timePeriod

P302
predicate

Indicates the specific span or interval of time during which an event, state, or relationship occurs or is valid.

All labels observed (200)

Label Occurrences
timePeriod canonical 47,003
historicalPeriod 24,721
activeInPeriod 8,432

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: timePeriod
Generated description
Indicates the specific span or interval of time during which an event, state, or relationship occurs or is valid.

Sample triples (139,503)

Subject Object
Denikin offensive on Moscow autumn 1919
Westminster Assembly 17th century via predicate surface "historicalPeriod"
Motion Picture Patents Company early 1910s via predicate surface "declinePeriod"
Motion Picture Patents Company silent film era
London Eye 30 minutes via predicate surface "rotationTime"
New Jersey pound colonial America via predicate surface "historicalPeriod"
New Jersey pound pre-Revolutionary New Jersey via predicate surface "historicalPeriod"
Articles of War
surface form: Articles of War (Continental Army)
18th century via predicate surface "historicalPeriod"
The Wounded Drummer Boy American Civil War via predicate surface "timePeriodDepicted"
surface form: American Civil War era
Husking Bee, Island of Nantucket 19th century via predicate surface "timePeriodDepicted"
For Whom the Bell Tolls Spanish Civil War via predicate surface "setInPeriod"
Nazca Lines Early Nazca period
Nazca Lines Late Paracas period
Inca Empire Inca Empire via predicate surface "peakPeriod" self-linksurface differs
surface form: reign of Pachacuti
Inca Empire reign of Huayna Capac via predicate surface "peakPeriod"
rongorongo
surface form: Rongorongo
pre-European contact period on Easter Island
rongorongo
surface form: Rongorongo
19th century documentation
Motown 1960s via predicate surface "peakPeriod"
Motown early 1970s via predicate surface "peakPeriod"
Great Vowel Shift (late phase) Early Modern English
surface form: Early Modern English period
Nollywood emerged in the late 20th century
United States federal budget fiscal year
Western League 19th century
Nessun Dorma (Fenway Sports Management assets may vary; ignore if uncertain)
surface form: Nessun dorma
20th-century opera via predicate surface "period"
German attack on Westerplatte 7 days via predicate surface "hasDuration"
N Reactor Cold War via predicate surface "historicalPeriod"
Lepontic language Iron Age via predicate surface "timeDepth"
Lepontic language earliest attested Continental Celtic language (scholarly consensus) via predicate surface "chronology"
Charles-Michel Trudaine de la Sablière 18th century via predicate surface "activeInPeriod"
International Bill of Human Rights post-World War II era
Kermit Bloomgarden mid-20th century via predicate surface "activeInPeriod"
Anne Frank House 1942–1944 via predicate surface "timePeriodUsedAsHidingPlace"
Board of Treasury Congress of the Confederation
surface form: Confederation period of the United States
Majdanek World War II
Majdanek Holocaust
Saar Offensive September 1939 via predicate surface "historicalPeriod"
Constitutional Convention Early Republic of the United States via predicate surface "historicalPeriod"
surface form: Early national period of the United States
Modernism 20th century via predicate surface "periodIn"
Local Historic Civil Engineering Landmark recognizes works from past periods of civil engineering practice via predicate surface "hasTemporalAspect"
Iraqi no-fly zone enforcement 1990s
Iraqi no-fly zone enforcement early 2000s
Iraq disarmament crisis of the 1990s post–Gulf War era
Iraq disarmament crisis of the 1990s 1990s
Rocky 1970s via predicate surface "setInPeriod"
Creed (film) 2010s via predicate surface "setInPeriod"
Freedom and People’s Rights Movement Meiji era via predicate surface "mainPeriod"
surface form: Meiji period
United States Army Military Government in Korea early Cold War via predicate surface "historicalPeriod"
United States Army Military Government in Korea post–World War II occupation of Korea via predicate surface "historicalPeriod"
Governor-General of Korea Japanese rule over Korea via predicate surface "historicalPeriod"
March 1st Movement Japanese rule in Korea via predicate surface "historicalPeriod"