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
Annie Besant leader of the Home Rule League
Alan Turing Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge
Joel Glazer co-chairman of Manchester United F.C.
Joel Glazer co-chairman of Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Ted Williams left fielder via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Tito Francona outfielder via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Tito Francona first baseman via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Henry Ward Beecher pastor of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn
Thunder Bay Mayor via predicate surface "leaderTitle"
President of the Senate of Puerto Rico Senate of Puerto Rico via predicate surface "positionHeldInOrganization"
President of the Senate of Puerto Rico bicameral legislature of Puerto Rico via predicate surface "isPositionIn"
Eugenio Montero Ríos Prime Minister of Spain
Eugenio Montero Ríos President of the Senate of Spain
Eugenio Montero Ríos Minister of Grace and Justice of Spain
Eugenio Montero Ríos President of the Council of Ministers of Spain
Eugenio Montero Ríos President of the Spanish peace commission in Paris via predicate surface "heldTitle"
Prince Laurent of Belgium Prince of Belgium
Eurogroup President of the Eurogroup
Secretary General of the Council of Europe Marija Pejčinović Burić via predicate surface "currentHolder"
Penske Automotive Group Robert H. Kurnick Jr., President via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
Carlos Tavares Chief Executive Officer of PSA Group
Carlos Tavares Chief Executive Officer of Stellantis
Walter Bedell Smith Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander (Dwight D. Eisenhower)
Walter Bedell Smith Director of Central Intelligence
Walter Bedell Smith United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union
Eberhard Schöngarth SS and Police Leader in the General Government
Eberhard Schöngarth SS and Police Leader in occupied Poland
Eberhard Schöngarth commander of Security Police and SD in Kraków
Eberhard Schöngarth commander of Security Police and SD in the General Government
Eberhard Schöngarth Higher SS and Police Leader in the Netherlands
John Marshall Chief Justice of the United States
John Marshall United States Secretary of State
John Marshall Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Ralph Adams Cram supervising architect for Princeton University
Ralph Adams Cram head of architecture firm Cram and Ferguson
Mitsuru Ushijima commander of Japanese 32nd Army
Daniel H. Weiss President of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Daniel H. Weiss Chief Executive Officer of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Daniel H. Weiss President of Haverford College
Daniel H. Weiss Dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins University
Daniel H. Weiss Professor of Art History at Johns Hopkins University
Edsger W. Dijkstra Schlumberger Centennial Chair in Computer Sciences
Virginia Joan Bennett
surface form: Ted Kennedy
United States Senate
surface form: United States Senator
Reggie Lewis shooting guard via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Dan Kan chief operating officer of Cruise Automation
Bess
surface form: Bess Truman
First Lady of the United States
Hoover
surface form: Herbert Hoover
31st president of the United States
Hoover
surface form: J. Edgar Hoover
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Titus Roman emperor
Titus Roman general