positionHeld

P8
predicate

Indicates that an entity occupies or has occupied a specific role, job, office, or position within an organization or context.

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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
Henry Ford president of Ford Motor Company ⓘ
Governor of Florida Florida via predicate surface "positionHeldIn" ⓘ
surface form: State of Florida
Permanent Secretariat of the League of Nations Secretary-General of the League of Nations via predicate surface "hasPosition" ⓘ
Permanent Secretariat of the League of Nations Deputy Secretary-General of the League of Nations via predicate surface "hasPosition" ⓘ
Permanent Secretariat of the League of Nations Deputy Secretary-General of the League of Nations via predicate surface "hasPosition" ⓘ
surface form: Under-Secretary-General of the League of Nations
Permanent Secretariat of the League of Nations Director of section via predicate surface "hasPosition" ⓘ
Tiberius Roman emperor ⓘ
Super Bowl XLII quarterback via predicate surface "MVPPosition" ⓘ
Indianapolis Colts Carlie Irsay-Gordon via predicate surface "president" ⓘ
Robert Parish center via predicate surface "positionPlayed" ⓘ
Philadelphia Union Tim McDermott via predicate surface "president" ⓘ
Karl T. Compton President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
Domestic Policy Council Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy via predicate surface "leaderTitle" ⓘ
Office of the Director of National Intelligence Director of National Intelligence ⓘ
Office of the Director of National Intelligence Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence ⓘ
Office of the Director of National Intelligence Chief Operating Officer ⓘ
Office of the Director of National Intelligence Civil Liberties Protection Officer ⓘ
Office of the Director of National Intelligence Inspector General of the Intelligence Community ⓘ
Office of the Director of National Intelligence Chief Information Officer ⓘ
Office of the Director of National Intelligence Chief Financial Officer ⓘ
Office of the Director of National Intelligence Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer ⓘ
surface form: Chief Human Capital Officer
Office of the Director of National Intelligence Chief Data Officer ⓘ
Office of the Director of National Intelligence Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer ⓘ
H. R. Haldeman White House Chief of Staff ⓘ
H. R. Haldeman Assistant to the President ⓘ
Brewster Kahle founder of the Internet Archive ⓘ
Brewster Kahle digital librarian at the Internet Archive ⓘ
John Warnock Chief Executive Officer of Adobe Systems ⓘ
John Warnock Chairman of Adobe Systems ⓘ
Svante Pääbo founding director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology ⓘ
John Wall point guard via predicate surface "positionPlayed" ⓘ
Andrey Yeremenko commander of Stalingrad Front ⓘ
Andrey Yeremenko commander of Bryansk Front ⓘ
Andrey Yeremenko commander of Southwestern Front ⓘ
Andrey Yeremenko commander of Kalinin Front ⓘ
Andrey Yeremenko commander of 4th Shock Army ⓘ
Andrey Yeremenko commander of 2nd Baltic Front ⓘ
Andrey Yeremenko commander of Carpathian Military District ⓘ
Andrey Yeremenko commander of Baltic Military District ⓘ
Andrey Yeremenko commander of Western Military District ⓘ
Andrey Yeremenko commander of North Caucasus Front ⓘ
Andrey Yeremenko commander of Transcaucasian Front ⓘ
Phil Esposito centre via predicate surface "positionPlayed" ⓘ
Babe Ruth outfielder via predicate surface "positionPlayed" ⓘ
Babe Ruth pitcher via predicate surface "positionPlayed" ⓘ
Tim Mara principal owner of the New York Giants via predicate surface "position" ⓘ
John Armstrong
surface form: John Armstrong Jr.
United States Senator from New York ⓘ
John Armstrong
surface form: John Armstrong Jr.
Secretary of War ⓘ
surface form: United States Secretary of War
John Armstrong
surface form: John Armstrong (bishop)
Bishop of Grahamstown ⓘ
Julia Ward Howe president of the New England Woman Suffrage Association ⓘ