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
Rudolf Virchow member of the Prussian House of Representatives
Rudolf Virchow member of the Reichstag of the German Empire
The Mind of Primitive Man foundational work in American anthropology
Duke of Aquitaine Duke of Aquitaine via predicate surface "heldBy" self-linksurface differs
surface form: William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine
Duke of Aquitaine Duke of Aquitaine via predicate surface "heldBy" self-linksurface differs
surface form: William IX, Duke of Aquitaine
Duke of Aquitaine Duke of Aquitaine via predicate surface "heldBy" self-linksurface differs
surface form: William X, Duke of Aquitaine
Duke of Aquitaine Eleanor of Aquitaine via predicate surface "heldBy"
Duke of Aquitaine Henry II of England via predicate surface "heldBy"
Duke of Aquitaine King Richard the Lionheart via predicate surface "heldBy"
surface form: Richard I of England
Duke of Aquitaine King John of England via predicate surface "heldBy"
surface form: John, King of England
Duke of Aquitaine Edward I of England via predicate surface "heldBy"
Duke of Aquitaine Edward II of England via predicate surface "heldBy"
Duke of Aquitaine Edward III of England via predicate surface "heldBy"
Duke of Aquitaine Edward the Black Prince via predicate surface "heldBy"
surface form: Black Prince
Duke of Aquitaine Charles VII of France via predicate surface "heldBy"
Duke of Aquitaine Louis XI of France via predicate surface "heldBy"
Dallas Cowboys Jerry Jones via predicate surface "president"
Charles L. Tiffany leader of Tiffany & Co.
John Endecott Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony
John Endecott Deputy Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony
John Endecott colonial magistrate
Horace Darwin director of Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company
Horace Darwin Mayor of Cambridge
University of Alabama Stuart R. Bell via predicate surface "president"
James L. Flanagan director of Acoustics Research at Bell Laboratories
James L. Flanagan vice president for research at Bell Laboratories
James L. Flanagan dean of the School of Engineering at Rutgers University
James L. Flanagan vice president for research at Rutgers University
Leslie R. Groves Jr. director of the Manhattan Project
Leslie R. Groves Jr. deputy chief of construction, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Leslie R. Groves Jr. officer in charge of Pentagon construction
Leonid Brezhnev General Secretary of the Communist Party
surface form: General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Leonid Brezhnev Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
Leonid Brezhnev Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the National Economy of the Moldavian SSR
Leonid Brezhnev First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan
Leonid Brezhnev First Secretary of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine
Leonid Brezhnev First Secretary of the Communist Party of Moldavia
Leonid Brezhnev Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
Rudolf Hess Deputy Führer of the Nazi Party
Rudolf Hess Reich Minister without Portfolio
Rudolf Hess Member of the Reichstag
Jerome Wiesner President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jerome Wiesner President's Science Advisory Committee
surface form: Science Advisor to the President of the United States
Derek Jeter shortstop via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Super Bowl XXV running back via predicate surface "MVPPosition"
Phil Simms quarterback via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Sin-Itiro Tomonaga professor
Melba Phillips president of the American Association of Physics Teachers
Victoria Reggie Kennedy United States Ambassador to Austria
Victoria Reggie Kennedy board member of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate