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
The Three-Body Problem (TV adaptation) Liu Cixin via predicate surface "basedOnWorkBy"
Louis Gara Elmore Leonard
The Sound and the Fury (2014 film) William Faulkner
Alex Garland The Beach via predicate surface "basedOnHisNovel"
surface form: The Beach (film adaptation)
Alex Garland The Tesseract via predicate surface "basedOnHisNovel"
surface form: The Tesseract (film adaptation)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Hunter S. Thompson
Jabberwocky Lewis Carroll via predicate surface "basedOnWorkBy"
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925 film) Lew Wallace
The Three Musketeers (1921 film) Alexandre Dumas
Camille (1926 film) Alexandre Dumas
surface form: Alexandre Dumas fils
The Mysterious Lady (1928 film)
surface form: The Mysterious Lady
Ludwig Wolff
The Enemy (1927 film) Channing Pollock via predicate surface "basedOnWorkBy"
The Trail of '98 (1928 film) Robert W. Service
Troy
surface form: Troy (film)
Homer
We Don't Live Here Anymore Andre Dubus via predicate surface "authorOfSourceMaterial"
Scrooged Charles Dickens via predicate surface "basedOnWorkAuthor"
Quick Change Jay Cronley via predicate surface "basedOnWorkBy"
Fantastic Mr. Fox Roald Dahl
Philomena Martin Sixsmith
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For Frank Miller via predicate surface "basedOnWorkBy"
The Butler Wil Haygood
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny Wang Dulu via predicate surface "authorOfSourceMaterial"
Tideland Mitch Cullin via predicate surface "basedOnWorkAuthor"
Family Plot Victor Canning
Drive, He Said Jeremy Larner via predicate surface "basedOnWorkBy"
Minority Report Philip K. Dick
Ready Player One Ernest Cline via predicate surface "authorOfSourceMaterial"
O Brother, Where Art Thou? Homer
Up in the Air Walter Kirn
The Monuments Men Robert M. Edsel
The Monuments Men Bret Witter
The Princess Bride William Goldman
Mean Girls (2004 film) Rosalind Wiseman
UPX Markus Oberhumer via predicate surface "originalAuthor"
UPX Laszlo Molnar via predicate surface "originalAuthor"
UPX John Reiser via predicate surface "originalAuthor"
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book Cole Porter via predicate surface "basedOnWorkBy"
The Descendants Kaui Hart Hemmings via predicate surface "basedOnWorkAuthor"
Bates Motel Alfred Hitchcock via predicate surface "basedOnWorkBy"
Johnny Belinda Elmer Blaney Harris via predicate surface "basedOnWorkAuthor"
Friday Night Lights (film) Buzz Bissinger
surface form: H. G. Bissinger
Genius (TV series) Walter Isaacson
Mars (TV series) Stephen Petranek
A Monster Calls Patrick Ness via predicate surface "basedOnWorkBy"
Society of the Snow Pablo Vierci
Molecular Biology of the Gene James Watson via predicate surface "originalAuthor"
surface form: James D. Watson
Marguerite Laurier Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
How to Marry a Millionaire Zoe Akins via predicate surface "basedOnWorkAuthor"
surface form: Zoë Akins
How to Marry a Millionaire Dale Eunson via predicate surface "basedOnWorkAuthor"
How to Marry a Millionaire Katherine Albert via predicate surface "basedOnWorkAuthor"