genre

P14
predicate

Indicates the artistic or thematic category to which a work (such as a book, film, or song) belongs.

All labels observed (86)

Label Occurrences
genre canonical 437,030
hasGenre 10,693
appearsInGenre 6,417

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: genre
Generated description
Indicates the artistic or thematic category to which a work (such as a book, film, or song) belongs.

Sample triples (476,434)

Subject Object
Martin Gardner popular mathematics
Martin Gardner popular science
Martin Gardner essay
Martin Gardner puzzle books
Martin Gardner children's literature
Isaac Asimov science fiction
Isaac Asimov popular science
Isaac Asimov mystery fiction
American Dad! animated sitcom
American Dad! satirical comedy
Norman Wisdom slapstick comedy
Norman Wisdom physical comedy
Norman Finkelstein non-fiction
Col. Herbert Y. Schandler military history
Col. Herbert Y. Schandler political history
Statue of Three Lies realist sculpture
Daniel Barenboim classical music
Jim Gaffigan observational comedy
Jim Gaffigan clean comedy
Jim Gaffigan self-deprecating humor
Leonard Bernstein symphonic music
Leonard Bernstein Broadway musical
Leonard Bernstein choral music
Bruce Springsteen rock
Bruce Springsteen heartland rock
Bruce Springsteen folk rock
Bruce Springsteen roots rock
Oprah Winfrey talk show
George Balanchine ballet
“La Valse”
surface form: La Valse
neoclassical ballet
“La Valse”
surface form: La Valse
dramatic ballet
“Concerto Barocco”
surface form: Concerto Barocco
plotless ballet
Turbo Pascal integrated development environment
Turbo Pascal compiler
Festival of Contemporary Music classical music
The Singing Fool (1928 film)
surface form: The Singing Fool
musical
The Singing Fool (1928 film)
surface form: The Singing Fool
drama
Lights of New York (1928 film) crime film
Lights of New York (1928 film) drama film
Lights of New York (1928 film) crime drama via predicate surface "hasGenre"
Sergei Eisenstein silent film
Sergei Eisenstein historical drama film
Wesley Addy drama
Diedrich Knickerbocker satire via predicate surface "genreAssociation"
Diedrich Knickerbocker humor via predicate surface "genreAssociation"
William Dean Howells novel
William Dean Howells short story
William Dean Howells literary criticism
William Dean Howells essay
Stacker Pentecost science fiction film via predicate surface "appearsInGenre"