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
Fumio Kishida Member of the House of Representatives of Japan ⓘ
Lick Director of Information Processing Techniques Office at ARPA ⓘ
Lick Vice President at Bolt Beranek and Newman ⓘ
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition United States Department of Defense acquisition system via predicate surface "isPositionIn" ⓘ
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Professor of Anatomy and Physiology at Harvard Medical School ⓘ
Whitfield Diffie Chief Security Officer at Sun Microsystems ⓘ
Yoshua Bengio Canada CIFAR AI Chair ⓘ
Kathy Hochul Governor of New York ⓘ
Kathy Hochul Lieutenant Governor of New York ⓘ
Kathy Hochul United States House of Representatives ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Representative
International Maritime Organization Secretary-General via predicate surface "leaderTitle" ⓘ
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights via predicate surface "hasPosition" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
General Secretary of the Communist Party
surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin via predicate surface "positionHeldBy" ⓘ
General Secretary of the Communist Party
surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev via predicate surface "positionHeldBy" ⓘ
General Secretary of the Communist Party
surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Leonid Brezhnev via predicate surface "positionHeldBy" ⓘ
General Secretary of the Communist Party
surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Yuri Andropov via predicate surface "positionHeldBy" ⓘ
General Secretary of the Communist Party
surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Konstantin Chernenko via predicate surface "positionHeldBy" ⓘ
General Secretary of the Communist Party
surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev via predicate surface "positionHeldBy" ⓘ
General Secretary of the Communist Party
surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Vladimir Lenin via predicate surface "positionHeldBy" ⓘ
Philippe of Belgium Philippe of Belgium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: King of the Belgians
Alexander De Croo Prime Minister of Belgium ⓘ
Alexander De Croo Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium ⓘ
Alexander De Croo Minister of Finance of Belgium ⓘ
Alexander De Croo Minister of Development Cooperation of Belgium ⓘ
Alexander De Croo Alexander De Croo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium
William Stephenson head of British Security Coordination ⓘ
HELP Committee chair United States senator via predicate surface "positionHeldBy" ⓘ
Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Emperor of the French
Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: First Consul of the French Republic
Napoleon Bonaparte Consul for Life ⓘ
Napoleon Bonaparte King of Italy ⓘ
Napoleon Bonaparte Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine ⓘ
President of the French Republic French Fifth Republic via predicate surface "positionHeldIn" ⓘ
President of the French Republic French Fourth Republic via predicate surface "positionHeldIn" ⓘ
President of the French Republic French Third Republic via predicate surface "positionHeldIn" ⓘ
President of the French Republic French Second Republic via predicate surface "positionHeldIn" ⓘ
President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron via predicate surface "currentHolder" ⓘ
Alex Ovechkin left wing via predicate surface "positionPlayed" ⓘ
St. Margaret of Scotland (associated)
surface form: St. Margaret of Scotland
Queen consort of Scotland ⓘ
Samuel Gompers President of the American Federation of Labor ⓘ
Samuel Gompers leader of Cigar Makers' International Union ⓘ
Kimberly Guilfoyle co-host of The Five ⓘ
Kimberly Guilfoyle co-host of Outnumbered ⓘ
Adelbert von Chamisso curator of the botanical gardens in Berlin ⓘ
Abraham
surface form: Abraham Lincoln
16th president of the United States ⓘ
Nazi Germany Führer via predicate surface "leaderTitle" ⓘ
Toronto Mayor of Toronto via predicate surface "leaderTitle" ⓘ
Frances Arnold Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry at Caltech ⓘ
Frances Arnold Linus Pauling ⓘ
surface form: Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry
Frances Arnold Director of the Donna and Benjamin M. Rosen Bioengineering Center at Caltech ⓘ