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 |
|---|---|
| Joseph Stiglitz | Senior Vice President of the World Bank ⓘ |
| Joseph Stiglitz | Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers ⓘ |
| Seán Lester | Secretary-General of the League of Nations ⓘ |
| Seán Lester | High Commissioner of the League of Nations in Danzig ⓘ |
| NATO Assistant Secretaries General | nationals of NATO member states via predicate surface "positionHeldBy" ⓘ |
| Alexander Campbell | first president of Bethany College ⓘ |
| Paola Ruffo di Calabria | Queen of the Belgians ⓘ |
| Pope Paul III | Pope ⓘ |
| Pope Paul III |
Pope
ⓘ
surface form:
Bishop of Rome
|
| Pope Paul III |
Papal States
ⓘ
surface form:
Sovereign of the Papal States
|
| Pope Paul III | Cardinal-bishop of Ostia via predicate surface "heldTitle" ⓘ |
| Pope Paul III | Cardinal-bishop of Sabina via predicate surface "heldTitle" ⓘ |
| Cristina, daughter of Edward the Exile | abbess ⓘ |
| Sir Matt Busby | half-back via predicate surface "positionPlayed" ⓘ |
| Charles Malik | President of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ |
| Charles Malik | President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ |
| Charles Malik | Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs ⓘ |
| Charles Malik | Lebanese Minister of Education ⓘ |
| Charles Malik | Lebanese Ambassador to the United States ⓘ |
| Charles Malik | Lebanese Ambassador to the United Nations ⓘ |
| John Humphrey | Director of the United Nations Division of Human Rights ⓘ |
| Fridtjof Nansen | Rector of the University of Oslo ⓘ |
| Fridtjof Nansen | Norwegian ambassador to the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| Fridtjof Nansen | League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ⓘ |
|
Barbara Volcker
surface form:
Paul A. Volcker
|
Chair of the Federal Reserve ⓘ |
|
Griswold Hall
surface form:
Erwin N. Griswold
|
Dean of Harvard Law School ⓘ |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | Surveyor of the Port of Salem ⓘ |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne | United States Consul in Liverpool ⓘ |
| Mayor of San Francisco |
Government of San Francisco
via predicate surface "positionHeldInOrganization"
ⓘ
surface form:
San Francisco city government
|
| Gerd von Rundstedt | Commander-in-Chief West ⓘ |
| Gerd von Rundstedt |
Gerd von Rundstedt
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Oberbefehlshaber West
|
| Gerd von Rundstedt | Commander of Army Group South ⓘ |
| Gerd von Rundstedt | Commander of Army Group A ⓘ |
| Gerd von Rundstedt | Commander of Army Group D ⓘ |
| Robert Langer | Institute Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| Sasha Obama | First Daughter of the United States ⓘ |
| Randi Zuckerberg | Director of Market Development at Facebook ⓘ |
| Coretta Scott King |
Martin Luther King III
ⓘ
surface form:
President of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
|
| Alexander Graham Bell | Professor of Vocal Physiology and Elocution at Boston University ⓘ |
| Alexander Graham Bell | President of the National Geographic Society ⓘ |
| Andrew S. Grove | President of Intel Corporation ⓘ |
| Andrew S. Grove | Chief Executive Officer of Intel Corporation ⓘ |
| Andrew S. Grove | Chairman of the Board of Intel Corporation ⓘ |
| John Aspinwall Roosevelt | vice president of Bache & Co. ⓘ |
| Duke University | Vincent E. Price via predicate surface "president" ⓘ |
| Washington University in St. Louis | Andrew D. Martin via predicate surface "president" ⓘ |
| Henry Darwin Rogers | state geologist of Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| Henry Darwin Rogers | Regius Professor of Natural History at the University of Glasgow ⓘ |
| Charles M. Vest | President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| Charles M. Vest | President of the National Academy of Engineering ⓘ |