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
Frank Costello mid-20th century
Fort York late 18th century
Fort York 19th century
Nikolai Gogol 19th century via predicate surface "activePeriod"
Ferdowsi 10th century
Ferdowsi 11th century
Temple of Beit el-Wali New Kingdom of Egypt via predicate surface "period"
surface form: New Kingdom
European Monetary System Cold War via predicate surface "historicalPeriod"
surface form: Cold War era
Hippodrome of Olympia Archaic Greece via predicate surface "operatedInPeriod"
Hippodrome of Olympia Classical Greece via predicate surface "operatedInPeriod"
Hippodrome of Olympia Hellenistic period via predicate surface "operatedInPeriod"
Hippodrome of Olympia Roman period via predicate surface "operatedInPeriod"
Hippodrome of Olympia from at least 8th century BCE via predicate surface "timeOfUse"
Hippodrome of Olympia until late antiquity via predicate surface "timeOfUse"
Pieter Willem Burger 19th century via predicate surface "locatedInTimePeriod"
Calhoun College (historical name)
surface form: Calhoun College
20th century
Calhoun College (historical name)
surface form: Calhoun College
21st century
Oxford and Cambridge college systems Middle Ages to present
Yale College first-year experience first year of undergraduate study
Robinson Crusoe 17th century
Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law early West Germanic
Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law early Middle Ages
Parliament of South Africa Dominion of South Africa via predicate surface "historicalPeriod"
surface form: Union of South Africa era
Parliament of South Africa Republic of South Africa era via predicate surface "historicalPeriod"
Arausio antiquity
Fresnel diffraction theory 19th century via predicate surface "historicalPeriod"
Battle of Abukir (1799) French Revolutionary era via predicate surface "historicalPeriod"
Public Law 79-585 early Cold War
Executive Order 9981 post–World War II era via predicate surface "historicalPeriod"
Executive Order 9981 early Cold War via predicate surface "historicalPeriod"
Middle Frisian circa 1500–1800 via predicate surface "hasTimeSpan"
Proto-West Germanic early 1st millennium CE via predicate surface "timeDepth"
North American English Modern English
APS Divisions late 20th century to present
Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1953 early Cold War era
Circus Maximus Late Antiquity via predicate surface "declinePeriod"
surface form: late Roman Empire
1960 Summer Olympics 1960
Docetism 1st century
Docetism 2nd century
City of a Thousand Minarets modern era via predicate surface "timePeriodOfOrigin"
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World classical antiquity
Red Crown Early Dynastic Egypt
surface form: Early Dynastic Period of Egypt
Red Crown Old Kingdom of Egypt
Red Crown Middle Kingdom of Egypt
Red Crown New Kingdom of Egypt
Wadjet Predynastic Egypt
Wadjet Early Dynastic Egypt
surface form: Early Dynastic Period of Egypt
Wadjet Old Kingdom of Egypt
Wadjet Middle Kingdom of Egypt
Wadjet New Kingdom of Egypt