basedOnAuthor

P2806
predicate

Indicates that one entity is derived from, inspired by, or otherwise created on the basis of the work or contributions of a particular author.

All labels observed (27)

Label Occurrences
basedOnAuthor canonical 1,870
basedOnWorkBy 1,859
basedOnWorkAuthor 927

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: basedOnAuthor
Generated description
Indicates that one entity is derived from, inspired by, or otherwise created on the basis of the work or contributions of a particular author.

Sample triples (5,167)

Subject Object
Water for Elephants Sara Gruen via predicate surface "authorOfSourceMaterial"
Brigadoon Alan Jay Lerner via predicate surface "basedOnWorkBy"
Brigadoon Frederick Loewe via predicate surface "basedOnWorkBy"
Lust for Life Irving Stone
The Magnificent Ambersons Booth Tarkington
Five Graves to Cairo Lajos Bíró
Chez Scheme R. Kent Dybvig via predicate surface "originalAuthor"
Secretariat
surface form: Secretariat (2010 film)
William Nack
The Black Stallion Returns Walter Farley via predicate surface "basedOnWorkAuthor"
The Princess Diaries Meg Cabot via predicate surface "basedOnWorkAuthor"
Love & Other Drugs Jamie Reidy
Ella Enchanted Gail Carson Levine via predicate surface "basedOnWorkAuthor"
Wallace Beery as Long John Silver Robert Louis Stevenson
Captain Disko Troop by Lionel Barrymore
surface form: Captain Disko Troop
Rudyard Kipling
Paul Bettany as Dr. Stephen Maturin Patrick O'Brian
surface form: Patrick O’Brian
Cats T. S. Eliot
Freaky Friday (2003 film) Mary Rodgers via predicate surface "basedOnWorkBy"
Hugo Brian Selznick
A Quiet Place: Day One John Krasinski via predicate surface "basedOnWorkBy"
Dexter Jeff Lindsay via predicate surface "authorOfSourceMaterial"
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown Charles M. Schulz via predicate surface "basedOnWorkBy"
Promises, Promises Billy Wilder via predicate surface "basedOnWorkBy"
Promises, Promises I. A. L. Diamond via predicate surface "basedOnWorkBy"
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 Suzanne Collins via predicate surface "basedOnWorkBy"
Julius Caesar (1953 film) William Shakespeare via predicate surface "basedOnWorkBy"
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005 film) Douglas Adams
Gabourey Sidibe as Claireece "Precious" Jones Sapphire
Cockfighter Charles Willeford via predicate surface "basedOnWorkAuthor"
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 Suzanne Collins via predicate surface "basedOnWorkBy"
Gangster Squad Paul Lieberman
Agnes Ayres as Lady Diana Mayo Edith Maude Hull
Denial Deborah E. Lipstadt
surface form: Deborah Lipstadt
Les Misérables (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Victor Hugo via predicate surface "basedOnWorkAuthor"
Personal Velocity Rebecca Miller
The Mating Season C. Y. Lee via predicate surface "basedOnWorkAuthor"
The Country Girl Clifford Odets
Sex and the City (TV series)
surface form: Sex and the City
Candace Bushnell via predicate surface "authorOfSourceMaterial"
The Hunt for Red October Tom Clancy via predicate surface "authorOfSourceMaterial"
Romeo Must Die William Shakespeare via predicate surface "basedOnWorkBy"
Reuben, Reuben Peter De Vries via predicate surface "basedOnWorkAuthor"
The Last Time I Saw Paris F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (television series, creator)
surface form: The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Max Shulman via predicate surface "basedOnWorkAuthor"
Wuthering Heights (1978 TV series) Emily Brontë via predicate surface "basedOnWorkBy"
Laura
surface form: Laura (film)
Vera Caspary via predicate surface "basedOnWorkAuthor"
Harriet Chetwode-Talbot Paul Torday via predicate surface "basedOnWorkBy"
Keith Merryman Steve Harvey via predicate surface "basedOnAuthorAdapted"
film We Were Soldiers
surface form: We Were Soldiers
Lieutenant General Hal Moore
surface form: Harold G. Moore
film We Were Soldiers
surface form: We Were Soldiers
Joseph L. Galloway
Bad Day at Black Rock Howard Breslin via predicate surface "basedOnWorkBy"
The Vampire Diaries L. J. Smith via predicate surface "authorOfSourceMaterial"