governs

P760
predicate

Indicates that one entity exercises authoritative control, direction, or rule over another entity or domain.

All labels observed (112)

Label Occurrences
governs canonical 40,211
controls 3,498
enforces 2,464

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: governs
Generated description
Indicates that one entity exercises authoritative control, direction, or rule over another entity or domain.

Sample triples (56,950)

Subject Object
Government of Japan Japan ⓘ
National Security Act of 1947 structure of U.S. defense establishment ⓘ
National Security Act of 1947 coordination of national security policy ⓘ
Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
linked to: Board of Trustees
University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Creative Commons license rights to copy ⓘ
Creative Commons license rights to distribute ⓘ
Creative Commons license rights to adapt works ⓘ
Residence Act selection and establishment of the federal district ⓘ
IEEE Member and Geographic Activities policies for IEEE geographic units ⓘ
IEEE Awards Board IEEE Medal of Honor selection process ⓘ
IEEE Awards Board IEEE Fellow-level major awards processes ⓘ
National Military Establishment military policy of the United States ⓘ
NCAA Division II member colleges and universities ⓘ
NCAA Division III Presidents Council NCAA Division III ⓘ
Roman Catholicism Roman Curia via predicate surface "hasGoverningBody" ⓘ
Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution eligibility for election to the presidency ⓘ
Presidential Succession Act order of succession to the presidency ⓘ
Presidential Succession Act assumption of presidential powers and duties ⓘ
District of Columbia Home Rule Act relationship between the District of Columbia and the United States federal government ⓘ
California State Senate statewide public policy in California ⓘ
IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN medium access control ⓘ
IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN physical layer signaling ⓘ
American Airlines Federal Aviation Administration via predicate surface "safetyRegulator" ⓘ
National Collegiate Athletic Association men's college sports ⓘ
National Collegiate Athletic Association women's college sports ⓘ
National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball ⓘ
National Collegiate Athletic Association American football ⓘ
National Collegiate Athletic Association baseball ⓘ
National Collegiate Athletic Association soccer ⓘ
National Collegiate Athletic Association volleyball ⓘ
National Collegiate Athletic Association track and field ⓘ
National Collegiate Athletic Association many other collegiate sports ⓘ
Fife Council Fife ⓘ
London Breed City and County of San Francisco ⓘ
13th Council District of Los Angeles local services policy within district boundaries ⓘ
United States Capitol Police federal law via predicate surface "enforces" ⓘ
United States Capitol Police District of Columbia law (within its jurisdiction) via predicate surface "enforces" ⓘ
Everett School Committee Everett Public Schools ⓘ
Supremacy Clause priority of federal law over state law ⓘ
Supremacy Clause relationship between federal treaties and state law ⓘ
Holy See Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
Holy See Latin Church ⓘ
linked to: Latin Rite
Holy See Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Board of Governors (University of Manchester)
linked to: Board of Governors
University of Manchester ⓘ
Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ
Article 51 of the United Nations Charter conditions for lawful self-defense under the UN Charter ⓘ
Manchester City Council Manchester ⓘ
UK government England ⓘ
New York State Senate statewide public policy in New York ⓘ
General Convention national policy of the Episcopal Church ⓘ