appointed

P8660
predicate

Indicates that one entity formally assigns another entity to a position, role, or responsibility.

All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
appointed canonical 119
appointedToPosition 11
appointedBishop 6

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: appointed
Generated description
Indicates that one entity formally assigns another entity to a position, role, or responsibility.

Sample triples (147)

Subject Object
Pope Clement VIII Pietro Aldobrandini as cardinal
Justin II Tiberius II Constantine
surface form: Tiberius II Constantine as Caesar
Louis Georges Érasme de Contades marshal of France in 1758
Clemens August
surface form: Clemens August Graf von Galen
1933 via predicate surface "appointedBishop"
Rogier van der Weyden city painter of Brussels in 1435
Tiridates III of Armenia Gregory the Illuminator as Catholicos of All Armenians
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer Lord High Treasurer in 1711
John Steele
surface form: George Washington
John Steele self-linksurface differs
David Chipperfield Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Pope Innocent VIII Tomás de Torquemada as Grand Inquisitor (confirmation of office)
State Administration Council military-aligned cabinet
Tomás Borge Ambassador to Peru by Daniel Ortega
John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll 1878-11-25
P. V. Narasimha Rao Manmohan Singh as Finance Minister of India
Itamar Franco (as President of Brazil)
surface form: Itamar Franco
Fernando Henrique Cardoso
surface form: Fernando Henrique Cardoso as Minister of Finance
Prince George, Duke of Cambridge Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in 1856
Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley ambassador to Spain
Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley ambassador to Austria
King of Iceland Prime Minister of Iceland
Pope Pelagius II Gregory I as deacon
Pope Pelagius II Gregory I as papal apocrisiarius in Constantinople
Royal Commission to Arthur Phillip Arthur Phillip
Emperor of the East praetorian prefects
Emperor of the East magister militum
Emperor of the East provincial governors
Emperor of the East patriarch of Constantinople
Richard Butler Executive Chairman of UNSCOM via predicate surface "appointedToPosition"
Chhatrapati Shahu I Balaji Vishwanath as Peshwa
Chhatrapati Shahu I Baji Rao I as Peshwa
William Howard Taft administration Charles Evans Hughes
William Howard Taft administration Edward Douglass White
William Howard Taft administration Willis Van Devanter
William Howard Taft administration Joseph Rucker Lamar
William Howard Taft administration Horace Harmon Lurton
William Howard Taft administration Mahlon Pitney
Regency Council Polish governments
Regency Council prime ministers of the Kingdom of Poland
James Murray was a brigadier general
surface form: James Murray
first British governor of Quebec
Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah
surface form: Muhammad Shah
Asaf Jah I
surface form: Asaf Jah I as Nizam of Hyderabad
James Hay United States Court of Federal Claims via predicate surface "appointed to"
surface form: United States Court of Claims
Muhammad of Ghor Qutb al-Din Aibak
surface form: Qutb al-Din Aibak as his viceroy in India
François Lemoyne Premier peintre du Roi in 1736
Θεόδωρος Κολοκοτρώνης σύμβουλος της Αντιβασιλείας via predicate surface "διορίστηκε"
Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg 1787
Pedro Pierluisi Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico via predicate surface "appointedToPosition"
George Anson Commander-in-Chief, India in 1856
Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside Chief of the Air Staff in 1946
William Meade Assistant Bishop of Virginia in 1829
William Meade Bishop of Virginia in 1841
Prince-Archbishop Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau
surface form: Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau
1587 via predicate surface "appointedBishop"