formedBy

P972
predicate

Indicates that something comes into existence or is created as a result of a specific agent, process, or combination of components.

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All labels observed (56)

Label Occurrences
formedBy canonical 3,937
builtBy 1,694
formationProcess 516

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: formedBy
Generated description
Indicates that something comes into existence or is created as a result of a specific agent, process, or combination of components.

Sample triples (7,665)

Subject Object
Scargo Lake glacial activity ⓘ
Great Otway National Park amalgamation of several smaller parks and reserves ⓘ
Ennerdale Water glacial activity ⓘ
Mist Glacier accumulation of snow and ice ⓘ
Clair Engle Lake Trinity Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Culgoa River Balonne River distributaries ⓘ
Eysturoy Tunnel NCC via predicate surface "builtBy" NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Amphitheatre cliff face erosion ⓘ
Algar Seco marine erosion ⓘ
Algar Seco wind erosion ⓘ
The Rossington-Collins Band Lynyrd Skynyrd via predicate surface "formedByFormerMemberOf" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mandakini River glacial melt via predicate surface "fedBy" ⓘ
Lake Needwood impoundment of Rock Creek ⓘ
Okmok Caldera large explosive eruptions ⓘ
Walls of Cartagena de Indias Spanish Empire via predicate surface "builtBy" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Central American transition zone Great American Biotic Interchange NERFINISHED ⓘ
Canterbury Plains rivers from Southern Alps ⓘ
Three Rondavels erosion ⓘ
Three Rondavels weathering of the Drakensberg escarpment ⓘ
Norwegian fjords glacial erosion ⓘ
Guadix-Baza basin tectonic subsidence ⓘ
Kaikōura Canyon submarine erosion ⓘ
Kaikōura Canyon sediment transport processes ⓘ
abc conjecture Joseph Oesterlé via predicate surface "formulatedBy" NERFINISHED ⓘ
abc conjecture David Masser via predicate surface "formulatedBy" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gremi fortress complex King Levan of Kakheti via predicate surface "builtBy" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mierzeja Wiślana marine sedimentation ⓘ
Mierzeja Wiślana longshore drift ⓘ
Visla Spit marine sedimentation ⓘ
Visla Spit longshore drift ⓘ
Kinzua Bay Allegheny Reservoir waters via predicate surface "fedBy" ⓘ
Valley of Silence glacial erosion ⓘ
Castello Rosso Venetians via predicate surface "builtBy" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yentna River glacial meltwater via predicate surface "fedBy" ⓘ
Old Harry Rocks marine erosion ⓘ
Old Harry Rocks weathering ⓘ
Pulpit Rock quarrying ⓘ
Pulpit Rock coastal erosion ⓘ
Portland Race interaction of strong tidal streams with seabed topography ⓘ
Portland Race convergence of tidal flows around Portland Bill ⓘ
Kohala volcano Hawaiian hotspot NERFINISHED ⓘ
DSP consolidation of multiple public safety agencies in Puerto Rico ⓘ
Crete and Cyrenaica (joint province including Greek areas)
surface form: Crete and Cyrenaica
union of the island of Crete and the region of Cyrenaica ⓘ
Watauga Association American settlers ⓘ
Watauga Association pioneer settlers ⓘ
Thule gentle accretion of two primordial planetesimals via predicate surface "formationProcess" ⓘ
Venetia Burney Student Dust Counter students at University of Colorado Boulder via predicate surface "builtBy" ⓘ
friend–enemy distinction Carl Schmitt via predicate surface "formulatedBy" NERFINISHED ⓘ
British throne Acts of Union 1707 NERFINISHED ⓘ
British throne Acts of Union 1800 NERFINISHED ⓘ