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
Francis
surface form: Pope Francis
Pope
Francis
surface form: Pope Francis
Pope
surface form: Bishop of Rome
Francis
surface form: Pope Francis
Sovereign of the Vatican City State
Francis
surface form: Pope Francis
Primate of Italy
Francis
surface form: Pope Francis
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Buenos Aires
surface form: Archbishop of Buenos Aires
Francis
surface form: Pope Francis
Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Subhas Chandra Bose President of the Indian National Congress
Subhas Chandra Bose President of the Indian National Congress in 1938
Subhas Chandra Bose President of the Indian National Congress in 1939
United States Life-Saving Service General Superintendent via predicate surface "hasPosition"
Joe Torre MLB executive vice president of baseball operations via predicate surface "heldPosition"
Under Secretary of the Navy second-highest-ranking civilian official in the Department of the Navy via predicate surface "positionInOrganization"
Calvin Ellis Stowe professor of biblical literature
Calvin Ellis Stowe professor of sacred literature
Plymouth Colony Governor via predicate surface "leaderTitle"
Marcelo Caetano Prime Minister of Portugal
Marcelo Caetano Prime Minister of Portugal
surface form: President of the Council of Ministers of Portugal
Marcelo Caetano Rector of the University of Lisbon
Marcelo Caetano Minister of the Colonies of Portugal
Marcelo Caetano Ministers of Portugal
surface form: Minister of the Presidency of Portugal
John Harbison Institute Professor at MIT
James Mill official of the East India Company
James Mill assistant examiner at the East India Company
James Mill chief examiner at the East India Company
Hideki Yukawa professor at Kyoto University
Hideki Yukawa professor at Columbia University
Senate of Bermuda President of the Senate via predicate surface "hasPosition"
Senate of Bermuda Vice President of the Senate via predicate surface "hasPosition"
Fred Snodgrass outfielder via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Hendrik Verwoerd Prime Minister of South Africa
Hendrik Verwoerd Minister of Native Affairs of South Africa
Hendrik Verwoerd Professor of Psychology via predicate surface "heldTitle"
Hendrik Verwoerd editor of Die Transvaler
Vittorio Mussolini editor of the film magazine Cinema
Vittorio Mussolini editor of the film magazine Bianco e Nero
Richard Baxter minister at Kidderminster
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne Home Secretary
surface form: Home Secretary of the United Kingdom
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne Chief Secretary for Ireland
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne Leader of the House of Lords
Hester Grenville, Countess of Chatham Countess of Chatham
Athanasius of Alexandria Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark
surface form: Patriarch of Alexandria
Athanasius of Alexandria Bishop of Alexandria
Earl of Chester Prince William, Prince of Wales via predicate surface "currentHolder"
surface form: William, Prince of Wales
Alexis of Russia Tsar of Russia
Paul Rand professor of graphic design at Yale University
Melinda French Gates general manager of information products at Microsoft
Jim Farley president of Ford Motor Company
Jim Farley chief executive officer of Ford Motor Company
Harry Dexter White Assistant Secretary of the Treasury of the United States