appointedAs

P8553
predicate

Indicates that one entity is formally assigned or designated to hold a specific role, position, or title in relation to another entity.

All labels observed (35)

Label Occurrences
appointedAs canonical 284
appointedAsLifePeer 13
appointedAsBishop 12

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: appointedAs
Generated description
Indicates that one entity is formally assigned or designated to hold a specific role, position, or title in relation to another entity.

Sample triples (381)

Subject Object
Michael Heseltine life peer
Hisashi Owada International Court of Justice in 2003 via predicate surface "appointedAsJudgeAt"
John Colet Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral
Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII Louis-Jérôme Gohier via predicate surface "newDirectorAppointed"
Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII Jean-François-Auguste Moulin via predicate surface "newDirectorAppointed"
Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII Roger Ducos via predicate surface "newDirectorAppointed"
Patrick Joseph Hayes Titular Bishop of Thagaste via predicate surface "appointedTitularSee"
Michel Ney 1804 via predicate surface "appointedMarshal"
Bonn Conference on Afghanistan (2001) Hamid Karzai as Chairman of the Afghan Interim Authority via predicate surface "appointedPosition"
Trump administration Neil M. Gorsuch via predicate surface "appointedJustice"
surface form: Neil Gorsuch
Trump administration Brett M. Kavanaugh via predicate surface "appointedJustice"
surface form: Brett Kavanaugh
Trump administration Amy Coney Barrett via predicate surface "appointedJustice"
David Puttnam 1997 via predicate surface "appointedAsLifePeer"
Dave Sarachan interim head coach of the United States men's national soccer team
Chief Justice of South Africa
surface form: Raymond Zondo
Chief Justice of South Africa in 2022
United Nations General Assembly resolution 71/291 Under-Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism via predicate surface "designatesHeadOfNewOfficeAs"
Robert McCredie May Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government
Martyn Snow Bishop of Leicester
William Elphinstone Bishop of Aberdeen
Zhenjin Crown Prince
Felipe Calderón Secretariat of Energy (Mexico) via predicate surface "appointedPosition"
surface form: Secretary of Energy of Mexico
Aymer of Lusignan Bishop of Winchester
Phil Neville England women's national football team in 2018 via predicate surface "appointedAsManagerOf"
Phil Neville Inter Miami CF in 2021 via predicate surface "appointedAsManagerOf"
Phil Neville Portland Timbers in 2024 via predicate surface "appointedAsManagerOf"
Thomas Nast United States Consul General in Guayaquil, Ecuador via predicate surface "appointedPosition"
C. D. Deshmukh Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
Saad el-Shazly Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces in 1971
Lord Dyson Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Lord Dyson Master of the Rolls
Michael Mukasey Ronald Reagan via predicate surface "appointedAsJudgeBy"
Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia Viceroy of the Caucasus
surface form: Governor-General of the Caucasus
Edmund of Abingdon Archbishop of Canterbury
Robert Barnhill Roosevelt United States Ambassador to the Netherlands
surface form: United States Minister to the Netherlands
Madoff trustee Irving Picard
surface form: Irving Picard
trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC
Folke Bernadotte United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine
surface form: UN Mediator in Palestine
Texas General Land Office Texas Land Commissioner via predicate surface "appointedHeadTitle"
Stuart Peach 2022 via predicate surface "appointedAsLifePeer"
Karl Hanke Reichsführer-SS
Néstor Kirchner Secretary‑General of the Union of South American Nations via predicate surface "appointedPosition"
surface form: Secretary General of UNASUR
Jerry Seeman 1991 via predicate surface "appointedDirectorOfOfficiating"
Admiral Charles Frederick Hughes
surface form: Charles Frederick Hughes
Chief of Naval Operations
Estimates Committee (India) appointed by Speaker of Lok Sabha via predicate surface "chairpersonAppointment"
Eusebius of Nicomedia bishop of Constantinople
Edward Daly Bishop of Derry
Michael Ramsey Archbishop of York in 1956
Michael Ramsey Archbishop of Canterbury in 1961
Abraham A. Ribicoff United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
Thomas Robert Bugeaud Governor-General of Algeria
William W. Bibb Governor of Alabama Territory