canBe

P2463
predicate

Indicates that one entity has the potential, permission, or capability to become, perform as, or be classified as another entity.

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All labels observed (45)

Label Occurrences
canBe canonical 1,393
canAmend 145
capableOf 132

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: canBe
Generated description
Indicates that one entity has the potential, permission, or capability to become, perform as, or be classified as another entity.

Sample triples (1,903)

Subject Object
First Lady of the United States female relative of the president ⓘ
U.S. citizens dual citizens of the United States and another country (subject to laws of both countries) ⓘ
Ministerial Conference WTO agreements subject to procedures in the Marrakesh Agreement via predicate surface "canAmend" ⓘ
linked to: General Agreement on Trade in Services
Acts of Parliament international obligations via predicate surface "canImplement" ⓘ
Cotton true via predicate surface "canBeOrganic" ⓘ
Parliament of Egypt draft laws proposed by the government via predicate surface "canAmend" ⓘ
Articles of Agreement of the World Bank Group institutions amended by member states under specified procedures ⓘ
Assistant United States Attorney General for the Civil Division a political appointee ⓘ
Langevin dynamics underdamped ⓘ
Langevin dynamics overdamped ⓘ
Assembly of the Republic Constitution of the Portuguese Republic via predicate surface "canAmend" ⓘ
linked to: 1976 Portuguese Constitution
SmarTrip registered to a user account ⓘ
IMO Assembly IMO Convention via predicate surface "canAmend" ⓘ
linked to: Convention on the International Maritime Organization
Dominican friars ordained priests ⓘ
Dominican friars cooperator brothers ⓘ
Fermi surface open surface in reciprocal space ⓘ
Fermi surface closed surface in reciprocal space ⓘ
Pope papal infallibility under specific conditions via predicate surface "canExercise" ⓘ
U.S. ambassadors career Foreign Service officer ⓘ
U.S. ambassadors political appointee ⓘ
Eliashberg theory analytically continued to real frequencies ⓘ
Lord hereditary peer ⓘ
Lord life peer ⓘ
Baroness life peerage ⓘ
Baroness hereditary peerage ⓘ
Kuiper Belt object
linked to: Kuiper Belt objects
dwarf planet ⓘ
Apostolic Vicariate directly subject to the Holy See ⓘ
Earl hereditary peerage ⓘ
Earl life peerage (in modern usage often as equivalent rank) ⓘ
Act of Congress codified in United States Code ⓘ
Act of Congress amended by later Act of Congress ⓘ
Act of Congress repealed by later Act of Congress ⓘ
Act of Congress declared unconstitutional by judiciary ⓘ
Chief of Staff of the Air Force reappointed ⓘ
Wells patronymic surname ⓘ
Wells locational surname ⓘ
International Labour Conventions revised by later Conventions ⓘ
International Labour Conventions denounced by ratifying States under specified conditions ⓘ
Verkhovna Rada Constitution of Ukraine via predicate surface "canAmend" ⓘ
United Nations General Assembly resolutions politically binding ⓘ
ISO/IEC 15288 true via predicate surface "canBeTailored" ⓘ
National Insurance contributions credited instead of paid in some circumstances ⓘ
Parliament of South Africa Constitution of the Republic of South Africa via predicate surface "canAmend" ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of South Africa
Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords member of the House of Lords Commission ⓘ
Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords member of thematic and select committees ⓘ
Micromegas detectors resistive Micromegas ⓘ
linked to: Micromegas detectors
Micromegas detectors bulk Micromegas ⓘ
linked to: Micromegas detectors
Micromegas detectors microbulk Micromegas ⓘ
linked to: Micromegas detectors
UPU Congress acts of the Universal Postal Union via predicate surface "canAmend" ⓘ
Gauss map local diffeomorphism at non-umbilic points ⓘ