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
Dee Dee Ramone and the Chinese Dragons late 1990s via predicate surface "activePeriod"
Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story 1920s
Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story 1930s
Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story 1940s
Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story 1950s
La Niña 9 to 12 months via predicate surface "typicalDuration"
Second Government Junta of Chile Latin American independence movements via predicate surface "historicalPeriod"
surface form: Spanish American wars of independence
Ibero-Romance languages developed between 6th and 10th centuries via predicate surface "timeDepth"
Maharashtri Prakrit Middle Indo-Aryan via predicate surface "historicalPeriod"
surface form: Middle Indo-Aryan period
Maharashtri Prakrit roughly 1st millennium BCE to early 2nd millennium CE as a literary language via predicate surface "timeDepth"
Dasbodh Maratha era
Shahnameh legendary Pishdadian dynasty via predicate surface "periodCovered"
Shahnameh legendary Pishdadian dynasty via predicate surface "periodCovered"
surface form: Kayanian dynasty
Shahnameh historical Sasanian dynasty via predicate surface "periodCovered"
Tehran dialect modern era
Glagolitic script Middle Ages
Mexican secularization act of 1833 implemented in the 1830s via predicate surface "chronology"
Mexican secularization act of 1833 Mexican period in California history via predicate surface "historicalPeriod"
Junior M.A.F.I.A. 1990s via predicate surface "activePeriod"
Falling Skies post-apocalyptic future via predicate surface "setInPeriod"
Laudian religious reforms Personal Rule (1629–1640)
surface form: Personal Rule of Charles I
High Commission early modern period
High Commission English Renaissance
surface form: Elizabethan era
High Commission Stuart period
Williamite War in Ireland Early Modern Ireland via predicate surface "historicalPeriod"
United States Senate leadership contemporary United States politics via predicate surface "temporalScope"
Roman fasces Roman Kingdom
Roman fasces Roman Republic
Roman fasces Roman Empire
National Security Council communications staff modern U.S. presidential administrations
Kathiawar Agency 19th century via predicate surface "historicalPeriod"
Kathiawar Agency early 20th century via predicate surface "historicalPeriod"
Bernal Díaz del Castillo Age of Exploration via predicate surface "historicalPeriod"
surface form: Age of Discovery
Bernal Díaz del Castillo Spanish colonization of the Americas via predicate surface "historicalPeriod"
Eglah biblical monarchic period
Alba Madonna High Renaissance via predicate surface "period"
surface form: Italian High Renaissance
Reich Ministry of Economics Nazi era
Reich Ministry of Economics Third Reich
Cairo Conference World War II
The Harvey Girls 19th century American West via predicate surface "setInPeriod"
Carrie 1970s via predicate surface "setInPeriod"
Asian Games about two weeks via predicate surface "typicalDuration"
Coconutters Easter Saturday procession daytime via predicate surface "timeOfDay"
FIFA World Cup about one month via predicate surface "typicalDuration"
Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education Jim Crow laws
surface form: Jim Crow era
Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education 19th-century United States case law via predicate surface "timeframe"
Confederate military leadership 1861–1865
Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corporation 1910s via predicate surface "activePeriod"
Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corporation 1920s via predicate surface "activePeriod"
FBI Laboratory since 2003 via predicate surface "locatedInTime"