wasStateCapitalOf

P4314
predicate

Indicates that a city previously served as the official capital of a specified state or equivalent political region.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
wasStateCapitalOf canonical 7
capitalOfHistoricalState 3
capitalCityOfHistoricalState 2

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: wasStateCapitalOf
Generated description
Indicates that a city previously served as the official capital of a specified state or equivalent political region.

Sample triples (20)

Subject Object
Knoxville, Tennessee Tennessee ⓘ
Iowa City, Iowa Iowa ⓘ
Ryukyuan people Shuri via predicate surface "hasCapitalHistoricalState" ⓘ
Huntsville, Alabama Alabama ⓘ
Louisville, Georgia Georgia ⓘ
Lewiston, Idaho 1865 via predicate surface "capitalOfIdahoTerritoryUntil" ⓘ
Maguindanaon Cotabato City via predicate surface "capitalOfHistoricalState" ⓘ
Ranchi Bihar (summer capital, historical) via predicate surface "formerStateCapitalOf" ⓘ
Vandalia, Illinois Illinois ⓘ
Vandalia, Illinois Kaskaskia, Illinois via predicate surface "precededByAsStateCapital" ⓘ
Cahaba Montgomery via predicate surface "laterCapitalOfAlabama" ⓘ
linked to: Montgomery, Alabama
Gimhae Geumgwan Gaya via predicate surface "historicalStateCapitalOf" ⓘ
royal family of Jaipur Jaipur via predicate surface "capitalOfFormerState" ⓘ
Fon people Abomey via predicate surface "capitalCityOfHistoricalState" ⓘ
Murfreesboro, Tennessee Tennessee ⓘ
Wolio people Baubau via predicate surface "capitalOfHistoricalState" ⓘ
Tidore people Tidore (city) via predicate surface "capitalOfHistoricalState" ⓘ
linked to: Tidore
Asante Kumasi via predicate surface "capitalCityOfHistoricalState" ⓘ
History of Indiana Corydon, Indiana via predicate surface "firstStateCapital" ⓘ
Louisville, Georgia
linked to: Louisville
Georgia ⓘ