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
Cleveland
surface form: Frances Cleveland
First Lady of the United States
Phillip A. Sharp professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Phillip A. Sharp Institute Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Phillip A. Sharp director of the Center for Cancer Research at MIT
Phillip A. Sharp founding director of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT
P. F. Strawson Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy
P. F. Strawson fellow of University College, Oxford
Ralph Linton professor of anthropology at Columbia University
Ralph Linton chair of the anthropology department at Columbia University
Ralph Linton president of the American Anthropological Association
Walter Annenberg owner of Triangle Publications
Walter Annenberg editor and publisher of The Philadelphia Inquirer
Walter Annenberg United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom
Louis Appia member of the International Committee of the Red Cross
Amy Pope Director General of the International Organization for Migration
Amy Pope White House staff
surface form: White House official
Amy Pope senior advisor on migration issues
Catherine II of Russia Empress of Russia
surface form: Empress of All the Russias
Catherine II of Russia Emperor of All the Russias
surface form: Autocrat of All the Russias
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor Holy Roman Emperor
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor King of Hungary
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor King of Bohemia
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor Archduke of Austria
College Park, Georgia Mayor via predicate surface "leaderTitle"
College Park, Georgia City Manager via predicate surface "leaderTitle"
Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo
surface form: Benjamin N. Cardozo
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo
surface form: Benjamin N. Cardozo
Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo
surface form: Benjamin N. Cardozo
Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
Masako Owada Empress consort of Japan
Masako Owada Empress Masako
surface form: Crown Princess of Japan
Kendrick Frazier editor of Skeptical Inquirer
William P. Rogers United States Attorney General
William P. Rogers United States Secretary of State
William P. Rogers United States Deputy Attorney General
William P. Rogers Chair of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident
Mindanao southernmost major island of the Philippines via predicate surface "position"
Ignacio Allende military commander of insurgent forces
Ethelred, Abbot of Dunkeld Ethelred, Abbot of Dunkeld self-linksurface differs
surface form: Abbot of Dunkeld
Thomas Hart Benton United States senator
Dustin Moskovitz co-founder of Facebook
Dustin Moskovitz co-founder of Asana
Frederick Law Olmsted General Secretary of the U.S. Sanitary Commission
Medgar Evers field secretary of the NAACP in Mississippi
Medgar Evers civil rights organizer
Felix Unger president of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Felix Unger founding member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Awashonks sachem of the Sakonnet band
Benjamin Harrison President of the United States
Benjamin Harrison United States Senate
surface form: United States Senator
Benjamin Harrison Brigadier General in the Union Army