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
Titus praetorian prefect
Titus consul of the Roman Empire
Titus pontifex maximus
surface form: Pontifex Maximus
William Lloyd Garrison co-founder of the American Anti-Slavery Society
Isaiah Berlin Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory
Isaiah Berlin President of the British Academy
Carlo Maderno chief architect of St. Peter’s Basilica
Pope Julius II Bishop of Rome
Pope Julius II Sovereign of the Papal States
Eisenhower administration Dwight D. Eisenhower via predicate surface "president"
Hermann von Helmholtz professor of physiology at the University of Königsberg
Hermann von Helmholtz professor of physiology at the University of Bonn
Hermann von Helmholtz professor of physiology at the University of Heidelberg
Hermann von Helmholtz professor of physics at the University of Berlin
Hermann von Helmholtz first president of the Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt
Friedrich Nietzsche Professor of classical philology at the University of Basel
Romanian Communist Party General Secretary of the Communist Party via predicate surface "leaderTitle"
surface form: General Secretary
Sir George Carteret Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
Sir George Carteret Treasurer of the Navy
Sir George Carteret Member of Parliament of England
Sir George Carteret Bailiff of Jersey
Sir George Carteret Governor of Jersey
Ankara Mayor of Ankara via predicate surface "leaderTitle"
Lindsey Horan midfielder via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Lindsey Horan forward via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Rhian Wilkinson defender via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Rhian Wilkinson fullback via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Reed Jobs founder of Yosemite
Reed Jobs managing director at Yosemite
Reed Jobs former managing director of health at Emerson Collective
Robert H. Jackson Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Robert H. Jackson United States Attorney General
Robert H. Jackson Office of the Solicitor General
surface form: United States Solicitor General
Robert H. Jackson Chief United States Prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials
Miles Dempsey commander of the British Second Army
Miles Dempsey General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Second Army
Miles Dempsey commander XIII Corps
Miles Dempsey commander II Corps
Miles Dempsey colonel of the Royal Berkshire Regiment
Patrice Bergeron centre via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Joe DiMaggio center fielder via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Joe DiMaggio longest hitting streak in Major League Baseball via predicate surface "holdsRecord"
Carmelo Anthony small forward via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Carmelo Anthony power forward via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
John Mara president of the New York Giants
John Mara CEO of the New York Giants
John Mara co-owner of the New York Giants
Brian Daboll head coach
Brian Daboll offensive coordinator
Brian Daboll offensive coordinator (Alabama)