formedBy

P972
predicate

Indicates that something comes into existence or is created as a result of a specific agent, process, or combination of components.

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All labels observed (56)

Label Occurrences
formedBy canonical 3,937
builtBy 1,694
formationProcess 516

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: formedBy
Generated description
Indicates that something comes into existence or is created as a result of a specific agent, process, or combination of components.

Sample triples (7,665)

Subject Object
Lake Tahoe glacial processes ⓘ
Containment
linked to: containment
George F. Kennan via predicate surface "formulatedBy" ⓘ
Coastal Ranges tectonic uplift ⓘ
Coastal Ranges faulting ⓘ
Coastal Ranges erosion ⓘ
Cabinet of the United States President of the United States ⓘ
Indo-European language family comparative method via predicate surface "reconstructedBy" ⓘ
North American Cordillera subduction ⓘ
North American Cordillera terrane accretion ⓘ
Princeton, New Jersey, United States consolidation of Borough of Princeton and Princeton Township ⓘ
Temple of Dendur Augustus via predicate surface "builtBy" ⓘ
Andes subduction of Nazca Plate beneath South American Plate ⓘ
NME National Security Act of 1947 ⓘ
Mariana Trench subduction of Pacific Plate beneath Mariana Plate ⓘ
Massachusetts Department of Transportation merger of Massachusetts Turnpike Authority and other transportation agencies ⓘ
Munitions Board National Security Act of 1947 ⓘ
World Bank Group Board of Executive Directors member countries’ shareholding in the World Bank Group via predicate surface "compositionBasedOn" ⓘ
Soda Lake (San Bernardino County) evaporation of standing water via predicate surface "formationProcess" ⓘ
Soda Lake (San Bernardino County) deposition of dissolved salts via predicate surface "formationProcess" ⓘ
Axis powers Anti-Comintern Pact via predicate surface "formedByTreaty" ⓘ
Axis powers Tripartite Pact via predicate surface "formedByTreaty" ⓘ
Poles Polish Underground State via predicate surface "formedResistance" ⓘ
Poles Home Army via predicate surface "formedResistance" ⓘ
Maginot Line French Third Republic via predicate surface "builtBy" ⓘ
United States Department of Labor United States Congress ⓘ
Chicago Surface Lines operating union of several street railway companies via predicate surface "formedAs" ⓘ
College of Arms Henry VII of England via predicate surface "reconstitutedBy" ⓘ
Internal Revenue Service United States federal government ⓘ
linked to: United States government
federal judiciary of the United States Judiciary Act of 1789 via predicate surface "furtherOrganizedBy" ⓘ
federal judiciary of the United States subsequent federal judiciary acts via predicate surface "furtherOrganizedBy" ⓘ
Appalachian Mountains collision of ancient continental plates ⓘ
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority interstate compact ⓘ
Erie Canal State of New York via predicate surface "builtBy" ⓘ
linked to: New York
Sun gravitational collapse of a molecular cloud via predicate surface "formationProcess" ⓘ
United States Secretary of Energy Department of Energy Organization Act ⓘ
Okonomiyaki mixing batter with cabbage and toppings via predicate surface "isPreparedBy" ⓘ
Pacific Plate seafloor spreading at mid-ocean ridges ⓘ
United States Army Cyber Command Army Cyber Command via predicate surface "formedAs" ⓘ
linked to: United States Army Cyber Command
Proto-Celtic comparative method via predicate surface "reconstructedBy" ⓘ
National Labor Relations Board National Labor Relations Act of 1935 ⓘ
linked to: National Labor Relations Act
Oak Ridge, Tennessee U.S. Army Corps of Engineers via predicate surface "builtBy" ⓘ
Moro Rock uplift and erosion of Sierra Nevada batholith ⓘ
Osaka Castle Toyotomi Hideyoshi via predicate surface "builtBy" ⓘ
Toronto City Council amalgamation of Toronto and its surrounding municipalities in 1998 ⓘ
CN Tower Canadian National Railway via predicate surface "builtBy" ⓘ
Fermi–Dirac statistics Enrico Fermi via predicate surface "formulatedBy" ⓘ
Fermi–Dirac statistics Paul Dirac via predicate surface "formulatedBy" ⓘ
Maxwell's equations James Clerk Maxwell via predicate surface "formulatedBy" ⓘ
law of universal gravitation Isaac Newton via predicate surface "formulatedBy" ⓘ
Half Dome glacial erosion via predicate surface "formationProcess" ⓘ