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
Jan Peter Balkenende Minister of General Affairs of the Netherlands
Jan Peter Balkenende Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
Jan Peter Balkenende Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal
Jan Peter Balkenende Parliamentary leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal in the House of Representatives
Jan Peter Balkenende Member of the municipal council of Amstelveen
Nicolás de Ovando (as colonial authority in the region)
surface form: Nicolás de Ovando
Governor of Hispaniola
Nicolás de Ovando (as colonial authority in the region)
surface form: Nicolás de Ovando
Governor of the Indies
Commander-in-Chief South (Oberbefehlshaber Süd)
surface form: Albert Kesselring
Commander-in-Chief South
Commander-in-Chief South (Oberbefehlshaber Süd)
surface form: Ewald von Kleist
Commander-in-Chief South
Ministry of the Interior of Prussia Ministry of the Interior of Prussia via predicate surface "positionHeldBy" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Prussian Minister of the Interior
The Coca-Cola Company James Quincey – chairman and CEO
John D. Rockefeller Jr. director of Standard Oil Company
John D. Rockefeller Jr. trustee of Rockefeller Foundation
John D. Rockefeller Jr. trustee of Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research
Hendrik Wade Bode vice president at Bell Telephone Laboratories via predicate surface "position"
Eugene McDermott co-founder of Texas Instruments
Donald Rumsfeld United States Secretary of Defense
Donald Rumsfeld White House Chief of Staff
Donald Rumsfeld United States Ambassador to NATO
Donald Rumsfeld Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Joachim von Ribbentrop Foreign Minister of Nazi Germany
Mariano Rivera pitcher via predicate surface "position"
Mariano Rivera relief pitcher via predicate surface "position"
Mariano Rivera closer via predicate surface "position"
Fort Worth, Texas Mayor via predicate surface "leaderTitle"
Israel Putnam major general in the Continental Army
Israel Putnam brigadier general of Connecticut troops
Allan Hoover chairman of the Hoover Institution board of overseers
Allan Hoover trustee of the Hoover Institution
Gerhard Klopfer State Secretary in the Party Chancellery
Gerhard Klopfer Ministerial Director in the Party Chancellery
Schutzstaffel (SS)
surface form: Schutzstaffel
Reichsführer-SS via predicate surface "leaderTitle"
Archibald Cox Professor at Harvard Law School
Archibald Cox Office of the Solicitor General
surface form: Solicitor General of the United States
Archibald Cox United States Watergate Special Prosecutor
Anne of Denmark Queen consort of Scotland
Anne of Denmark Queen consort of England
Anne of Denmark Queen consort of Ireland
Duke of Cornwall Prince William, Prince of Wales via predicate surface "currentHolder"
surface form: William, Prince of Wales
Sean Marks power forward via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Sean Marks center via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Brian Leetch defence via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Joe Namath quarterback via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Donald
surface form: Donald Trump
45th president of the United States
Donald
surface form: Donald Trump
President of the United States
George Goschen
surface form: George Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen
First Lord of the Admiralty
George Goschen
surface form: George Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen
Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty
George Goschen
surface form: George Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen
Financial Secretary to the War Office
George Goschen
surface form: George Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen
Under-Secretary of State for India
George Goschen
surface form: George Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom