hasFormerUse

P29363
predicate

Indicates that something previously served a particular function or role that it no longer has.

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All labels observed (20)

Label Occurrences
hasFormerUse canonical 143
hasFunctionInThePast 25
hasPastUse 10

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: hasFormerUse
Generated description
Indicates that something previously served a particular function or role that it no longer has.

Sample triples (223)

Subject Object
Mount Tom site of Mount Tom Ski Area ⓘ
Daitō Islands military facilities (20th century) via predicate surface "previouslyUsedAs" ⓘ
Ruxley Gravel Pits gravel extraction site ⓘ
Hedley Industrial Complex manufacturing site via predicate surface "hasPreviousUse" ⓘ
Lyness Naval Base heritage and memorial functions via predicate surface "hasPostUse" ⓘ
Lyness Naval Base tourist interest site via predicate surface "hasPostUse" ⓘ
Louise Weiss building (Strasbourg) 1999 via predicate surface "previouslyUsedFrom" ⓘ
Praia do Barril tuna-fishing industry center ⓘ
Ancienne Douane de Strasbourg customs house via predicate surface "hasFunctionInThePast" ⓘ
La Ronde
linked to: La Ronde amusement park
Expo 67 amusement area ⓘ
linked to: Expo 67
Flag of Ascension Island Union Flag for official purposes via predicate surface "previousUsage" ⓘ
linked to: Flags of the United Kingdom
Sowerby Bridge railway station goods yard via predicate surface "hasFormerGoodsFacilities" ⓘ
Weldon Spring Ordnance Works interpretive center via predicate surface "hasReuse" ⓘ
Weldon Spring Ordnance Works public viewing platform on disposal cell via predicate surface "hasReuse" ⓘ
Ganina Yama
linked to: Ganina Yama area near Yekaterinburg
abandoned mine ⓘ
Ganina Yama
linked to: Ganina Yama area near Yekaterinburg
industrial site ⓘ
RAF Croydon civil aerodrome via predicate surface "hasPreviousUse" ⓘ
RAF Croydon Croydon Airport via predicate surface "hasPreviousUse" ⓘ
Bedford Depot Park railroad depot ⓘ
Fort Macquarie
linked to: Fort Macquarie (demolished)
military installation ⓘ
Fort Macquarie
linked to: Fort Macquarie (demolished)
artillery fort ⓘ
Bury Metrolink line heavy rail line via predicate surface "previouslyUsedAs" ⓘ
Cadoxton railway station junction for lines to Barry Docks and the Vale of Glamorgan ⓘ
Polkemmet country estate ⓘ
Inchconnachan private holiday retreat ⓘ
Mount Tom State Reservation site of Mount Tom Ski Area ⓘ
Gun Hill Road (Dyre Avenue Line) part of New York, Westchester and Boston Railway right-of-way ⓘ
RAF Heston civil aerodrome via predicate surface "previouslyUsedAs" ⓘ
Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Guildford WRAC depot ⓘ
Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Guildford WRAC training centre ⓘ
Orford Ness National Nature Reserve military testing site ⓘ
Orford Ness National Nature Reserve weapons development site ⓘ
Orford Ness National Nature Reserve radar research site ⓘ
Orford Ness National Nature Reserve atomic weapons testing research site ⓘ
Parc Georges Brassens slaughterhouse ⓘ
Parc Georges Brassens livestock market ⓘ
RAF Biggin Hill fighter aircraft operations via predicate surface "hasPreviousUse" ⓘ
John-F.-Kennedy-Platz West Berlin political center in Tempelhof via predicate surface "hasFormerContext" ⓘ
LOVE Park major skateboarding spot ⓘ
Glorieta de la Palma large palm tree via predicate surface "hasFormerCentralElement" ⓘ
Limestone, Maine military base support community ⓘ
Debrecen International Airport military airbase ⓘ
Rummelsburger See industrial harbor basin via predicate surface "hasPastUse" ⓘ
Rummelsburger See industrial waterfront via predicate surface "hasPastUse" ⓘ
Stow Hall (historic country house site) country house ⓘ
Stow Hall (historic country house site) gentry residence ⓘ
Häme Castle state prison ⓘ
Former Bank of England building, King Street major financial institution via predicate surface "hasFunctionInThePast" ⓘ
Dickens House Museum private residence ⓘ
Bodden Town Guardhouse military observation post via predicate surface "hasFunctionInThePast" ⓘ