positionHeld

P8
predicate

Indicates that an entity occupies or has occupied a specific role, job, office, or position within an organization or context.

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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
Dick Cheney U.S. Representative from Wyoming ⓘ
Dick Cheney House Minority Whip ⓘ
Dick Cheney CEO of Halliburton ⓘ
Brandeis University Ronald D. Liebowitz via predicate surface "president" ⓘ
Brendan Eich Chief Technology Officer of Mozilla Corporation ⓘ
Brendan Eich Chief Executive Officer of Mozilla Corporation ⓘ
Brendan Eich Chief Executive Officer of Brave Software ⓘ
Miami Heat Pat Riley via predicate surface "president" ⓘ
Wilhelm Keitel Chief of the OKW ⓘ
surface form: Chief of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
Wilhelm Keitel High Command of the Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: Chief of the High Command of the Armed Forces
Valparaíso Mayor via predicate surface "leaderTitle" ⓘ
Arthur Tedder Deputy Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Arthur Tedder Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief ⓘ
surface form: Air Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Air Command
Arthur Tedder Chief of the Air Staff ⓘ
Arthur Tedder Vice-Chief of the Air Staff ⓘ
Arthur Tedder Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief ⓘ
surface form: Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Middle East Command
Otto Hofmann head of the SS Race and Settlement Main Office ⓘ
Otto Hofmann chief of RuSHA ⓘ
Henrietta Maria of France Queen consort of England ⓘ
Henrietta Maria of France Queen consort of Scotland ⓘ
Henrietta Maria of France Queen consort of Ireland ⓘ
Theodore Roosevelt President of the United States ⓘ
Theodore Roosevelt Vice President of the United States ⓘ
Theodore Roosevelt Governor of New York ⓘ
Theodore Roosevelt Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition ⓘ
surface form: Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Theodore Roosevelt New York City Police Commissioner ⓘ
Theodore Roosevelt Member of the New York State Assembly ⓘ
Silvio Micali Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
Barack Obama presidency 44th President of the United States ⓘ
Cavendish
surface form: Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington
Marchioness of Hartington ⓘ
surface form: Marchioness consort of Hartington
First Zionist Congress Theodor Herzl via predicate surface "president" ⓘ
John Darwin (historian)
surface form: John Darwin
Beit Professor of Commonwealth History ⓘ
King of Sweden Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden via predicate surface "currentHolder" ⓘ
King of Sweden
surface form: Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
King of Sweden self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Mark O’Brien mayor of Augusta, Maine ⓘ
Thomas E. Dobbs, State Health Officer of the Mississippi Department of Health
surface form: Thomas E. Dobbs
Thomas E. Dobbs, State Health Officer of the Mississippi Department of Health self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: State Health Officer of Mississippi
Thomas E. Dobbs, State Health Officer of the Mississippi Department of Health
surface form: Thomas E. Dobbs
State Epidemiologist of Mississippi via predicate surface "heldTitle" ⓘ
Paul Young Mayor of Memphis ⓘ
Paul Young Mayor of Memphis, Tennessee via predicate surface "officeHeld" ⓘ
St. Augustine Augustine of Hippo ⓘ
surface form: Bishop of Hippo Regius
The Myth of the Liberal Media argues that mainstream news outlets are not politically liberal in a structural sense ⓘ
The Myth of the Liberal Media argues that mainstream news outlets systematically reflect corporate interests ⓘ
The Myth of the Liberal Media argues that mainstream news outlets systematically reflect elite interests ⓘ
The Myth of the Liberal Media challenges the notion of media objectivity in the United States ⓘ
The Myth of the Liberal Media argues that media content is constrained by ownership and advertising ⓘ
The Myth of the Liberal Media argues that journalistic routines tend to reproduce dominant power structures ⓘ
The Myth of the Liberal Media criticizes the idea that major U.S. media have a pervasive liberal bias ⓘ
Director General of WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization via predicate surface "positionInOrganization" ⓘ
Herod the Great Herod the Great self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: King of Judea
Herod the Great Herod Antipas ⓘ
surface form: Tetrarch of Galilee