formerFunction

P5925
predicate

Indicates that an entity previously held a specific role, position, or function but no longer does so.

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All labels observed (20)

Label Occurrences
formerFunction canonical 851
hasFormerFunction 66
previousFunction 54

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: formerFunction
Generated description
Indicates that an entity previously held a specific role, position, or function but no longer does so.

Sample triples (1,043)

Subject Object
Dunfermline Palace royal lodging for visiting monarchs ⓘ
Breadsall Priory
linked to: Breadsall Priory, Derbyshire, England
priory ⓘ
Singel medieval city moat of Amsterdam ⓘ
Hermitage Museum residence of Russian emperors ⓘ
Museo de la Revolución presidential palace ⓘ
Museo de la Revolución seat of the Cuban presidency ⓘ
Louvre Museum royal residence via predicate surface "previousFunction" ⓘ
Louvre Museum fortress via predicate surface "previousFunction" ⓘ
Appomattox Court House, Virginia county seat of Appomattox County ⓘ
Musée d'Orsay railway station via predicate surface "formerFunctionOfBuilding" ⓘ
Red Fort royal residence ⓘ
Red Fort main residence of Mughal emperors ⓘ
Strategic Services Unit Office of Strategic Services Research and Analysis Branch via predicate surface "maintainedFunctionOf" ⓘ
linked to: Research and Analysis Branch
Strategic Services Unit Office of Strategic Services espionage operations via predicate surface "maintainedFunctionOf" ⓘ
Strategic Services Unit Office of Strategic Services counterintelligence activities via predicate surface "maintainedFunctionOf" ⓘ
Longwood House governor’s country house on Saint Helena ⓘ
Royal Palace of Madrid official residence of the Spanish royal family via predicate surface "hasFormerFunction" ⓘ
Tribune Tower headquarters of Tribune Company ⓘ
El Capitolio seat of the Cuban Congress ⓘ
Armoury Chamber tsar’s treasury ⓘ
Armoury Chamber royal workshop ⓘ
Tre Kronor Castle
linked to: Tre Kronor Castle, Stockholm
principal residence of Swedish monarchs ⓘ
Tre Kronor Castle
linked to: Tre Kronor Castle, Stockholm
royal administrative center ⓘ
Tre Kronor Castle
linked to: Tre Kronor Castle, Stockholm
fortified stronghold ⓘ
Kyoto Imperial Palace residence of the Emperor of Japan ⓘ
Kyoto Imperial Palace seat of the imperial court ⓘ
City Hall, London headquarters of the Greater London Authority via predicate surface "previousFunction" ⓘ
Patriarch's Palace home of the Russian Orthodox Patriarchs ⓘ
Reichstag building seat of the Reichstag of the German Empire via predicate surface "previousFunction" ⓘ
Reichstag building seat of the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic via predicate surface "previousFunction" ⓘ
Reichstag building seat of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany via predicate surface "previousFunction" ⓘ
Winter Palace imperial residence ⓘ
Winter Palace official residence of the Russian emperors ⓘ
Springfield Armory National Historic Site United States federal armory ⓘ
Springfield Armory National Historic Site weapons manufacturing facility ⓘ
Springfield Armory National Historic Site center of military innovation ⓘ
James A. Farley Building main post office ⓘ
James A. Farley Building United States Postal Service facility ⓘ
Admiralty building headquarters of the Imperial Russian Navy ⓘ
Admiralty building naval administration building ⓘ
Stagg Field, University of Chicago home field of University of Chicago Maroons football team ⓘ
Bauhaus Dessau building main campus of the Bauhaus school ⓘ
Presidential Palace, Helsinki merchant’s house via predicate surface "previousFunction" ⓘ
Presidential Palace, Helsinki hotel via predicate surface "previousFunction" ⓘ
Presidential Palace, Helsinki imperial residence via predicate surface "previousFunction" ⓘ
Terminal Tower railway terminal complex ⓘ
Terminal Tower transportation hub ⓘ
White House, Moscow House of the Government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ
National Museum of Vietnamese History Lycée Albert Sarraut annex via predicate surface "occupiesFormerFunction" ⓘ
Leon Trotsky Museum residence of Leon Trotsky ⓘ