formerBrand

P1501
predicate

Indicates that an entity was previously used or recognized as a brand for another entity but is no longer its current brand.

All labels observed (66)

Label Occurrences
brandStatus 79
operatedUnderBrand 76
formerBranding 31

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: formerBrand
Generated description
Indicates that an entity was previously used or recognized as a brand for another entity but is no longer its current brand.

Sample triples (410)

Subject Object
General Motors Pontiac
General Motors Oldsmobile
General Motors Saturn
General Motors Hummer
General Motors Saab Automobile
Ford Motor Company Mercury
Ford Motor Company Edsel
Ford Motor Company Merkur
Holden discontinued brand via predicate surface "brandStatus"
RCA consumer electronics brand via predicate surface "brandSurvivesAs"
Baltimore Light RailLink 2015 (as Light RailLink) via predicate surface "introducedBranding"
CCL (former branding) CONCACAF via predicate surface "rebrandedBy"
CCL (former branding) name via predicate surface "brandingType"
CCL (former branding) logo via predicate surface "brandingType"
Global War on Terrorism Barack Obama administration via predicate surface "rebrandedBy"
His Majesty's Stationery Office HMSO via predicate surface "operatedUnderBrand"
Oldsmobile discontinued via predicate surface "brandStatus"
Nokia Devices and Services business Nokia via predicate surface "operatedUnderBrand"
Northern Trains Northern via predicate surface "operatedUnderBrand"
US Airways 2015 via predicate surface "ceasedOperationsAsBrand"
Westinghouse Electric Corporation Westinghouse Electric Company via predicate surface "brandTransferredTo"
Westinghouse Electric Corporation Westinghouse Licensing Corporation via predicate surface "brandTransferredTo"
Ram Trucks Dodge via predicate surface "brandSeparationFrom"
Clydesdale Bank Virgin Money via predicate surface "operatesAsBrand"
Clydesdale Bank Yorkshire Bank via predicate surface "operatedUnderBrand"
British Post Office Post Office via predicate surface "operatedUnderBrand"
linked to: British Post Office
Time Warner Cable Spectrum via predicate surface "brandMergedInto"
Ram Dodge via predicate surface "brandSeparationFrom"
Compaq Hewlett-Packard via predicate surface "brandDiscontinuedBy"
ABC Owned Television Stations Live Well Network via predicate surface "hasFormerDigitalSubchannelBrand"
Medicare Part C Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 via predicate surface "rebrandedBy"
linked to: Medicare Part D
American Broadcasting Company ABC Sports via predicate surface "sportsBrandPreviouslyUsed"
Omniture true via predicate surface "brandRetired"
Alitalia 2021 via predicate surface "brandRetired"
Virgin Trains Virgin via predicate surface "operatedUnderBrand"
Xperia Sony Ericsson via predicate surface "previousBrandOwner"
linked to: Ericsson
Listerine Johnson & Johnson via predicate surface "previousBrandOwner"
HGST subsidiary brand via predicate surface "brandStatus"
Teavana discontinued retail stores in North America via predicate surface "brandStatus"
Nokia Theatre L.A. Live Nokia Theatre via predicate surface "formerBranding"
Nokia Theatre L.A. Live Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live via predicate surface "formerBranding"
Pan Am Railways Pan American World Airways via predicate surface "acquiredBrandFrom"
WWE SmackDown WWE main roster brand via predicate surface "brandStatus"
ABC Sports yes via predicate surface "brandRetired"
Oculus VR Meta Quest via predicate surface "brandReplacedBy"
linked to: Meta Quest headsets
Mini Austin Mini via predicate surface "predecessorBrand"
Mini Morris Mini via predicate surface "predecessorBrand"
linked to: Austin Mini
Games of the XXXII Olympiad Tokyo 2020 via predicate surface "stillOfficiallyBrandedAs"
University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux via predicate surface "formerAthleticsBrand"
Continental Airlines 2012 via predicate surface "brandRetired"