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
Julia Ward Howe president of the American Woman Suffrage Association
Julia Ward Howe president of the Association for the Advancement of Women
House of Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor via predicate surface "heldTitle"
House of Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor via predicate surface "heldTitle"
surface form: King of the Romans
House of Habsburg Archduke of Austria via predicate surface "heldTitle"
House of Habsburg King of Spain via predicate surface "heldTitle"
House of Habsburg Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor via predicate surface "heldTitle"
surface form: King of Hungary
House of Habsburg King of Bohemia via predicate surface "heldTitle"
House of Habsburg Emperor of Austria via predicate surface "heldTitle"
President of Peru Dina Boluarte via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
Quezon City Mayor via predicate surface "leaderTitle"
Quezon City Vice Mayor via predicate surface "leaderTitle"
Gisele Bündchen Victoria’s Secret Angel
surface form: Victoria's Secret Angel
Doc point guard via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Carles Gil attacking midfielder via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Carles Gil winger via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
Holy Roman Emperor Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
surface form: Otto I
Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
surface form: Frederick II
Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
surface form: Charles IV
Holy Roman Emperor Emperor Maximilian I via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
surface form: Maximilian I
Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
surface form: Charles V
Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
surface form: Ferdinand II
Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
surface form: Leopold I
Holy Roman Emperor Francis I of Austria via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
surface form: Francis II
Alba, Duke of Alba
surface form: Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba
Governor of the Spanish Netherlands
Alba, Duke of Alba
surface form: Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba
Captain General of the Army of Flanders
Alba, Duke of Alba
surface form: Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba
Viceroy of Naples
Alba, Duke of Alba
surface form: Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba
Viceroy of Portugal
John Strachan Bishop of Toronto
John Strachan first Anglican Bishop of Toronto
John Strachan member of the Legislative Council of Upper Canada
John Polanyi Professor at the University of Toronto
John Locke physician
John Locke secretary to Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury
Ed Bastian Chief Executive Officer of Delta Air Lines
Geoffrey Chaucer Clerk of the Works at Westminster
surface form: Clerk of the King’s Works
Geoffrey Chaucer Controller of Customs for the Port of London
Geoffrey Chaucer Member of Parliament for Kent
American Economic Association president via predicate surface "hasPosition"
American Economic Association vice president via predicate surface "hasPosition"
American Economic Association secretary-treasurer via predicate surface "hasPosition"
Starbucks Howard Schultz
surface form: Howard Schultz – former CEO
Starbucks Laxman Narasimhan
surface form: Laxman Narasimhan – CEO
Sebastian Faulks literary editor of The Independent
Nayib Bukele President of El Salvador
Nayib Bukele Mayor of San Salvador via predicate surface "previousPositionHeld"
Nayib Bukele Mayor of Nuevo Cuscatlán via predicate surface "previousPositionHeld"
Gabriele D'Annunzio Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy