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
Terrence
surface form: Terrence Jon Francona
outfielder via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Empress Masako Empress of Japan
Empress Masako Empress of Japan
surface form: Crown Princess of Japan
Junichiro Koizumi Prime Minister of Japan
Junichiro Koizumi President of the Liberal Democratic Party
Junichiro Koizumi Member of the House of Representatives of Japan
Mark Oliphant Professor of Physics at the University of Birmingham
Mark Oliphant Director of the Research School of Physical Sciences at the Australian National University
Mark Oliphant Governor of South Australia
Sergey Brin President of Google
Sergey Brin President of Alphabet Inc.
Sergey Brin Co-founder of Google
Sergey Brin Board member of Alphabet Inc.
Juan Carlos I of Spain Head of State of Spain
Edsel Ford president of Ford Motor Company
William R. Shafter major general in the United States Army
Samuel Smith United States Senator from Maryland
Samuel Smith United States Representative from Maryland
Samuel Smith Mayor of Baltimore
Samuel Smith President pro tempore of the United States Senate
Vespasian Roman emperor
Vespasian consul of the Roman Empire
Émile Zola literary editor
Robert Watson-Watt head of the Radio Research Station at Slough
Robert Watson-Watt Superintendent of the Radio Department of the National Physical Laboratory
Robert Watson-Watt Director of Communications Development at the British Air Ministry
AOC-in-C Fighter Command Hugh Dowding via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
AOC-in-C Fighter Command Sholto Douglas via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
AOC-in-C Fighter Command Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
surface form: Trafford Leigh-Mallory
AOC-in-C Fighter Command Clive Loader via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
surface form: Roderic Hill
AOC-in-C Fighter Command James Robb via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
AOC-in-C Fighter Command Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
AOC-in-C Fighter Command Thomas Pike via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
AOC-in-C Fighter Command Christopher Courtney via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
AOC-in-C Fighter Command Frederick Rosier via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
AOC-in-C Fighter Command Denis Barnett via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
AOC-in-C Fighter Command John Grandy via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
AOC-in-C Fighter Command Alasdair Steedman via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
AOC-in-C Fighter Command Andrew Humphrey via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
AOC-in-C Fighter Command David Lee via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
AOC-in-C Fighter Command Peter Harding via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
AOC-in-C Fighter Command Anthony Skingsley via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
AOC-in-C Fighter Command John Day via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
AOC-in-C Fighter Command David Craig via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
AOC-in-C Fighter Command Michael Graydon via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
AOC-in-C Fighter Command Graham Stanton via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
AOC-in-C Fighter Command John Willis via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
AOC-in-C Fighter Command Richard Johns via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
AOC-in-C Fighter Command John Daykin via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
AOC-in-C Fighter Command John Cheshire via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"