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
Jo Jo White point guard via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Brian Bilello president of New England Revolution
I. I. Rabi Professor of Physics at Columbia University
I. I. Rabi Chairman of the Physics Department at Columbia University
I. I. Rabi President of the American Physical Society
I. I. Rabi Chairman of the General Advisory Committee of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Philadelphia Flyers Keith Jones via predicate surface "president"
Department of Defense
surface form: United States Department of Defense
United States Secretary of Defense via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
William Graham Sumner Professor of Political and Social Science at Yale University
Goodwin Knight Governor of California
Goodwin Knight Lieutenant Governor of California
Goodwin Knight Judge
Charles Taze Russell President of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society
United States Associate Attorney General United States Department of Justice via predicate surface "positionHeldInOrganization"
Fergus Cullen chairman of the New Hampshire Republican Party
Tommy Amaker point guard via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Jean Perrin professor of physical chemistry
Christopher Wren President of the Royal Society
Christopher Wren Surveyor of the King’s Works
Khaldoon Al Mubarak chairman of Manchester City Football Club
Khaldoon Al Mubarak chairman of City Football Group
Khaldoon Al Mubarak managing director of Mubadala Investment Company
Willem Kieft Director of New Netherland
Willem Kieft Willem Kieft self-linksurface differs
surface form: Governor of New Netherland
Randall Woodfin Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama
3rd Earl Russell
surface form: Bertrand Russell
3rd Earl Russell self-linksurface differs
3rd Earl Russell
surface form: Bertrand Russell
Member of the House of Lords
Ludwig Wittgenstein Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge
Bartolomeu Dias superintendent of the royal warehouses
Bartolomeu Dias sailing master of the man-of-war São Cristóvão
Nance
surface form: John Nance Garner
Vice President of the United States
Nance
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
President of the United States
Barron Trump member of the First Family of the United States
Herbert Simon
surface form: Herbert A. Simon
professor of computer science
Herbert Simon
surface form: Herbert A. Simon
professor of psychology
Herbert Simon
surface form: Herbert A. Simon
professor of economics
Herbert Simon
surface form: Herbert A. Simon
professor of industrial administration
Duke of Normandy British monarch via predicate surface "heldBy"
John Major Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
John Major First Lord of the Treasury
John Major Minister for the Civil Service
John Major Chancellor of the Exchequer
John Major Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
surface form: Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom
John Major Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
John Major Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Sovereign of the Garter Charles III, King of Canada via predicate surface "currentHolder"
surface form: Charles III
Montesquieu président à mortier of the Parlement of Bordeaux via predicate surface "heldTitle"
Martin J. Sherwin professor of history
Martin J. Sherwin Walter S. Dickson Professor of English and American History at Tufts University
Martin J. Sherwin University Professor at George Mason University