setting

P1957
predicate

Indicates the place, time, or context in which an event, action, or interaction occurs.

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All labels observed (93)

Label Occurrences
setting canonical 35,607
settingPlace 2,135
settingOfActivity 1,412

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: setting
Generated description
Indicates the place, time, or context in which an event, action, or interaction occurs.

Sample triples (44,006)

Subject Object
The First Men in the Moon England ⓘ
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood 1990s ⓘ
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Pittsburgh
War and Peace Russia via predicate surface "settingPlace" ⓘ
War and Peace Moscow via predicate surface "settingPlace" ⓘ
War and Peace St. Petersburg via predicate surface "settingPlace" ⓘ
War and Peace battlefields of Europe via predicate surface "settingPlace" ⓘ
The Kreutzer Sonata Russian society in the 19th century ⓘ
Love in the Time of Cholera Caribbean port city ⓘ
Love in the Time of Cholera late 19th century ⓘ
Love in the Time of Cholera early 20th century ⓘ
Of Love and Other Demons Spanish colonial era via predicate surface "settingContext" ⓘ
Song of Solomon Michigan (most of state) ⓘ
surface form: Michigan
Song of Solomon Pennsylvania ⓘ
documentary 'Dont Look Back'
surface form: Dont Look Back
United Kingdom ⓘ
The Deep Blue Sea London, England via predicate surface "settingPlace" ⓘ
surface form: London
Cause Célèbre England ⓘ
Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang England ⓘ
Politicians and the War British government during World War I via predicate surface "settingDescribed" ⓘ
Politicians and the War London political scene in wartime via predicate surface "settingDescribed" ⓘ
The Decline and Fall of Lloyd George United Kingdom political system ⓘ
The True History of the Conquest of New Spain Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
surface form: New Spain
The True History of the Conquest of New Spain Central Mexico ⓘ
Prometheus Bound Scythian wilderness ⓘ
Prometheus Bound remote rocky cliff ⓘ
The Shape of Things to Come future Earth ⓘ
The Bluest Eye Lorain, Ohio, United States via predicate surface "settingPlace" ⓘ
surface form: Lorain, Ohio
The Warden fictional English cathedral town of Barchester ⓘ
The Warden Barchester Hospital ⓘ
Barchester Towers Barchester Towers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Barchester
Barchester Towers fictional English cathedral town ⓘ
Abigail Williams Salem, Massachusetts via predicate surface "settingOfActivity" ⓘ
Reverend John Hale Salem, Massachusetts via predicate surface "settingOfActivity" ⓘ
Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy
surface form: Divine Comedy
Hell ⓘ
Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy
surface form: Divine Comedy
Purgatorio ⓘ
surface form: Purgatory
Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy
surface form: Divine Comedy
Heaven ⓘ
surface form: Paradise
Book of Job land of Uz GENERATED ⓘ
Numbers
surface form: Book of Numbers
Sinai wilderness GENERATED ⓘ
Numbers
surface form: Book of Numbers
Moab plains GENERATED ⓘ
Judith
surface form: Judith (book)
ancient Near East GENERATED ⓘ
1 Maccabees Judea GENERATED ⓘ
1 Maccabees Seleucid Empire GENERATED ⓘ
1 Samuel Ancient Israel ⓘ
surface form: ancient Israel
Titus Christian communities in Crete ⓘ
The Autumn of the Patriarch Caribbean dictatorship ⓘ
The Autumn of the Patriarch unnamed Caribbean country ⓘ
The Winslow Boy London, England via predicate surface "settingPlace" ⓘ
surface form: London
Ramayana Ayodhya ⓘ
Ramayana Dandaka forest ⓘ
Ramayana Kishkindha ⓘ