openingSituation

P31333
predicate

Indicates the initial state, context, or set of conditions that exist at the beginning of an event, interaction, or narrative.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
openingScene 13
openingSituation canonical 4
openingTwist 3

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: openingSituation
Generated description
Indicates the initial state, context, or set of conditions that exist at the beginning of an event, interaction, or narrative.

Sample triples (30)

Subject Object
Ion
surface form: Ion (dialogue)
Socrates meets Ion returning from a festival ⓘ
Κρίτων Crito visiting Socrates in prison at dawn via predicate surface "openingScene" ⓘ
1899 – The Awakening Grand Isle resort via predicate surface "openingSetting" ⓘ
Falling Man escape from the World Trade Center via predicate surface "openingScene" ⓘ
Of Mice and Men near the Salinas River via predicate surface "openingSetting" ⓘ
Jack and the Beanstalk Jack and his mother are poor ⓘ
Purgatorio Dante emerging from Hell to see the stars via predicate surface "openingScene" ⓘ
Operation Lightfoot Battle of El Alamein via predicate surface "openingPhaseOf" ⓘ
surface form: Second Battle of El Alamein
house of Cephalus in Piraeus Republic via predicate surface "openingSceneOf" ⓘ
Frank Sinatra Has a Cold Frank Sinatra in a Beverly Hills nightclub with a cold via predicate surface "openingScene" ⓘ
Θεαίτητος conversation between Euclides and Terpsion via predicate surface "openingScene" ⓘ
Another Day of Sun La La Land via predicate surface "openingSceneOf" ⓘ
Invisible Man Battle Royal via predicate surface "openingScene" ⓘ
Cathedral the narrator is uneasy about the blind man visiting ⓘ
Gylfaginning King Gylfi visiting the Æsir in disguise via predicate surface "openingScene" ⓘ
Charlie Price struggling to keep the family shoe factory open via predicate surface "initialSituation" ⓘ
Saturday Perowne witnessing a burning plane in the sky via predicate surface "openingScene" ⓘ
Mid-Term Break speaker waiting in the college sick bay via predicate surface "openingScene" ⓘ
Immortality swimming pool scene with Agnes via predicate surface "openingScene" ⓘ
Moon Tiger protagonist on her deathbed ⓘ
After Virtue hypothetical post-apocalyptic world via predicate surface "settingOfOpening" ⓘ
Survivor: Pearl Islands marooning with no initial supplies via predicate surface "openingTwist" ⓘ
Survivor: Palau twoImmediateEliminations via predicate surface "openingTwist" ⓘ
Survivor: David vs. Goliath marooning in a cyclone via predicate surface "openingTwist" ⓘ
The Open Window Framton Nuttel visits Mrs. Sappleton with a letter of introduction via predicate surface "hasOpeningSituation" ⓘ
forms deep bond with Harvey Cheyne Jr.
surface form: Harvey Cheyne Jr.
falls overboard from a transatlantic liner via predicate surface "initialSituation" ⓘ
The Simpsons episode "The Telltale Head"
surface form: The Telltale Head
Bart and Homer being chased by an angry mob while carrying the statue head of Jebediah Springfield via predicate surface "openingScene" ⓘ
Milner-Barry Gambit in the Nimzo-Indian Defence White to move via predicate surface "openingSide" ⓘ
Hyperion
surface form: Hyperion (poem)
Saturn fallen and dethroned via predicate surface "openingScene" ⓘ
The Green Table diplomats negotiating around a green table via predicate surface "openingScene" ⓘ