publicationYear

P25
predicate

Indicates the specific calendar year in which a work was formally published or released.

All labels observed (160)

Label Occurrences
releaseYear 27,419
publicationYear canonical 11,163
publicationDate 9,358

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: publicationYear
Generated description
Indicates the specific calendar year in which a work was formally published or released.

Sample triples (57,347)

Subject Object
St. Petersburg, Missouri (fictional town)
surface form: St. Petersburg, Missouri
1876 via predicate surface "firstPublicationYearOfWork"
Tom Sawyer 1876 via predicate surface "firstPublicationYear"
1937 film The Prince and the Pauper
surface form: The Prince and the Pauper (1937 film)
1937 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Moby-Dick 1851
Brom Bones 1820 via predicate surface "firstPublicationDate"
I'm Your Baby Tonight 1990 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Leagues Cup 2019 via predicate surface "firstEditionYear"
A Million Ways to Die in the West 2014 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Think Like a Man 2012-04-20 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
Think Like a Man 2012 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
808s & Heartbreak 2008-11-24 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
808s & Heartbreak 2008 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Be 2005 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Universal Mind Control 2008
John Wick: Chapter 2 2017 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Smokin' Aces 2006 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
American Gangster 2007 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Just Wright 2010 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Girl on Fire 2012 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down 2009 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Superwoman 2008 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Here 2016 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Report on Manufactures 1791
Alexander Hamilton's Second Report on the Public Credit 1791 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
NMTC Program 2000 via predicate surface "startYear"
Singin' in the Rain 1952 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin 1853
Lectures on Government and Binding 1981 via predicate surface "firstPublicationYear"
Rocky II 1979 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Rocky II 1979-06-15 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
Headless Horseman 1820 via predicate surface "firstPublicationDate"
The Alhambra 1832
Kate Chopin 1899 – The Awakening via predicate surface "publicationYearOfWork"
Kate Chopin The Story of an Hour via predicate surface "publicationYearOfWork"
surface form: 1894 – The Story of an Hour
Kate Chopin 1894 – Bayou Folk via predicate surface "publicationYearOfWork"
Kate Chopin 1897 – A Night in Acadie via predicate surface "publicationYearOfWork"
Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
Cronos 1993 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
The Truce 1963
Rowlatt Act 1919 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
Simon Commission 1930-05-27 via predicate surface "reportPublicationDate"
The Scarlet Letter 1850
Leaves of Grass 1855 via predicate surface "firstPublicationDate"
The Great Gatsby 1925 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
Beloved 1987 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
On the Road 1957-09-05 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
On the Road 1957 via predicate surface "yearPublished"
Pan’s Labyrinth 2006 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
The Devil’s Backbone 2001 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
Jackie Brown 1997 via predicate surface "releaseYear"