SELECT DISTINCT ?uri WHERE { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Robert_Witherspoon> <http://dbpedia.org/ontology/governor> ?x . ?x <http://dbpedia.org/property/appointer> ?uri . }
Who appointed the governor under which Robert Witherspoon worked?
SELECT DISTINCT ?j WHERE { resource:Robert_Witherspoon property:governor ?j . ?j property:appointer ?j . }
James Madison
[James Madison] is the appointer of the governor of Robert Witherspoon.
[James Madison] is Robert Witherspoon's governor.
[James Madison] is the appointer of the governor of him.
[James Madison] is the governor he appointed.
The appointer of the governor who is the governor of Robert Witherspoon  is [the person].
The governor who is Robert Witherspoon's governor is [a man].