formerGoverningCountry

P17601
predicate

Indicates that one country previously held governing or colonial authority over another country or territory.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
formerGoverningCountry canonical 3
formerProtectorateOf 2
formerStateAffiliation 2

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: formerGoverningCountry
Generated description
Indicates that one country previously held governing or colonial authority over another country or territory.

Sample triples (17)

Subject Object
Privolnoye Soviet Union ⓘ
Tajikistan Soviet Union via predicate surface "formerStateAffiliation" ⓘ
Tonga United Kingdom via predicate surface "formerProtectorateOf" ⓘ
Sarawak United Kingdom via predicate surface "formerProtectorateOf" ⓘ
Walvis Bay South Africa via predicate surface "governingCountryHistory" ⓘ
Walvis Bay United Kingdom via predicate surface "governingCountryHistory" ⓘ
Kukarka Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic via predicate surface "governingCountryBefore1991" ⓘ
linked to: Russian SFSR
Kukarka Russian Empire via predicate surface "governingCountryBefore1917" ⓘ
Khost Islamic Republic of Afghanistan via predicate surface "previousGoverningCountry" ⓘ
linked to: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (post-2001, former)
Bohuslän
linked to: Båhuslen (Bohuslän)
Norway via predicate surface "formerCountryAffiliation" ⓘ
Potosí
linked to: Potosí city
Spanish Empire via predicate surface "governingCountryHistorical" ⓘ
Potosí
linked to: Potosí city
Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata via predicate surface "governingCountryHistorical" ⓘ
Grenville County, Ontario United Kingdom via predicate surface "governingCountryAtFormation" ⓘ
Khogyani District Islamic Republic of Afghanistan via predicate surface "previousGoverningCountry" ⓘ
linked to: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (post-2001, former)
Khash Rod District Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
linked to: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (post-2001, former)
Kang District Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
linked to: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (post-2001, former)
Dras Jammu and Kashmir (before 2019 reorganization) via predicate surface "formerStateAffiliation" ⓘ
linked to: Jammu and Kashmir