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
Calvin Coolidge governor of Massachusetts
Calvin Coolidge lieutenant governor of Massachusetts
Calvin Coolidge mayor of Northampton, Massachusetts
Calvin Coolidge member of the Massachusetts Senate
Calvin Coolidge member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
James Roosevelt Roosevelt U.S. Minister to the Netherlands
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell Home Secretary
surface form: Home Secretary of the United Kingdom
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell Leader of the House of Commons
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell Leader of the Whig Party
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell Member of Parliament
University of Michigan Santa J. Ono via predicate surface "president"
Gerald Ford President of the United States
Gerald Ford Vice President of the United States
Gerald Ford Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Gerald Ford House Minority Leader
Gerald Ford Richard Nixon via predicate surface "president"
surface form: Richard Nixon (during Ford’s vice presidency)
Somerville, Massachusetts Mayor via predicate surface "leaderTitle"
Cordell Hull United States Secretary of State
Cordell Hull United States Senator from New York
surface form: United States Senator
Cordell Hull Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Cordell Hull Chair of the Democratic National Committee
Leon Trotsky People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the RSFSR
Leon Trotsky People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs of the RSFSR
Leon Trotsky Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council
Leon Trotsky member of the Politburo of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
Leon Trotsky member of the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
Myles Standish captain of Plymouth Colony militia
Myles Standish member of Plymouth Colony council of war
Super Bowl XLVI quarterback via predicate surface "MVPPosition"
Pittsburgh Steelers Art Rooney II via predicate surface "president"
Red Auerbach head coach of the Boston Celtics
Red Auerbach general manager of the Boston Celtics
Red Auerbach team president of the Boston Celtics
Dennis Johnson point guard via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Dennis Johnson shooting guard via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Frank B. Jewett first president of Bell Telephone Laboratories
Frank B. Jewett president of the National Academy of Sciences
Frank B. Jewett vice president of American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Frank B. Jewett director of research at Western Electric Company
Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland more liberal on clerical marriage than Roman Catholic Church via predicate surface "hasPosition"
Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland more liberal on church governance than Roman Catholic Church via predicate surface "hasPosition"
G. W. F. Hegel chair of philosophy at the University of Berlin via predicate surface "heldPosition"
Adam Vinatieri placekicker via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Adam Vinatieri NFL all-time leading scorer via predicate surface "holdsRecord"
Adam Vinatieri most career field goals made in NFL history via predicate surface "holdsRecord"
Adam Vinatieri most postseason points in NFL history via predicate surface "holdsRecord"
Adam Vinatieri most postseason field goals made in NFL history via predicate surface "holdsRecord"
Don Garber Commissioner of Major League Soccer