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
album "Emotions"
surface form: Emotions
1991 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Sex and the City (film) 2008 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Black Nativity 2013 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
papal bull Inter caetera
surface form: Inter caetera
1493-05-04 via predicate surface "dateIssued"
GWOT 2001 via predicate surface "startYear"
Interstellar 2014 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
The Corsican Brothers 1941 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Torch Song Trilogy
surface form: Torch Song Trilogy (film)
1988 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
She Believes in Me 1979 via predicate surface "yearOfRelease"
CONCACAF Futsal Championship 1996 via predicate surface "firstEditionYear"
Live at the Regal 1965 via predicate surface "hasPublicationYear"
Completely Well 1969 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Warren Commission 1964 via predicate surface "reportPublicationDate"
Hawking radiation 1974
Miramar 1967 via predicate surface "firstPublicationDate"
Tenet 2020 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Rage Against the Machine 1992 via predicate surface "albumReleaseYear"
Rage Against the Machine 1996 via predicate surface "albumReleaseYear"
Rage Against the Machine 1999 via predicate surface "albumReleaseYear"
Rage Against the Machine 2000 via predicate surface "albumReleaseYear"
Red Dust 1932 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
song "Always Be My Baby"
surface form: Always Be My Baby
1995 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
A Man Called Intrepid 1976
The Conservative Mind 1953 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
Church Committee 1976 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
A Woman's Worth 2001 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
IIHF World Ranking 2003 via predicate surface "startYear"
Kenneth Grahame 1908 via predicate surface "publicationYearOfWork"
The Sheik 1921 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Don Juan (1926 film) 1926 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
The Jazz Singer (1927 film) 1927 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Kosmos 1845 via predicate surface "firstVolumePublicationYear"
Kosmos 1847 via predicate surface "secondVolumePublicationYear"
Kosmos 1850 via predicate surface "thirdVolumePublicationYear"
Thomas Hobbes 1651 via predicate surface "publicationDateOfWork Leviathan"
The Great Unknown 1824
Injun Joe 1876 via predicate surface "publicationYearOfFirstAppearance"
The Drowned and the Saved 1986
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (computer game) 1984 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (computer game) 1984 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
The Brave One 2007 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
song "We Belong Together"
surface form: We Belong Together
2005 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
We’ve Got Tonight 1978 via predicate surface "originalReleaseYear"
Noah
surface form: Noah (2014 film)
2014 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
album "Rainbow"
surface form: Rainbow (album)
1999-11-02 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
Foundation Day 1788 via predicate surface "startYear"
Blandings Castle series 1915 via predicate surface "firstPublicationYear"
Summer Lightning 1929
The Gold Rush 1925 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Modern Times 1936 via predicate surface "releaseYear"