positionHeld
P8
predicate
Indicates that an entity occupies or has occupied a specific role, job, office, or position within an organization or context.
All labels observed (122)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| positionHeld canonical | 129,634 |
| positionPlayed | 11,449 |
| position | 4,486 |
| positionHeldBy | 4,014 |
| heldBy | 2,006 |
| leaderTitle | 1,773 |
| heldTitle | 1,588 |
| hasPosition | 1,422 |
| officeHeld | 909 |
| position held | 854 |
| positionHeldIn | 725 |
| heldPosition | 559 |
| president | 554 |
| isPositionIn | 451 |
| positionHeldInOrganization | 232 |
| positionInOrganization | 230 |
| currentHolder | 224 |
| positionType | 205 |
| previousPositionHeld | 125 |
| holdsRecord | 108 |
| MVPPosition | 96 |
| positionLevel | 67 |
| associatedWithOfficeHolder | 39 |
| officeHeldFor | 34 |
| holderRole | 31 |
| depictsPositionHeld | 28 |
| tookOffice | 23 |
| positionHeldEnd | 22 |
| canHoldPosition | 20 |
| positionHolder | 19 |
| officeHeldDuringPeriod | 18 |
| positionHeldContext | 16 |
| positionHeldAt | 14 |
| positionHeldByKeyPerson | 13 |
| holdsPosition | 12 |
| notablePositionStart | 12 |
| positionHeldInGovernment | 11 |
| holderPosition | 10 |
| officeHeldBySigner | 10 |
| positionHeldFor | 10 |
| hadPosition | 9 |
| positionHeldByDepicted | 9 |
| positionHeldByLeader | 9 |
| historicalPosition | 8 |
| positionHeldInTheLegislature | 8 |
| positionInLegislature | 8 |
| isOftenHeldBy | 7 |
| positionFilled | 7 |
| positionOfAuthority | 7 |
| ポジション | 7 |
| positionHeldByProposer | 5 |
| positionHeldBySpeaker | 5 |
| officeHeldAtTime | 4 |
| officeHeldByProposer | 4 |
| oftenHoldsPosition | 4 |
| positionHeldBySigner | 4 |
| positionOfProposer | 4 |
| subjectPositionHeld | 4 |
| hasPositionHeld | 3 |
| heldPositions | 3 |
| isPositionHeld | 3 |
| positionHeldByAccused | 3 |
| positionHeldByTitleHolder | 3 |
| positionHeldInOrganizationType | 3 |
| positionHeldOrder | 3 |
| priorPositionHeld | 3 |
| bearerPositionHeld | 2 |
| dutyPosition | 2 |
| heldPartyPosition | 2 |
| heldRankDuring | 2 |
| holderPreviousPosition | 2 |
| laterHeldPosition | 2 |
| positionHeldAtCompany | 2 |
| positionHeldByChairman | 2 |
| positionHeldByKeyProponent | 2 |
| positionHeldByLeaderAfterEvent | 2 |
| positionHeldByLeaderAtTime | 2 |
| positionHeldByMainProponent | 2 |
| positionHeldByParticipant | 2 |
| positionHeldBySubject | 2 |
| positionHeldDetail | 2 |
| positionHeldInAdministrativeDivision | 2 |
| positionHeldInHouseholdOf | 2 |
| startPositionHeld | 2 |
| grantedToPositionHolder | 1 |
| heldPositionAt | 1 |
| heldPositionTitle | 1 |
| heldUNRole | 1 |
| holdsRankWhileServing | 1 |
| mentionsPositionHeld | 1 |
| position held by leader | 1 |
| positionHeldByAhmedBinSaeedAlMaktoum | 1 |
| positionHeldByArchitect | 1 |
| positionHeldByChengWei | 1 |
| positionHeldByDaraKhosrowshahi | 1 |
| positionHeldByDuringDissolutionOfState | 1 |
| positionHeldByDuringEntireExistence | 1 |
| positionHeldByFormulator | 1 |
| positionHeldByInitiator | 1 |
| positionHeldByJeanLiu | 1 |
| positionHeldByNelsonChai | 1 |
| positionHeldByOathAdministrator | 1 |
| positionHeldByOrganizer | 1 |
| positionHeldByReformer | 1 |
| positionHeldByStraussZelnick | 1 |
| positionHeldByTimClark | 1 |
| positionHeldByTonyWest | 1 |
| positionHeldByWinner | 1 |
| positionHeldInBody | 1 |
| positionHeldInDistrict | 1 |
| positionHeldInHierarchy | 1 |
| positionHeldInOrganizationalBody | 1 |
| positionHeldInTheLegislativeExecutiveOrJudicialBranch | 1 |
| positionHeldOf | 1 |
| positionHeldThere | 1 |
| positionHolderOf | 1 |
| positionInLodge | 1 |
| positionInvolved | 1 |
| positionOfLeader | 1 |
| postBoxingOccupation | 1 |
| recalledPositionHeld | 1 |
| servedInChamber | 1 |
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: positionHeld
Generated description
Indicates that an entity occupies or has occupied a specific role, job, office, or position within an organization or context.
Sample triples (162,264)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
| Vannevar Bush | Vice President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| Vannevar Bush | Dean of the School of Engineering at MIT ⓘ |
| Vannevar Bush | President of the Carnegie Institution of Washington ⓘ |
| Vannevar Bush |
Chairman of the National Defense Research Committee
ⓘ
linked to:
Vannevar Bush
|
| Vannevar Bush | Director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development ⓘ |
| Vannevar Bush |
Chairman of the Joint Research and Development Board
ⓘ
linked to:
Vannevar Bush
|
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Sally Kornbluth via predicate surface "president" ⓘ |
| Andrew Carnegie | superintendent of the Pittsburgh Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad ⓘ |
|
Gavin Newsom
linked to:
California, United States
|
Governor of California ⓘ |
|
Franklin D. Roosevelt
linked to:
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
|
32nd president of the United States ⓘ |
|
Franklin D. Roosevelt
linked to:
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
|
Governor of New York ⓘ |
|
Franklin D. Roosevelt
linked to:
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
|
Assistant Secretary of the Navy ⓘ |
|
Franklin D. Roosevelt
linked to:
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
|
New York State Senator ⓘ |
| Sally Kornbluth | president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| Sally Kornbluth | provost of Duke University ⓘ |
| Sally Kornbluth | president of MIT, 2023 via predicate surface "notablePositionStart" ⓘ |
| New York City | Mayor of New York City via predicate surface "leaderTitle" ⓘ |
|
Harry S. Truman
linked to:
President Harry S. Truman
|
33rd President of the United States ⓘ |
|
Harry S. Truman
linked to:
President Harry S. Truman
|
34th Vice President of the United States ⓘ |
|
Harry S. Truman
linked to:
President Harry S. Truman
|
United States Senator from Missouri ⓘ |
|
Harry S. Truman
linked to:
President Harry S. Truman
|
Captain in the United States Army ⓘ |
|
Harry S. Truman
linked to:
President Harry S. Truman
|
1945-04-12 via predicate surface "tookOffice" ⓘ |
| J. C. R. Licklider | head of Information Processing Techniques Office at ARPA ⓘ |
| J. C. R. Licklider | professor at MIT ⓘ |
| J. C. R. Licklider | vice president at Bolt Beranek and Newman ⓘ |
| Herbert Hoover | 31st President of the United States ⓘ |
| Herbert Hoover | Secretary of Commerce of the United States ⓘ |
| Herbert Hoover | United States Food Administrator ⓘ |
| Herbert Hoover | Head of the American Relief Administration ⓘ |
| William Barton Rogers | founding president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| William Barton Rogers | professor at the College of William & Mary ⓘ |
| William Barton Rogers | professor at the University of Virginia ⓘ |
| William Barton Rogers | state geologist of Virginia ⓘ |
| Winston Churchill | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| Winston Churchill | First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ |
| Winston Churchill | Chancellor of the Exchequer ⓘ |
| Winston Churchill | Home Secretary ⓘ |
| Winston Churchill | Minister of Munitions ⓘ |
| Winston Churchill | Secretary of State for War ⓘ |
| Winston Churchill | Secretary of State for Air ⓘ |
| Winston Churchill | Leader of the Opposition (UK) ⓘ |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | Daniel H. Weiss via predicate surface "president" ⓘ |
| Marshall Plan | United States Secretary of State via predicate surface "positionOfProposer" ⓘ |
| Carl Sagan | Professor of Astronomy at Cornell University ⓘ |
| Carl Sagan | Director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell University ⓘ |
| Norman Borlaug | distinguished professor at Texas A&M University ⓘ |
| J. Erik Jonsson | mayor of Dallas ⓘ |
| J. Robert Oppenheimer | director of the Institute for Advanced Study ⓘ |
| J. Robert Oppenheimer | professor of physics ⓘ |
| Robert McNamara | President of Ford Motor Company ⓘ |