elects

P122
predicate

Indicates that one entity selects or chooses another entity for a position, role, or office, typically through a formal voting process.

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All labels observed (33)

Label Occurrences
elects canonical 4,541
electedBy 1,017
electsTo 247

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: elects
Generated description
Indicates that one entity selects or chooses another entity for a position, role, or office, typically through a formal voting process.

Sample triples (6,514)

Subject Object
American Academy of Arts and Sciences fellows ⓘ
President of the United States Electoral College via predicate surface "electedBy" ⓘ
New York State Senator voters of a New York State Senate district via predicate surface "electedBy" ⓘ
1928 United States presidential election Herbert Hoover via predicate surface "electoralVoteWinner" ⓘ
California State Legislature officers of each house ⓘ
Electoral College President of the United States ⓘ
Electoral College Vice President of the United States ⓘ
13th Council District of Los Angeles one Los Angeles City Councilmember ⓘ
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives members of the United States House of Representatives via predicate surface "electedBy" ⓘ
International Court of Justice United Nations General Assembly via predicate surface "electingBody" ⓘ
International Court of Justice United Nations Security Council via predicate surface "electingBody" ⓘ
California State Assembly Speaker of the California State Assembly ⓘ
House of Commons of the United Kingdom Speaker of the House of Commons ⓘ
New York State Senate Majority Leader of the New York State Senate ⓘ
New York State Senate Minority Leader of the New York State Senate ⓘ
Florida Legislature popular vote via predicate surface "membersElectedBy" ⓘ
HELP Committee chair members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions via predicate surface "electedBy" ⓘ
World Bank Group Board of Executive Directors Board of Governors of the World Bank Group via predicate surface "electedBy" ⓘ
linked to: World Bank Group Board of Executive Directors
Vice President of the United States Electoral College via predicate surface "electedBy" ⓘ
New York State Legislature leaders of the New York State Senate ⓘ
New York State Legislature leaders of the New York State Assembly ⓘ
United Nations Economic and Social Council members of functional commissions ⓘ
United Nations Economic and Social Council members of regional commissions ⓘ
National Diet Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
Hellenic Parliament President of the Hellenic Republic (under certain constitutional procedures) ⓘ
linked to: President of the Hellenic Republic
Member States of the United Nations non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council via predicate surface "elect" ⓘ
Federal Parliament of Belgium Prime Minister of Belgium (indirectly via confidence) ⓘ
Commons Speaker of the House of Commons ⓘ
World Health Assembly Executive Board of the World Health Organization ⓘ
World Health Assembly Director-General of the World Health Organization ⓘ
Executive Board (World Health Organization)
linked to: Executive Board
World Health Assembly via predicate surface "membersElectedBy" ⓘ
Executive Board (World Health Organization)
linked to: Executive Board
Chairperson of the Executive Board ⓘ
Executive Board (World Health Organization)
linked to: Executive Board
Vice-Chairpersons of the Executive Board ⓘ
Executive Board (World Health Organization)
linked to: Executive Board
Rapporteur of the Executive Board ⓘ
Vice-President of the International Court of Justice judges of the International Court of Justice via predicate surface "isElectedBy" ⓘ
Belmont School Committee voters of Belmont, Massachusetts via predicate surface "electedBy" ⓘ
United States presidential election President of the United States via predicate surface "electsOffice" ⓘ
United States presidential election Vice President of the United States via predicate surface "electsOffice" ⓘ
United States presidential election popular vote in each state via predicate surface "electorsChosenBy" ⓘ
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives via predicate surface "electedBy" ⓘ
Democratic National Convention Democratic Party presidential nominee ⓘ
Democratic National Convention Democratic Party vice-presidential nominee ⓘ
President of India Members of Parliament of India via predicate surface "electedBy" ⓘ
President of India Members of State Legislative Assemblies via predicate surface "electedBy" ⓘ
Parliament of Zimbabwe Speaker of the National Assembly ⓘ
Parliament of Zimbabwe President of the Senate ⓘ
House of Bishops (Episcopal Church)
linked to: House of Bishops
Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church ⓘ
linked to: Presiding Bishop
House of Bishops (Episcopal Church)
linked to: House of Bishops
some bishops of the Episcopal Church ⓘ
Council of State of Cuba National Assembly of People's Power via predicate surface "electedBy" ⓘ
linked to: National Assembly of People’s Power
Toronto City Council residents of Toronto via predicate surface "isElectedBy" ⓘ