controlledBefore

P21850
predicate

Indicates that one entity had control or authority over another entity during a time period that occurred earlier than a specified reference time or event.

All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
controlledBefore canonical 10
controlledByBeforeBattle 5
controlBeforeBattle 3

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: controlledBefore
Generated description
Indicates that one entity had control or authority over another entity during a time period that occurred earlier than a specified reference time or event.

Sample triples (27)

Subject Object
siege of Grave (1674) France ⓘ
Battle of Gwalior British control of Gwalior Fort via predicate surface "controlBeforeBattle" ⓘ
Capture of Munich Nazi Germany ⓘ
Battle of Stony Point Great Britain via predicate surface "controlledByBeforeBattle" ⓘ
Battle of Fort Ticonderoga (French and Indian War) France via predicate surface "controlledByBeforeBattle" ⓘ
Battle of Diabaly Islamist militants via predicate surface "controlledByBeforeBattle" ⓘ
Battle of Kissoué Vichy France via predicate surface "controlledByBeforeBattle" ⓘ
Siege of Arras (1640) Spain ⓘ
Siege of Cambrai (1595) Spanish control of Cambrai via predicate surface "combatantControlBefore" ⓘ
Siege of Pune Maratha Empire ⓘ
Tallinn offensive (1944) Nazi Germany via predicate surface "combatantControlledBefore" ⓘ
Battle of Cork (1922) anti-Treaty IRA via predicate surface "controlledBeforeBattleBy" ⓘ
Liberation of Antwerp Nazi Germany ⓘ
Capture of Asirgarh Fort Maratha Empire via predicate surface "controlBeforeBattle" ⓘ
Siege of Damascus (634) Byzantine Empire ⓘ
fall of Barcelona Spanish Republic ⓘ
Battle of Elephant Pass Sri Lanka Army via predicate surface "controlledPassBeforeBattle" ⓘ
Battle of Palmyra (1941) Vichy France via predicate surface "controlledBeforeBattleBy" ⓘ
Siege of Kassel (1762) France ⓘ
Battle of Kassala (1940–1941) Italian forces via predicate surface "controlBeforeBattle" ⓘ
Battle of Fort Harrison Confederate forces via predicate surface "controlledByBeforeBattle" ⓘ
Capture of Oaxaca (1812) Spanish royalists ⓘ
Siege of Nicosia (1570) Nicosia controlled by the Republic of Venice via predicate surface "combatantControlledBefore" ⓘ
Siege of Cambrai (1677) Spanish Empire ⓘ
Siege of Fallujah (2016) Fallujah under ISIS control via predicate surface "controlledTerritoryBefore" ⓘ
Mughal conquest of Kandahar Safavid control of Kandahar via predicate surface "opponentControlBefore" ⓘ
Royalist siege of 1646 Royalist control of the stronghold via predicate surface "controlBefore" ⓘ