appointedBy

P257
predicate

Indicates that one entity has been formally selected or assigned to a position, role, or office by another entity.

All labels observed (142)

Label Occurrences
appointedBy canonical 11,748
nominatedBy 1,141
assignedBy 960

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: appointedBy
Generated description
Indicates that one entity has been formally selected or assigned to a position, role, or office by another entity.

Sample triples (15,523)

Subject Object
Office of Scientific Research and Development Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
National Science Foundation President of the United States ⓘ
Robert McNamara John F. Kennedy ⓘ
President of the United States Electoral College ⓘ
Government of Japan Emperor of Japan via predicate surface "cabinetAppointmentBy" ⓘ
linked to: Naruhito
Government of Japan National Diet via predicate surface "cabinetNominationBy" ⓘ
Secretary of Commerce of the United States President of the United States ⓘ
Secretary of Commerce of the United States President of the United States via predicate surface "nominatedBy" ⓘ
United States Food Administrator President of the United States ⓘ
Eleni Kounalakis Barack Obama ⓘ
Henry A. Kissinger Richard Nixon ⓘ
Harold Varmus Bill Clinton ⓘ
William D. Ruckelshaus Richard Nixon ⓘ
William D. Ruckelshaus Ronald Reagan ⓘ
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Bill Clinton ⓘ
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Jimmy Carter via predicate surface "nominatedBy" ⓘ
Director of National Intelligence President of the United States ⓘ
United States Secretary of Defense President of the United States ⓘ
United States Secretary of Defense President of the United States via predicate surface "nominatedBy" ⓘ
Paul G. Kirk Deval Patrick ⓘ
Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee United States Senate ⓘ
White House Chief of Staff President of the United States ⓘ
White House Chief of Staff President of the United States via predicate surface "nominatedBy" ⓘ
Order of Merit sovereign personally via predicate surface "appointmentsMadeBy" ⓘ
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission President of the United States via predicate surface "commissionersAppointedBy" ⓘ
Paul A. Volcker Jimmy Carter ⓘ
National Defense Research Committee Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
.cl Internet Assigned Numbers Authority via predicate surface "assignedBy" ⓘ
.cl IANA via predicate surface "assignedBy" ⓘ
Cabinet of the United States President of the United States via predicate surface "membersAppointedBy" ⓘ
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives United States House of Representatives ⓘ
Abel Prize Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters via predicate surface "selectionCommitteeAppointedBy" ⓘ
António Guterres Security Council of the United Nations via predicate surface "nominatedBy" ⓘ
António Guterres General Assembly of the United Nations ⓘ
MX International Organization for Standardization via predicate surface "assignedBy" ⓘ
Secretary of the Army President of the United States ⓘ
Secretary of the Army President of the United States via predicate surface "nominatedBy" ⓘ
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Governor of Massachusetts via predicate surface "appointingAuthorityForJustices" ⓘ
First Lord of the Admiralty monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
First Lord of the Admiralty Prime Minister of the United Kingdom via predicate surface "nominatedBy" ⓘ
Chancellor of the Exchequer Monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British monarch
Home Secretary Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Home Secretary Monarch of the United Kingdom via predicate surface "formallyAppointedBy" ⓘ
linked to: British monarch
Leader of the Opposition (UK) largest opposition party in the House of Commons ⓘ
British monarch hereditary succession ⓘ
United States Secretary of State President of the United States ⓘ
Neal Lane Bill Clinton ⓘ
UK government Monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British monarch
United States Representative to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights President of the United States ⓘ
Securities and Exchange Commission President of the United States ⓘ