commissionedBy

P27
predicate

Indicates that one entity has been formally requested, authorized, or hired by another entity to create, perform, or carry out something.

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All labels observed (29)

Label Occurrences
commissionedBy canonical 3,551
client 1,264
hasCommission 65

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: commissionedBy
Generated description
Indicates that one entity has been formally requested, authorized, or hired by another entity to create, perform, or carry out something.

Sample triples (4,965)

Subject Object
Science, The Endless Frontier President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
Lincoln Laboratory United States Department of Defense via predicate surface "client" ⓘ
linked to: National Military Establishment
Lincoln Laboratory United States Air Force via predicate surface "client" ⓘ
Bolt Beranek and Newman United States Department of Defense via predicate surface "client" ⓘ
linked to: Department of Defense
Bolt Beranek and Newman Advanced Research Projects Agency via predicate surface "client" ⓘ
linked to: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Pierre Charles L’Enfant George Washington ⓘ
Pierre Charles L’Enfant United States Congress ⓘ
National Academies reports U.S. federal agencies ⓘ
National Academies reports Congress of the United States ⓘ
linked to: United States Congress
National Academies reports foundations ⓘ
National Academies reports private sponsors ⓘ
Cloud Gate City of Chicago ⓘ
linked to: Chicago, Illinois, United States
I Want YOU for U.S. Army poster United States Army ⓘ
National Research Council U.S. federal government via predicate surface "client" ⓘ
linked to: United States government
National Research Council state and local governments via predicate surface "client" ⓘ
National Research Council non-governmental organizations via predicate surface "client" ⓘ
National Research Council private sector via predicate surface "client" ⓘ
Madame X
linked to: Madame X by John Singer Sargent
not formally commissioned by the sitter’s family ⓘ
The Death of Socrates
linked to: The Death of Socrates by Jacques-Louis David
Charles-Michel Trudaine de la Sablière ⓘ
NSC-68 Harry S. Truman ⓘ
linked to: President Harry S. Truman
Ferdinand Magellan King Charles I of Spain ⓘ
linked to: Charles I of Spain
Augmenting Human Intellect: A Conceptual Framework
linked to: Douglas Engelbart’s 1962 report "Augmenting Human Intellect: A Conceptual Framework"
U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research ⓘ
linked to: Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Thoughts on Government North Carolina leaders ⓘ
World Bank developing countries via predicate surface "client" ⓘ
The History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks): Short Course Joseph Stalin ⓘ
Jefferson Memorial United States Congress ⓘ
The Bean City of Chicago ⓘ
linked to: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Report on Public Credit United States Congress ⓘ
National Academy of Public Administration federal government of the United States via predicate surface "client" ⓘ
linked to: United States government
National Academy of Public Administration state governments in the United States via predicate surface "client" ⓘ
National Academy of Public Administration local governments in the United States via predicate surface "client" ⓘ
National Academy of Public Administration public agencies via predicate surface "client" ⓘ
Educational Testing Service
linked to: Educational Testing Service (nearby campus)
universities via predicate surface "client" ⓘ
Educational Testing Service
linked to: Educational Testing Service (nearby campus)
colleges via predicate surface "client" ⓘ
Educational Testing Service
linked to: Educational Testing Service (nearby campus)
government agencies via predicate surface "client" ⓘ
Educational Testing Service
linked to: Educational Testing Service (nearby campus)
professional organizations via predicate surface "client" ⓘ
Congressional Research Service members of the United States Congress via predicate surface "client" ⓘ
Congressional Research Service committees of the United States Congress via predicate surface "client" ⓘ
Marlborough Tapestries John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
King James Version King James I of England ⓘ
linked to: James VI and I
New American Bible United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ⓘ
Campbell's Soup Cans self-initiated by Andy Warhol ⓘ
The Alba Madonna
linked to: The Alba Madonna by Raphael
Duke of Alba ⓘ
linked to: Alba, Duke of Alba
Pleiades
linked to: Pleiades supercomputer
NASA Ames Research Center ⓘ
linked to: Ames Research Center
Halve Maen Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Glass Flowers Harvard University ⓘ
Blaschka Glass Models of Plants Harvard University ⓘ
Blaschka Glass Models of Plants Harvard Botanical Museum ⓘ
linked to: Harvard Museum of Natural History
United States Department of Veterans Affairs U.S. military veterans via predicate surface "client" ⓘ
United States Department of Veterans Affairs eligible dependents of veterans via predicate surface "client" ⓘ