closerTo

P27127
predicate

Indicates that one entity is at a smaller distance to a reference entity than another entity is.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
isCloserToCityCenterThan 4
muchCloserThan 4
isCloserToCityCentreThan 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: closerTo
Generated description
Indicates that one entity is at a smaller distance to a reference entity than another entity is.

Sample triples (16)

Subject Object
Breton Cornish than to Welsh ⓘ
Milan Linate Airport Milan Malpensa Airport via predicate surface "isCloserToCityCentreThan" ⓘ
Aeroparque Jorge Newbery Ministro Pistarini International Airport via predicate surface "isCloserToCityCenterThan" ⓘ
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport Shanghai Pudong International Airport via predicate surface "isCloserToCityCenterThan" ⓘ
Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) Boryspil International Airport via predicate surface "isCloserToCityCentreThan" ⓘ
Aeroporto Enrico Forlanini Milan Malpensa Airport via predicate surface "isCloserToCityCentreThan" ⓘ
NGC 7320 NGC 7317 via predicate surface "muchCloserThan" ⓘ
NGC 7320 NGC 7318A via predicate surface "muchCloserThan" ⓘ
linked to: NGC 7318B
NGC 7320 NGC 7318B via predicate surface "muchCloserThan" ⓘ
NGC 7320 NGC 7319 via predicate surface "muchCloserThan" ⓘ
CCC UTMB via predicate surface "shorterDistanceThan" ⓘ
Third Ring Road of Moscow Moscow Ring Road via predicate surface "isCloserToCityCenterThan" ⓘ
Assembly language machine code via predicate surface "isCloserTo" ⓘ
Earth–Moon barycenter Earth via predicate surface "liesCloserTo" ⓘ
Medellín Olaya Herrera Airport José María Córdova International Airport via predicate surface "isCloserToCityCenterThan" ⓘ
East Hessian Central German dialects via predicate surface "isCloserTo" ⓘ
linked to: Central German languages