role

P268
predicate

Indicates the function, position, or responsibility that one entity holds in relation to another within a given context.

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All labels observed (200)

Label Occurrences
role canonical 103,148
responsibility 35,483
narrativeRole 16,858

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: role
Generated description
Indicates the function, position, or responsibility that one entity holds in relation to another within a given context.

Sample triples (205,930)

Subject Object
Tim the Beaver official mascot of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences provides general institute requirements in humanities, arts, and social sciences for MIT undergraduates via predicate surface "educationalRole" ⓘ
Osaka Imperial University training scientists ⓘ
Osaka Imperial University training engineers ⓘ
Osaka Imperial University national research center ⓘ
John F. Kennedy International Airport primary international gateway to New York City via predicate surface "servesAs" ⓘ
John F. Kennedy International Airport major gateway to the United States via predicate surface "servesAs" ⓘ
Universities UK collective voice of UK universities ⓘ
Universities UK representative body for UK universities ⓘ
John Rylands University Library main library of the University of Manchester ⓘ
"Day of Infamy" speech Franklin D. Roosevelt via predicate surface "speaker" ⓘ
linked to: President Franklin D. Roosevelt
United Nations Headquarters main administrative center of the United Nations via predicate surface "servesAs" ⓘ
United Nations Headquarters main diplomatic center of the United Nations via predicate surface "servesAs" ⓘ
IRE Transactions on Automatic Control pioneering journal in automatic control ⓘ
IRE Transactions on Automatic Control precursor to IEEE control journals ⓘ
Imperial Universities of Japan World War II via predicate surface "roleDuring" ⓘ
National Security Act of 1947 Secretary of Defense as principal defense policy advisor to the President via predicate surface "establishedRoleOf" ⓘ
Council Bluffs, Iowa
linked to: Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States of America
suburban and economic partner of Omaha via predicate surface "regionalRole" ⓘ
Sheffield Scientific School pioneering science and engineering school at Yale University ⓘ
Bolt Beranek and Newman ARPANET prime contractor ⓘ
Secretary of Commerce of the United States Cabinet-level official via predicate surface "rank" ⓘ
United States Department of the Treasury managing federal finances via predicate surface "responsibility" ⓘ
United States Department of the Treasury collecting federal taxes and duties via predicate surface "responsibility" ⓘ
United States Department of the Treasury producing currency and coinage via predicate surface "responsibility" ⓘ
United States Department of the Treasury formulating economic policy via predicate surface "responsibility" ⓘ
United States Department of the Treasury formulating fiscal policy via predicate surface "responsibility" ⓘ
United States Department of the Treasury managing government accounts via predicate surface "responsibility" ⓘ
United States Department of the Treasury managing the public debt via predicate surface "responsibility" ⓘ
United States Department of the Treasury enforcing federal finance and tax laws via predicate surface "responsibility" ⓘ
United States Department of the Treasury supervising national banks and thrift institutions via predicate surface "responsibility" ⓘ
United States Department of the Treasury advising the President on economic issues via predicate surface "responsibility" ⓘ
United States Department of the Treasury issuing Treasury securities via predicate surface "responsibility" ⓘ
United States Department of the Treasury imposing economic sanctions via predicate surface "responsibility" ⓘ
United States Department of the Treasury combating financial crimes via predicate surface "responsibility" ⓘ
United States Department of the Treasury overseeing financial stability programs via predicate surface "responsibility" ⓘ
Library of Congress research arm of the United States Congress via predicate surface "servesAs" ⓘ
West Coast of the United States gateway for trans-Pacific trade via predicate surface "economicRole" ⓘ
California redwood dominant canopy species in coastal redwood forests via predicate surface "ecologicalRole" ⓘ
California redwood carbon sink via predicate surface "ecologicalRole" ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences
linked to: NAS
advisory body to the U.S. government ⓘ
New England Commission of Higher Education assures institutional compliance with accreditation standards via predicate surface "regulatoryRole" ⓘ
White House official residence of the president of the United States via predicate surface "servesAs" ⓘ
White House primary workplace of the president of the United States via predicate surface "servesAs" ⓘ
Supreme Court of the United States highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
Supreme Court of the United States final arbiter of federal law ⓘ
Supreme Court of the United States final arbiter of constitutional law ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean global climate regulation via predicate surface "playsRoleIn" ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean thermohaline circulation via predicate surface "playsRoleIn" ⓘ
United States Army primary land warfare service branch of the U.S. Armed Forces ⓘ
United States Army ground-based military operations ⓘ