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
Harry Dexter White Director of the Division of Monetary Research, U.S. Treasury
Harry Dexter White U.S. Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund
Pascual Cervera y Topete Admiral in the Spanish Navy
Hadrian Roman emperor
Hadrian consul of the Roman Republic
Pope Pius IV Pope
Pope Pius IV Bishop of Rome
Pope Pius IV Sovereign of the Papal States
Alexandre Colonna-Walewski French Minister of Foreign Affairs
Alexandre Colonna-Walewski French Minister of State
Alexandre Colonna-Walewski Senator of the Second French Empire
Alexandre Colonna-Walewski President of the Corps législatif
Alexandre Colonna-Walewski French ambassador to the United Kingdom
Alexandre Colonna-Walewski French ambassador to Spain
Alexandre Colonna-Walewski French ambassador to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Alexandre Colonna-Walewski Deputy in the French National Assembly
Alexander I of Scotland King of Scots
Thomas Blamey Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Military Forces
Thomas Blamey Commander of the Second Australian Imperial Force
Thomas Blamey Chief of the General Staff (Australia)
Thomas Blamey Commander, I Australian Corps
Thomas Blamey Commander, Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area
Eduard Rydz-Śmigły Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Armed Forces
Eduard Rydz-Śmigły General Inspector of the Armed Forces of Poland
Eduard Rydz-Śmigły Marshal of Poland
Eduard Rydz-Śmigły de facto leader of Poland
Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve governor of Montreal
Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve governor of Ville-Marie
Office of the Indiana Attorney General Office of the Indiana Attorney General via predicate surface "positionHeldBy" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Indiana Attorney General
Congress of the Republic of Peru President of Congress via predicate surface "leaderTitle"
Ed Hochuli referee via predicate surface "position"
Jimmy Rollins shortstop via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Joint Staff Director of the Joint Staff via predicate surface "hasPosition"
Jimmy Johnson Head coach of the Dallas Cowboys
Jimmy Johnson Head coach of the Miami Dolphins
Jimmy Johnson Head coach of the Miami Hurricanes football team
Jimmy Johnson Head coach of the Oklahoma State Cowboys football team
Jimmy Johnson Defensive coordinator at the University of Pittsburgh
Ľubomír Višňovský defenceman via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
John Owen Dean of Christ Church, Oxford via predicate surface "position"
John Owen Vice-Chancellor via predicate surface "position"
surface form: Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford
J. J. Thomson Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics
J. J. Thomson 1919 via predicate surface "positionHeldEnd"
Hank Steinbrenner co-chairman of the New York Yankees
Duke of Rothesay heir apparent to the Scottish throne via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
Duke of Rothesay heir apparent to the British throne when in Scotland via predicate surface "positionHeldBy"
Duke of Rothesay Prince William, Prince of Wales via predicate surface "currentHolder"
surface form: William, Prince of Wales
Duke of Rothesay Prince William, Prince of Wales via predicate surface "heldBy"
surface form: William, Prince of Wales
Duke of Rothesay Charles III, King of Canada via predicate surface "heldBy"
surface form: Charles III
Duke of Rothesay Edward VII via predicate surface "heldBy"