defectedTo

P12199
predicate

Indicates that an entity abandoned its original side, group, or allegiance and joined or gave support to another, typically opposing, side.

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All labels observed (18)

Label Occurrences
defectedTo canonical 17
notableDefectionToEasternSide 5
notableDefection 4

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: defectedTo
Generated description
Indicates that an entity abandoned its original side, group, or allegiance and joined or gave support to another, typically opposing, side.

Sample triples (46)

Subject Object
Svetlana Alliluyeva United States ⓘ
linked to: United States of America
Nadia Comăneci defected from Romania to the West in 1989 via predicate surface "politicalDefection" ⓘ
Svetlana Iosifovna Stalina United States of America ⓘ
Bruno Pontecorvo Soviet Union ⓘ
Bruno Pontecorvo Finland via predicate surface "placeOfDefection" ⓘ
Lana Peters United States of America ⓘ
Charles-François Dumouriez Habsburg monarchy ⓘ
linked to: Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
Battle of Sekigahara Kobayakawa Hideaki defected to Tokugawa side via predicate surface "notableDefection" ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Sekigahara
Battle of Sekigahara Wakisaka Yasuharu defected to Tokugawa side via predicate surface "notableDefection" ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Sekigahara
Battle of Sekigahara Ogawa Suketada defected to Tokugawa side via predicate surface "notableDefection" ⓘ
Battle of Sekigahara Kutsuki Mototsuna defected to Tokugawa side via predicate surface "notableDefection" ⓘ
Kingdom of Saxony Coalition powers after 1813 via predicate surface "changedAllegiance" ⓘ
Jiang Wei Shu Han ⓘ
Titus Labienus Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus via predicate surface "changedAllegianceTo" ⓘ
linked to: Pompey the Great
Kim Philby Beirut via predicate surface "placeOfDefection" ⓘ
Rudolf Nureyev France ⓘ
Rudolf Nureyev defection at Le Bourget Airport, Paris via predicate surface "defectionEvent" ⓘ
Black Widows Natasha Romanoff via predicate surface "notableDefector" ⓘ
Black Widows Yelena Belova via predicate surface "notableDefector" ⓘ
Black Widows Melina Vostokoff via predicate surface "notableDefector" ⓘ
Bury South Conservative Party (UK) via predicate surface "ChristianWakefordDefectedFrom" ⓘ
Bury South Labour Party (UK) via predicate surface "ChristianWakefordDefectedTo" ⓘ
Hussein Kamel al-Majid Jordan ⓘ
Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic (1939–1945) Slovak National Uprising forces via predicate surface "someUnitsDefectedTo" ⓘ
linked to: Slovak resistance movement
Lucius Munatius Plancus Octavian before Actium via predicate surface "switchedAllegianceTo" ⓘ
Zhang Guotao Kuomintang ⓘ
Alexander Godunov United States of America ⓘ
Charles de Bourbon Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Bruno Pontecorvo
linked to: Well Survey Ltd
Soviet Union via predicate surface "countryOfDefection" ⓘ
Abner son of Ner David via predicate surface "switchedAllegianceTo" ⓘ
House of Black Andromeda Tonks via predicate surface "notableDefector" ⓘ
Eastern Army (Battle of Sekigahara)
linked to: Eastern Army approximately 74,000 troops
Kobayakawa Hideaki via predicate surface "notableDefectionToEasternSide" ⓘ
Eastern Army (Battle of Sekigahara)
linked to: Eastern Army approximately 74,000 troops
Wakizaka Yasuharu via predicate surface "notableDefectionToEasternSide" ⓘ
Eastern Army (Battle of Sekigahara)
linked to: Eastern Army approximately 74,000 troops
Ogawa Suketada via predicate surface "notableDefectionToEasternSide" ⓘ
Eastern Army (Battle of Sekigahara)
linked to: Eastern Army approximately 74,000 troops
Kutsuki Mototsuna via predicate surface "notableDefectionToEasternSide" ⓘ
Eastern Army (Battle of Sekigahara)
linked to: Eastern Army approximately 74,000 troops
Akaza Naoyasu via predicate surface "notableDefectionToEasternSide" ⓘ
Ogawa Suketada defected to Tokugawa side Tokugawa side via predicate surface "hasSideAfterDefection" ⓘ
linked to: Tokugawa clan
Douglas Carswell UK Independence Party ⓘ
Jiang Wei
linked to: Boyi
Shu Han via predicate surface "laterDefectedTo" ⓘ
Shukri Ghanem Rome via predicate surface "placeOfDefectionAnnouncement" ⓘ
Kim Philby
linked to: Kim
Soviet Union ⓘ
Donald Maclean Soviet Union ⓘ
Donald Maclean Guy Burgess via predicate surface "coDefector" ⓘ
Guy Burgess Soviet Union ⓘ
Saddam Kamel Jordan ⓘ
Curveball
linked to: Curveball (Iraqi defector)
Germany ⓘ