grandfather

P979
predicate

Indicates that one entity is the male parent of another entity’s parent.

All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
grandfather canonical 2,388
maternalGrandfather 295
grandfatherOf 274

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: grandfather
Generated description
Indicates that one entity is the male parent of another entity’s parent.

Sample triples (3,419)

Subject Object
Lucan Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Elder
surface form: Seneca the Elder
Prince Daniyal Mirza Humayun
Vittoria della Rovere Francesco Maria II della Rovere
Vittoria della Rovere Ferdinando I de' Medici
Nicole Marie Nugent Lyndon B. Johnson
Valentine de Villefort Marquis de Saint-Méran
Valentine de Villefort Noirtier de Villefort
Joan of Kent Edward I of England
Carlo, Duke of Calabria Charles III of Spain
Carlo, Duke of Calabria Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor via predicate surface "maternalGrandfather"
John Hay Whitney John Hay
Orda Genghis Khan
Kamran Mirza Umar Sheikh Mirza II
surface form: Umar Shaikh Mirza II
Kamran Mirza Qutlugh Nigar Khanum
Ariane Wilhelmina Máxima Inés Prince Claus of the Netherlands
Ariane Wilhelmina Máxima Inés Jorge Zorreguieta
Mako Akihito via predicate surface "paternalGrandfather"
surface form: Emperor Emeritus Akihito
小室 眞子
surface form: 小室眞子
明仁 via predicate surface "祖父"
surface form: 明仁上皇
Prince Nikita Alexandrovich of Russia Alexander III of Russia
surface form: Tsar Alexander III of Russia
Marie of Brittany Henry III of England
Edward of Angoulême Edward III of England
Prince Dmitri Alexandrovich of Russia Alexander III of Russia via predicate surface "paternalGrandfather"
Prince Rostislav Alexandrovich of Russia Alexander III of Russia
surface form: Tsar Alexander III of Russia
Tiberius Gemellus Tiberius
Blanche of Brittany Henry III of England
Louis I of Etruria Philip, Duke of Parma
Louis I of Etruria Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor via predicate surface "maternalGrandfather"
Eclipse Squirt via predicate surface "grandsire"
18th-century racehorse Eclipse
surface form: Eclipse
Squirt via predicate surface "grandsire"
Desert Orchid Nasrullah via predicate surface "grandsire"
Kauto Star Moulin via predicate surface "grandsire"
Altior Sadler's Wells via predicate surface "grandsire"
Prince Vasili Alexandrovich of Russia Alexander III of Russia
Polemon II of Pontus Zenon of Laodicea (probable)
Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus Scipio Africanus via predicate surface "grandfatherOf"
Eurydice II of Macedon Perdiccas III of Macedon
Dezhi
surface form: Xuande Emperor
Yongle Emperor
Emperor Zhang
surface form: Xuande Emperor
Yongle Emperor
Gytha of Wessex Godwin, Earl of Wessex via predicate surface "paternalGrandfather"
Barsine Artaxerxes III
Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York Edward III of England
Kako
surface form: Princess Kako of Akishino
Akihito
surface form: Emperor Emeritus Akihito
Prince Michael of Kent George V
surface form: King George V
Temenus of Argos Cleodaeus
Myrcella Baratheon Tywin Lannister
Sartaq Khan Jochi
Charles, Duke of Cambridge (1660) Charles I of England
Alexander IV
surface form: Alexander IV of Macedon
Philip II of Macedon
George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus Robert II of Scotland
Jennifer Hall Claude Caron