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
Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy 1999 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
Feynman Lectures on Physics 1964 via predicate surface "firstPublicationDate"
What Do You Care What Other People Think? 1988 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
A Mathematical Theory of Communication 1948
Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey 1999
Aspects of the Theory of Syntax 1965
American Power and the New Mandarins 1969
TLS 1999
Born–Oppenheimer approximation 1927 via predicate surface "historicalPublicationYear"
feature film "Chappaquiddick"
surface form: Chappaquiddick
2017 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Dale Carnegie 1936 (How to Win Friends and Influence People) via predicate surface "publicationDateOfWork"
Dale Carnegie How to Stop Worrying and Start Living via predicate surface "publicationDateOfWork"
surface form: 1948 (How to Stop Worrying and Start Living)
novel "The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today"
surface form: The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today
1873
Douglas Engelbart’s 1962 report "Augmenting Human Intellect: A Conceptual Framework"
surface form: Augmenting Human Intellect: A Conceptual Framework
1962
IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol standard 2002 via predicate surface "firstEditionYear"
IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol standard 2008 via predicate surface "secondEditionYear"
IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol standard 2019 via predicate surface "thirdEditionYear"
IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging standard
surface form: IEEE 802.1Q
1998 via predicate surface "firstEditionYear"
Emancipation Proclamation 1863-01-01 via predicate surface "dateIssued"
book "Years of Upheaval"
surface form: Years of Upheaval
1982 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
Dreams from My Father 1995 via predicate surface "originalPublicationYear"
Profiles in Courage 1956 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
Thoughts on Government 1776
On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies 1905
On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies 30 June 1905 via predicate surface "datePublished"
On the Motion of Small Particles Suspended in Liquids at Rest Required by the Molecular-Kinetic Theory of Heat 1905
On the Origin of Species 1859-11-24 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
On the Origin of Species 1859
Darwinism 1859
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals 1872
The Voyage of the Beagle 1839
The Voyage of the Beagle 1839 via predicate surface "firstEditionYear"
On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects 1862
The Power of Movement in Plants 1880
Charles Lyell Principles of Geology first volume published in 1830 via predicate surface "dateOfPublicationOfNotableWork"
Thomas Malthus 1798 (An Essay on the Principle of Population, first edition) via predicate surface "publicationDateOfNotableWork"
Thomas Malthus 1803 (An Essay on the Principle of Population, greatly expanded second edition) via predicate surface "publicationDateOfNotableWork"
Congressional Record 1873 via predicate surface "startYear"
Oskar Morgenstern 1944
Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life 2016
Broca's Brain 1979
Broca's Brain 1979 via predicate surface "originalPublicationDate"
Five-Year Plans for the National Economy of the Soviet Union 1928 via predicate surface "startYear"
The History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks): Short Course 1938
Philokalia 1782 via predicate surface "firstPublicationYear"
film King Kong (1933)
surface form: King Kong (1933 film)
1933 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
The King’s Speech 2010 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
We 1927
The Spirit of St. Louis 1953 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
Gentleman's Agreement 1947 via predicate surface "releaseYear"