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 |
|---|---|
| Barack Obama | president of the Harvard Law Review ⓘ |
| John F. Kennedy | 35th President of the United States ⓘ |
| John F. Kennedy | United States Senator from Massachusetts ⓘ |
| John F. Kennedy | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts ⓘ |
| Mark Zuckerberg | CEO of Facebook ⓘ |
| Mark Zuckerberg | chairman of Facebook ⓘ |
| Mark Zuckerberg | CEO of Meta Platforms ⓘ |
| Mark Zuckerberg | chairman of Meta Platforms ⓘ |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ |
| John Adams | 2nd President of the United States ⓘ |
| John Adams | 1st Vice President of the United States ⓘ |
| John Adams | United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| John Adams | United States Ambassador to the Netherlands ⓘ |
| John Adams | Delegate to the Continental Congress ⓘ |
| John Adams | Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ |
| Albert Einstein | professor of theoretical physics ⓘ |
| Martin Luther King Jr. | pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church ⓘ |
| Martin Luther King Jr. | co-pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church ⓘ |
| Martin Luther King Jr. | president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference ⓘ |
| John Nash | professor of mathematics ⓘ |
| Noam Chomsky | Institute Professor at MIT ⓘ |
| Noam Chomsky | Professor of Linguistics ⓘ |
| Harold Hazen | professor of electrical engineering at MIT ⓘ |
| National Military Establishment |
United States Secretary of Defense
via predicate surface "hasPosition"
ⓘ
surface form:
Secretary of Defense
|
| National Military Establishment | Secretary of the Army via predicate surface "hasPosition" ⓘ |
| National Military Establishment | Secretary of the Navy via predicate surface "hasPosition" ⓘ |
| National Military Establishment | Secretary of the Air Force via predicate surface "hasPosition" ⓘ |
| Wes Wise | Mayor of Dallas ⓘ |
| Wes Wise | member of the Dallas City Council ⓘ |
|
Julius
surface form:
Julius Robert Oppenheimer
|
director of Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ |
|
Julius
surface form:
Julius Robert Oppenheimer
|
director of the Institute for Advanced Study ⓘ |
|
Moore
surface form:
Edward Moore Kennedy
|
United States senator ⓘ |
| Paul G. Kirk | United States senator ⓘ |
| Paul G. Kirk | Chair of the Democratic National Committee ⓘ |
| Paul G. Kirk | Co-chair of the Commission on Presidential Debates ⓘ |
| Paul G. Kirk | interim United States senator from Massachusetts ⓘ |
| Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | United States senator via predicate surface "heldBy" ⓘ |
|
Sununu
surface form:
John H. Sununu
|
Governor of New Hampshire ⓘ |
|
Sununu
surface form:
John H. Sununu
|
White House Chief of Staff ⓘ |
|
Sununu
surface form:
John H. Sununu
|
Chair of the New Hampshire Republican Party ⓘ |
|
Sununu
surface form:
Chris Sununu
|
Governor of New Hampshire ⓘ |
|
Sununu
surface form:
John E. Sununu
|
United States Senator from New Hampshire ⓘ |
|
Sununu
surface form:
John E. Sununu
|
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire ⓘ |
| White House Chief of Staff | John R. Steelman via predicate surface "positionHeldBy" ⓘ |
| White House Chief of Staff | Sherman Adams via predicate surface "positionHeldBy" ⓘ |
| White House Chief of Staff | H. R. Haldeman via predicate surface "positionHeldBy" ⓘ |
| White House Chief of Staff | Donald Rumsfeld via predicate surface "positionHeldBy" ⓘ |
| White House Chief of Staff | Dick Cheney via predicate surface "positionHeldBy" ⓘ |
| White House Chief of Staff | James Baker via predicate surface "positionHeldBy" ⓘ |