons House of Assembly
Henry Middleton Speaker of the South Carolina Commons House of Assembly
Henry Middleton member of the South Carolina Governor's Council
Henry Middleton justice of the peace
Augustus Roman emperor
Augustus princeps senatus
Augustus pontifex maximus
Augustus consul of the Roman Republic
Augustus triumvir
President of Italy President of Italy via predicate surface "currentHolder" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sergio Mattarella
Director-General of UNESCO chief executive officer of UNESCO via predicate surface "positionInOrganization"
Director-General of UNESCO highest administrative official of UNESCO via predicate surface "positionInOrganization"
IMO
surface form: International Maritime Organization
Secretary-General via predicate surface "leaderTitle"
surface form: Secretary-General of the IMO
Romulus Augustulus Western Roman Empire
surface form: Western Roman emperor
Constantine XI Palaiologos Emperor of the Romans
Constantine XI Palaiologos Byzantine emperor
Constantine XI Palaiologos Despot of the Morea
De Croo
surface form: Alexander De Croo
Prime Minister of Belgium
De Croo
surface form: Herman De Croo
Herman De Croo
surface form: President of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium
Paul Broca professor of clinical surgery at the Faculty of Medicine of Paris
Paul Broca member of the French Senate
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester Governor-General of Australia
Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin Lord High Treasurer
surface form: Lord High Treasurer of England
Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin First Lord of the Treasury
Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin Chancellor of the Exchequer
Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin Commissioner of the Treasury
Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin Secretary of State for the Northern Department
Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin Lord Chamberlain to Catherine of Braganza
Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin Lord Lieutenant of Scilly
Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire
Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall