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
Dexter Scott King Chairman of the King Center
Constitutional Convention George Washington via predicate surface "president"
Charles Proteus Steinmetz professor at Union College
Nick Holonyak Jr. professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
James Madison 4th President of the United States
James Madison United States Secretary of State
James Madison Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
James Madison Delegate to the Continental Congress
James Madison Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
Vasily Stalin commander of the Soviet Air Force in the Moscow Military District
Vasily Stalin commander of the Soviet Air Force in the Moscow Air Defense District
Saddam Hussein President of Iraq
Saddam Hussein Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council of Iraq
Saddam Hussein Prime Minister of Iraq
Saddam Hussein Secretary General of the Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region
Saddam Hussein Vice President of Iraq
François Mitterrand President of France
François Mitterrand Co-Prince of Andorra
François Mitterrand Mayor of Château-Chinon
François Mitterrand Minister of the Interior of France
François Mitterrand Minister of Justice of France
François Mitterrand Minister of Overseas France
François Mitterrand Deputy in the National Assembly of France
Bangkok Governor of Bangkok via predicate surface "leaderTitle"
St Martin Martin of Tours
surface form: Bishop of Tours
Thomas Gray Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge
JPMorgan Chase Chairman and CEO via predicate surface "positionHeldByKeyPerson"
Sergei Korolev Chief Designer of the Soviet space program
Sergei Korolev head of OKB-1 design bureau
Second Bank of the United States Nicholas Biddle via predicate surface "president"
Blackstone Inc. Stephen A. Schwarzman
surface form: Stephen A. Schwarzman – Chairman and CEO
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Recep Tayyip Erdoğan via predicate surface "officeHeld"
surface form: President of Turkey
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Prime Minister of Turkey via predicate surface "officeHeld"
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey via predicate surface "officeHeld"
Christopher Luxon Prime Minister of New Zealand
Christopher Luxon Leader of the New Zealand National Party
Christopher Luxon Member of the New Zealand House of Representatives
Christopher Luxon Leader of the Opposition (New Zealand)
Christopher Luxon Chief Executive Officer of Air New Zealand
Christopher Luxon Chief Executive Officer of Unilever Canada
Tobias Read (as Oregon State Treasurer)
surface form: Tobias Read
Oregon State Treasurer
Tobias Read (as Oregon State Treasurer)
surface form: Tobias Read
Member of the Oregon House of Representatives
Alex Morgan forward via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Abdulfattah Jandali restaurant manager
Serge Koussevitzky music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Mary Lou Jepsen chief technology officer of One Laptop per Child
Mary Lou Jepsen executive at Google X
Mary Lou Jepsen executive at Facebook Oculus
Iain Canning co-founder of See-Saw Films
John Barry senior officer of the United States Navy via predicate surface "position"