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
The Dead Zone 1979
The Shining (1980 film) 1980 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Difficulties on Theory 1859
On the Imperfection of the Geological Record 1859
Gregor Mendel 1866
Genetics and the Origin of Species 1937
Variation and Evolution in Plants 1950
The Adapted Mind 1992
The Blank Slate 2002
The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species 1877
Elizabeth Pickett Chevalier
surface form: The Big Country
1923 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
Article 50 of the Constitution of Japan 3 November 1946 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
Gift from the Sea 1955 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
book "Tuxedo Park" by Jennet Conant
surface form: Tuxedo Park
2002
Chariots of Fire 1981 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
ESPN The Magazine 1998 via predicate surface "startYear"
Baltus Van Tassel 1820 via predicate surface "firstPublicationYearOfWork"
The Raven 1845-01-29 via predicate surface "firstPublicationDate"
The Tell-Tale Heart 1843 via predicate surface "firstPublicationDate"
The Purloined Letter 1844 via predicate surface "originalPublicationYear"
The Bells 1849 via predicate surface "firstPublicationDate"
Cosmos (book) 1980
Verner's law 1877
Book II
surface form: Book II (A History of New York)
1809 via predicate surface "originalPublicationYear"
The Fall of the House of Usher 1839 via predicate surface "firstPublicationDate"
Annabel Lee 1849-10-09 via predicate surface "firstPublicationDate"
The King 1884 via predicate surface "firstPublicationYear"
The Shape of Water 2017 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio 2022 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
The Matrix 1999 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Harry Potter film series 2001 via predicate surface "startYear"
Aquaman 2018 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Mad Max: Fury Road 2015 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Gravity 2013 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
The Conjuring 2013 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom 2013 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Beasts of No Nation 2015 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
The Suicide Squad 2021 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw 2019 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Zootopia 2016 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Cats (2019 film) 2019 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
The Mountain Between Us 2017 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Obsessed 2009
RocknRolla 2008 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Prometheus 2012 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Saving Private Ryan 1998
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi 2016 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Captain Phillips 2013 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Fifty Shades of Grey 2011 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
Spectral 2016