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
Haroun and the Sea of Stories 1990
The New York Times Magazine 1896 via predicate surface "firstPublicationYear"
Études sur les glaciers 1840
Recherches sur les poissons fossiles 1833 via predicate surface "publicationStartYear"
The Veteran in a New Field 1865 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
Hold On Longer 2013 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
The Code of the Woosters 1938
Two New Sciences 1638
Disquisitiones Arithmeticae 1801
Theorema Egregium 1828
Über die Bildung des Formensystems der ternären biquadratischen Form 1907
Albert Einstein's 1935 obituary letter 1935
Monsieur Ibrahim 2003 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Namami Gange 2014 via predicate surface "startYear"
Little Brother 2008 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
The Advancement of Learning 1605 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
Essays 1597 via predicate surface "firstPublicationYear"
Midnight's Children 1981
The Satanic Verses 1988 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
Shame 1983
The Ground Beneath Her Feet 1999 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
The Enchantress of Florence 2008 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
Joseph Anton: A Memoir 2012 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
Quichotte 2019 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
Booker of Bookers 1981 via predicate surface "winnerOriginalPublicationYear"
Miss Representation 2011 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
The Mask You Live In 2015 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Rare Earth hypothesis 2000
Michael H. Hart The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History via predicate surface "publicationYearOf"
surface form: The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History, 1978
Michael H. Hart Fermi paradox via predicate surface "publicationYearOf"
surface form: Explanation for the Absence of Extraterrestrials on Earth, 1975
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 1900 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
The Zetetic 1974 via predicate surface "startYear"
The Boondock Saints 1999 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Blade II 2002 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Maude 1972 via predicate surface "startYear"
On Our Own 1989 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
UEFA European Championship 1960 via predicate surface "firstEditionYear"
Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays 1982 via predicate surface "originalPublicationDate"
The Theory of Moral Sentiments 1759 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
Mary: A Fiction 1788 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
Letters Written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark 1796
On Numbers and Games 1976 via predicate surface "firstPublicationYear"
Like a Stone 2003 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Be Yourself 2005 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
You Know My Name 2006
You Know My Name 2006 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
I’m Gonna Make You Love Me
surface form: I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
1966 via predicate surface "originalReleaseYear"
My Prerogative 1988 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Get Away 1993 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
A Vindication of the Rights of Men 1790