startDate

P288
predicate

Indicates the point in time when an event, state, or relationship begins.

All labels observed (200)

Label Occurrences
startTime 19,444
openingDate 12,546
activeYearsStart 8,666

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: startDate
Generated description
Indicates the point in time when an event, state, or relationship begins.

Sample triples (64,881)

Subject Object
Taisho era 1912-07-30
Taiwan under Japanese rule 1895 via predicate surface "startTime"
West Berlin 1949-05-23 via predicate surface "startTime"
West Berlin 1948-06-24 via predicate surface "blockadeStartTime"
Government of India 1 April via predicate surface "fiscalYearStart"
President of India 1950-01-26 via predicate surface "createdOn"
Fidel Castro 1959-02-16 via predicate surface "startTime"
Justin Trudeau 2015-11-04 via predicate surface "startTime"
Barbenheimer phenomenon 2023 via predicate surface "startTime"
President of Ecuador 1830 via predicate surface "formationDate"
Second Battle of Fallujah 2004-11-07
Mickey Rooney 1920s via predicate surface "activeYearsStart"
Estelle Getty 1970s via predicate surface "activeYearsStart"
Yom Kippur sunset on 9 Tishrei via predicate surface "startTime"
Department of Transportation Act 1967 via predicate surface "effectiveDate"
The Big Dance March via predicate surface "typicalStartMonth"
Bishops' Wars 1639 via predicate surface "startTime"
Secretary-General of the United Nations 1946 via predicate surface "formationDate"
Georgian era 1714 via predicate surface "startTime"
Dee Dee Warwick 1950s via predicate surface "activeYearsStart"
Bobby Brown 1978 via predicate surface "activeYearsStart"
Mariah Carey 1988 via predicate surface "activeYearsStart"
Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire 1532 via predicate surface "startTime"
Age of Imperialism circa 1870 via predicate surface "startTime"
Pontius Pilate 26 CE via predicate surface "startTime"
Operation Urgent Fury 1983-10-25
Global War on Terrorism 2001-09-11
Global War on Terrorism September 2001 via predicate surface "startPeriod"
General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers 1945 via predicate surface "startTime"
Supplementary Provisions
surface form: Supplementary Provisions (Constitution of Japan)
1947-05-03 via predicate surface "effectiveDate"
Civil Rights Act of 1957 September 9, 1957 via predicate surface "effectiveDate"
National Emergencies Act 1978-09-14 via predicate surface "effectiveDate"
Harkness Tower 1917 via predicate surface "constructionStart"
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
surface form: Isaac Newton
1669 via predicate surface "startTime"
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
surface form: Charles Babbage
1828 via predicate surface "startTime"
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
surface form: George Stokes
1849 via predicate surface "startTime"
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
surface form: Paul Dirac
1932 via predicate surface "startTime"
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
surface form: Stephen Hawking
1979 via predicate surface "startTime"
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
surface form: Michael Green
2009 via predicate surface "startTime"
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
surface form: Michael Cates
2015 via predicate surface "startTime"
B. B. King 1940s via predicate surface "activeYearsStart"
British Security Coordination 1940 via predicate surface "startTime"
Pastor bonus 1988-03-01 via predicate surface "effectiveDate"
Norman Kirk 1972 (term as Prime Minister of New Zealand) via predicate surface "startTime"
Norman Kirk 1953 (term as Mayor of Kaiapoi) via predicate surface "startTime"
Norman Kirk 1965 (as Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party) via predicate surface "startTime"
Consul for Life 1802 via predicate surface "startTime"
Consul for Life 02-08-1802 via predicate surface "startTime"
Emmanuel Macron 2017-05-14 via predicate surface "startTime"
The REACH September 2019 via predicate surface "openingDate"