timeOfNarrative

P11197
predicate

Indicates the specific time or period during which the events of a narrative are set or unfold.

All labels observed (91)

Label Occurrences
timePeriodOfFiction 262
timeOfNarrative canonical 64
narrativeTimePeriod 47

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: timeOfNarrative
Generated description
Indicates the specific time or period during which the events of a narrative are set or unfold.

Sample triples (932)

Subject Object
The Maine Woods 1840s
The Maine Woods 1850s
Apology of Socrates 399 BC
The Boar’s Head Tavern, Eastcheap reign of Henry IV of England via predicate surface "timeOfFictionalSetting"
If This Is a Man post-World War II years via predicate surface "timeOfNarration"
Twenty Years After 20 years via predicate surface "narrativeTimeAfterPrequel"
Ezra–Nehemiah Persian period
Ezra–Nehemiah 6th century BCE
Ezra–Nehemiah 5th century BCE
Huckleberry Finn pre–American Civil War era via predicate surface "timePeriodOfFiction"
News of a Kidnapping 1990 via predicate surface "timeOfStory"
News of a Kidnapping 1991 via predicate surface "timeOfStory"
News of a Kidnapping 1992 via predicate surface "timeOfStory"
Macondo founded in the 19th century in the fiction via predicate surface "narrativeChronology"
Macondo destroyed after several generations of the Buendía family via predicate surface "narrativeChronology"
Framley Parsonage 19th century England via predicate surface "timePeriodOfFiction"
An Autobiography 19th century via predicate surface "timeOfNarrativeCoverage"
The Shape of Things to Come from 20th century to distant future via predicate surface "timePeriodCoveredInFiction"
Anna Karenina late 19th century via predicate surface "timePeriodOfFiction"
Leaf Storm early 20th century via predicate surface "periodOfStory"
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter's third year at Hogwarts via predicate surface "timePeriodInStory"
Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts events of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 via predicate surface "storyTimePeriod"
Cole Gioberti 1980s via predicate surface "timePeriodOfFiction"
Lockit 18th century via predicate surface "narrativeSettingTime"
Carry On, Jeeves early 20th century via predicate surface "timePeriodOfStories"
Nate Lambert near future via predicate surface "setInFictionalTime"
It
surface form: It (novel)
1950s via predicate surface "timeline"
It
surface form: It (novel)
1980s via predicate surface "timeline"
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Fascist Italy via predicate surface "narrativeLocationTime"
I, Robot mid-21st century and later via predicate surface "timePeriodOfStories"
The Murders in the Rue Morgue 19th century via predicate surface "timePeriodOfFiction"
Louisville Colonels active in Major League play during the 1880s and 1890s via predicate surface "timeline"
Emilia (Othello character) Renaissance via predicate surface "timePeriodOfFiction"
Victor Laszlo World War II via predicate surface "timePeriodOfFiction"
The Romance of the Forest 17th century France via predicate surface "timePeriodOfFiction"
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (novel)
surface form: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
early 1970s
Peril 2020
Peril 2021
Green Hills of Africa 1933 safari
Slow Learner late 1950s via predicate surface "timePeriodOfStories"
Slow Learner early 1960s via predicate surface "timePeriodOfStories"
Pip 19th century whaling era via predicate surface "timePeriodOfFiction"
Major Heinrich Strasser World War II via predicate surface "timePeriodOfFictionalEvents"
I Have Confidence late 1930s via predicate surface "setInFictionalTime"
The Lonely Goatherd late 1930s via predicate surface "timePeriodInStory"
Lost Moon Apollo program era
Queen Mary in "The King’s Speech"
surface form: Queen Mary (The King’s Speech)
reign of King George V via predicate surface "timeInStory"
Queen Mary in "The King’s Speech"
surface form: Queen Mary (The King’s Speech)
abdication crisis of Edward VIII (implied context) via predicate surface "timeInStory"
Logan Killicks early 20th century American South via predicate surface "timePeriodOfFiction"
Socrates' Thinkery late 5th century BCE via predicate surface "timeOfFictionalSetting"