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
Home Equity Conversion Mortgage program 1989
ADC
surface form: Aid to Dependent Children
1935 via predicate surface "startTime"
DOI
surface form: United States Department of the Interior
March 3, 1849 via predicate surface "dateFormed"
Midnight Yell Practice 00:00 local time via predicate surface "startTime"
Oakbrook Center 1962 via predicate surface "openingDate"
Modern Wing 2009 via predicate surface "openingDate"
Water Lilies (Monet) late 1890s via predicate surface "production period start"
FIFA World Cup 1994 matches
surface form: 1994 FIFA World Cup matches
1994-06-17 via predicate surface "startTime"
Copa América Centenario 2016 matches 2016-06-03 via predicate surface "startTime"
Manchester Arena 1995-07-15 via predicate surface "openingDate"
Manchester Arena 1993 via predicate surface "constructionStartDate"
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1847
Pre-Raphaelite art 1848 via predicate surface "startTime"
Airport Line
surface form: Airport Line (Manchester Metrolink)
2014-11-03 via predicate surface "openingDate"
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Friday via predicate surface "trackingWeekStart"
MBTA Green Line D branch (nearby stations)
surface form: MBTA Green Line D branch
1959 via predicate surface "openingDate"
Uniform Code of Military Justice 1951-05-31 via predicate surface "effectiveDate"
Office of the United States Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator 2008 via predicate surface "formationDate"
Oregon Zoo 1888 via predicate surface "openingDate"
Henry Bacon 1880s via predicate surface "activeYearsStart"
2028 Summer Olympics 2028-07-14 via predicate surface "openingDate"
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City 1863 via predicate surface "openingDate"
Eureka Conference 1943-11-28
General Government 1939-10-26 via predicate surface "startTime"
Warsaw Uprising Museum 31 July 2004 via predicate surface "openingDate"
Northern Ireland Assembly 1 July 1998 via predicate surface "firstMeetingDate"
Pablo Picasso 1890s via predicate surface "activeYearsStart"
Melania Trump 2017-01-20 via predicate surface "startTime"
Trump University 2005
Keir Starmer 2020-04-04 via predicate surface "startTime"
Golden Jubilee 2002 2002-02-06 via predicate surface "startTime"
Diamond Jubilee 2012 2012-02-06
Malayan Emergency 1948-06-16
Louis Botha 1910-05-31 via predicate surface "startTime"
Crimean Khanate 1441 via predicate surface "startTime"
Crimean Khanate 15th century via predicate surface "startTime"
Attlee government 1945 via predicate surface "startTime"
Beer Hall Putsch 1923-11-08
Lester B. Pearson 1963-04-22 via predicate surface "officeStartTime"
Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War 1775 via predicate surface "hasStartTime"
Henry Middleton 1774-10-22 via predicate surface "termStart"
Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt 305 BC via predicate surface "startTime"
Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt 30 BC via predicate surface "startTime"
President of Italy 1946 via predicate surface "formationDate"
Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae late 5th century BC via predicate surface "constructionStartDate"
Hungarian Revolution of 1956 1956-10-23
fall of the Berlin Wall 1989-11-09
Cuban Revolution 1953-07-26
Reagan–Gorbachev summits 1985 via predicate surface "startTime"
NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium 2010 via predicate surface "constructionStart"