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
Dolores Ibárruri Vice President of the Cortes (Spanish parliament in exile)
Giulio Douhet head of the Italian Army’s aviation section
Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria self-linksurface differs
surface form: Prince Regent of Bavaria
Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria Field Marshal of the Bavarian Army
St. Nicholas Anapausas Monastery atop a rock pillar via predicate surface "position"
António de Spínola President of Portugal
António de Spínola Vice Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces
António de Spínola Governor of Portuguese Guinea
House of Representatives of Puerto Rico Speaker of the House of Representatives via predicate surface "leaderTitle"
surface form: Speaker of the House
Marcus Aurelius Roman emperor
Marcus Aurelius consul of the Roman Republic
Marcus Aurelius pontifex maximus
surface form: Pontifex Maximus
Alexander II of Scotland King of Scots
Pope Innocent IV Head of the Catholic Church
Pope Innocent IV Bishop of Rome
Pope Innocent IV Sovereign of the Papal States
Lara Trump senior adviser to Donald J. Trump for President, Inc.
Lara Trump co-chair of the Republican National Committee
Lara Trump host of “Real News Update” for Donald Trump’s campaign
André Maginot Minister of War of France
André Maginot Minister of Pensions of France
André Maginot Deputy in the French Chamber of Deputies
Darwin manuscripts Cambridge University Library via predicate surface "heldBy"
Darwin manuscripts Darwin Correspondence Project via predicate surface "heldBy"
Darwin manuscripts Down House collections via predicate surface "heldBy"
Darwin manuscripts various archives and libraries worldwide via predicate surface "heldBy"
Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins
surface form: Frederick Gowland Hopkins
professor of biochemistry
Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins
surface form: Frederick Gowland Hopkins
president of the Royal Society
Commonwealth Secretariat Commonwealth Secretary-General via predicate surface "leaderTitle"
surface form: Secretary-General of the Commonwealth
Commonwealth Secretariat Deputy Secretary-General via predicate surface "leaderTitle"
University of Tennessee, Knoxville Randy Boyd via predicate surface "president"
Benito
surface form: Benito Mussolini
Prime Minister
surface form: Prime Minister of Italy
Benito
surface form: Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
surface form: Duce of the Italian Social Republic
Benito
surface form: Benito Mussolini
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Italy
Benito
surface form: Benito Mussolini
Minister of the Interior of the Kingdom of Italy
Benito
surface form: Benito Mussolini
Minister of War of the Kingdom of Italy
Benito
surface form: Benito Mussolini
Minister of the Navy of the Kingdom of Italy
Benito
surface form: Benito Mussolini
Minister of Aviation of the Kingdom of Italy
Alexis de Tocqueville Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs via predicate surface "heldPosition"
surface form: Foreign Minister of France
Johann Gottlieb Fichte Rector of the University of Berlin
Frédéric Joliot-Curie professor at Collège de France
Frédéric Joliot-Curie director of the French National Centre for Scientific Research
Frédéric Joliot-Curie High Commissioner for Atomic Energy in France
Margaret Mead president of the American Anthropological Association
Margaret Mead curator of ethnology at the American Museum of Natural History
Walter Bender executive director of MIT Media Lab
Walter Bender president of One Laptop per Child software and content
Walter Bender president of Sugar Labs
Francis Crick Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
surface form: Fellow of the Royal Society
Francis Crick J.W. Kieckhefer Distinguished Research Professor at the Salk Institute