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
Duke of Rothesay George V via predicate surface "heldBy"
Duke of Rothesay Edward VIII via predicate surface "heldBy"
Duke of Rothesay George VI via predicate surface "heldBy"
Duke of Rothesay Charles I of England via predicate surface "heldBy"
surface form: Charles I
Duke of Rothesay James I of Scotland via predicate surface "heldBy"
Duke of Rothesay James II of Scotland via predicate surface "heldBy"
Duke of Rothesay James III of Scotland via predicate surface "heldBy"
Duke of Rothesay James IV of Scotland via predicate surface "heldBy"
Duke of Rothesay James V of Scotland via predicate surface "heldBy"
Duke of Rothesay James VI and I via predicate surface "heldBy"
surface form: James VI of Scotland
Under Secretary of the Army second-highest-ranking civilian official in the Department of the Army via predicate surface "positionInOrganization"
Anthony Eden Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Anthony Eden Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
surface form: Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom
Anthony Eden Chancellor of the Exchequer
Anthony Eden Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
Anthony Eden Leader of the Opposition (UK)
Anthony Eden Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
Anthony Eden Lord Privy Seal
Anthony Eden Member of Parliament
Samuel Adams Governor of Massachusetts
Samuel Adams Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
Samuel Adams President of the Massachusetts Senate
Samuel Adams Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Samuel Adams Delegate to the Continental Congress
Captain Thomas Preston captain in the British Army
Henrik Lundqvist goaltender via predicate surface "positionPlayed"
Aribert
surface form: Aribert of Milan
Archbishop of Milan
Lord Barham First Lord of the Admiralty
Lord Barham Member of Parliament
Lord Barham First Lord of the Admiralty
surface form: Lord of the Admiralty
Bal Gangadhar Tilak leader of extremist faction of Indian National Congress
Bal Gangadhar Tilak president of Indian Home Rule League
William Stoughton chief justice of the Special Court of Oyer and Terminer
William Stoughton chief justice of the Superior Court of Judicature of Massachusetts Bay
William Stoughton lieutenant governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
William Stoughton acting governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
William Stoughton member of the Governor's Council of Massachusetts Bay
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands Queen consort of the Netherlands
Johannes Voet professor of law at Utrecht University
Johannes Voet professor of law at Leiden University
Arnold Vinnius professor of law
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe director of the Bauhaus
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe head of architecture department at Illinois Institute of Technology
Larry Ellison Chief Executive Officer of Oracle Corporation
Larry Ellison Larry Ellison self-linksurface differs
surface form: Executive Chairman of Oracle Corporation
Larry Ellison Chief Technology Officer of Oracle Corporation
Alfred Russel Wallace President of the Land Nationalisation Society
Dick Cheney 46th Vice President of the United States
Dick Cheney United States Secretary of Defense
surface form: U.S. Secretary of Defense
Dick Cheney White House Chief of Staff