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
Thomas Young Secretary of the Board of Longitude
Thomas Young physician at St George's Hospital, London
Archbishop William Sancroft
surface form: William Sancroft
Archbishop of Canterbury
Archbishop William Sancroft
surface form: William Sancroft
Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral
Archbishop William Sancroft
surface form: William Sancroft
Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Andy Burnham Mayor of Greater Manchester
Andy Burnham Member of Parliament for Leigh
Andy Burnham Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
surface form: Secretary of State for Health
Andy Burnham Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Andy Burnham Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Andy Burnham Shadow Secretary of State for Health
Andy Burnham Home Secretary
surface form: Shadow Home Secretary
Peter Stuyvesant Peter Stuyvesant self-linksurface differs
surface form: Director-General of New Netherland
Chancellor of Germany Federal Government of Germany via predicate surface "positionHeldIn"
surface form: Federal government of Germany
Johann Sebastian Bach St. Thomas Church, Leipzig
surface form: Thomaskantor in Leipzig
Dan Quinn defensive lineman via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
John Riggins running back via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
T.J. Oshie right wing via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Michael I. Pupin professor of electromechanics at Columbia University
William Shockley director of transistor physics research at Bell Labs
William Shockley professor of engineering at Stanford University
Lou Henry Hoover First Lady of the United States
Lou Henry Hoover President of the Girl Scouts of the USA
Herbert Hoover Jr. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
surface form: United States Under Secretary of State
Norman R. Augustine CEO of Lockheed Martin
Norman R. Augustine chairman of Lockheed Martin
Norman R. Augustine president of Lockheed Martin
Norman R. Augustine president of Martin Marietta
Norman R. Augustine Under Secretary of the Army
surface form: under secretary of the U.S. Army
Norman R. Augustine acting secretary of the U.S. Army
Norman R. Augustine chair of the National Academy of Engineering
Norman R. Augustine chair of the Defense Science Board
Norman R. Augustine member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
Norman R. Augustine chair of the U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee
Philip Handler President of the National Academy of Sciences
Bill Nye CEO of The Planetary Society
Benjamin A. Smith II United States Senator
Benjamin A. Smith II Mayor of Gloucester, Massachusetts
Benjamin A. Smith II member of the Gloucester School Committee
Bill Clinton 42nd president of the United States
Bill Clinton Governor of Arkansas
Bill Clinton Attorney General of Arkansas
Michael Bruce Curry Presiding Bishop via predicate surface "position"
surface form: Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
Michael Bruce Curry Presiding Bishop via predicate surface "position"
surface form: Primate of the Episcopal Church (United States)
Mitsuo Fuchida commander
Massasoit sachem of the Pokanoket
Massasoit Massasoit self-linksurface differs
surface form: Grand Sachem of the Wampanoag Confederacy
William Bradford Governor of Plymouth Colony
Super Bowl LIII wide receiver via predicate surface "MVPPosition"
Los Angeles Lakers Jeanie Buss via predicate surface "president"