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
Opticks 1704
HMS Beagle second survey expedition 1831 via predicate surface "startYear"
An Inquiry into the Nature and Progress of Rent 1815
Polish Committee of National Liberation 1944-07-22 via predicate surface "dateOfPublication"
Greatest Love of All 1977 via predicate surface "originalReleaseYear"
Jerusalem Bible 1966 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
Green Grow the Lilacs 1931 via predicate surface "firstPublicationDate"
Casablanca 1942 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Gone with the Wind 1939 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
The Wizard of Oz 1939 via predicate surface "yearOfRelease"
ERA Policy Agenda 2022–2024 2022 via predicate surface "startYear"
SGML 1986
Bridget Jones’s Diary 2001 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Love Actually 2003 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Kingsman: The Secret Service 2014 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
The English Patient 1996 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011 film) 2011 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011 film) 1974 via predicate surface "originalWorkPublicationYear"
1917 (film) 2019 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
George Falconer in A Single Man
surface form: George Falconer
1964 via predicate surface "sourceWorkPublicationYear"
Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third 1768
Applied Physics Letters 1962 via predicate surface "startYear"
Wonders of the Invisible World 1693
William Tecumseh Sherman 1875 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
Uncle Tom's Cabin 1852
The Minister's Wooing 1859
Project Y 1943 via predicate surface "startYear"
How Will I Know 1985 via predicate surface "releaseYear"
New Living Translation 1996 via predicate surface "firstPublicationYear"
Fratelli tutti 2020-10-03 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
Mostly Harmless 1992
The Maine Woods 1864
Principles of Political Economy 1820
Principles of Political Economy 1836 via predicate surface "secondEditionYear"
David Ricardo 1817 via predicate surface "publicationDate"
A Tract on Monetary Reform 1923
A Treatise on Money 1930
A Treatise on Money 1930 via predicate surface "firstEditionYear"
Il Popolo d'Italia 1914 via predicate surface "startPublicationDate"
BB-37
surface form: World War II
1939 via predicate surface "startYear"
Mitsuo Fuchida 1953 via predicate surface "notablePublicationYear"
AIAW women’s basketball championship 1972 via predicate surface "startYear"
Einstein's annus mirabilis papers 1905
Jean Perrin Les Atomes, 1913 via predicate surface "publicationYearOf"
Theory of Games and Economic Behavior 1944
Tarry Town 1820 via predicate surface "firstPublicationYear"
Rip Van Winkle 1819
Saving All My Love for You 1978 via predicate surface "originalReleaseYear"
Louis Segond Bible late 19th century via predicate surface "firstPublicationDate"
Louis Segond Bible 1880s via predicate surface "firstPublicationApproximateYear"