literaryAuthor

P36129
predicate

Indicates that one entity is the author or writer of a literary work represented by the other entity.

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All labels observed (28)

Label Occurrences
playwrightOfSourceWork 46
literaryWorkAuthor 22
authorOfText 19

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: literaryAuthor
Generated description
Indicates that one entity is the author or writer of a literary work represented by the other entity.

Sample triples (142)

Subject Object
The Sin of Nora Moran W. Somerset Maugham via predicate surface "playwrightOfSourceWork" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bachelorette Leslye Headland via predicate surface "playwrightOfSourceWork" NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Big Kahuna Roger Rueff via predicate surface "playwrightOfSourceWork" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Beautiful Thing Jonathan Harvey via predicate surface "playwrightOfSourceWork" NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Kelmscott Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer via predicate surface "authorOfText" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Calligrammes French poet via predicate surface "authorRoleOfGuillaumeApollinaire" ⓘ
বনলতা সেন জীবনানন্দ দাশ via predicate surface "লেখক" NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Astonished Heart Noël Coward via predicate surface "playwrightOfSourceWork" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mr. Smooth-it-away Nathaniel Hawthorne via predicate surface "literaryWorkAuthor" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Homer Wells John Irving via predicate surface "literaryWorkAuthor" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Huit Poèmes de Jean Cocteau Jean Cocteau via predicate surface "authorOfText" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Щелкунчик Эрнст Теодор Амадей Гофман via predicate surface "авторЛитературногоПервоисточника" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jesus Calls Us; o'er the Tumult Cecil Frances Alexander via predicate surface "authorOfText" NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Dream of Gerontius John Henry Newman via predicate surface "authorOfText" NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947 film) James Thurber via predicate surface "shortStoryAuthor" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Illuminata Brandon Cole via predicate surface "playwrightOfSourceWork" NERFINISHED ⓘ
A Love Song for Bobby Long Ronald Everett Capps via predicate surface "hasLiterarySourceAuthor" NERFINISHED ⓘ
النشيد الوطني الجزائري مفدي زكريا via predicate surface "المؤلف" NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Man Who Could Cheat Death Barré Lyndon via predicate surface "playwrightOfSourceWork" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lilacs Walt Whitman via predicate surface "hasLiterarySourceAuthor" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hannah Jarvis Garden history book (in Arcadia) via predicate surface "literaryWorkAuthored" ⓘ
Roseanna (1993 film) Maj Sjöwall via predicate surface "hasLiterarySourceAuthor" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roseanna (1993 film) Per Wahlöö via predicate surface "hasLiterarySourceAuthor" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peter Scudder John le Carré via predicate surface "literaryWorkAuthor" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rattle of a Simple Man Charles Dyer via predicate surface "playwrightOfSourceWork" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Letter to the Editor R. K. Narayan via predicate surface "hasIndianEnglishLiteratureAuthor" NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Last Detective Leslie Thomas via predicate surface "hasLiterarySourceAuthor" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly Maire C. Hayes via predicate surface "playwrightOfSourceWork" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rémonencq Honoré de Balzac via predicate surface "literaryWorkAuthor" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dienstreizen van een thuisblijver Maarten ’t Hart via predicate surface "heeftSchrijver" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Galip Orhan Pamuk via predicate surface "literaryWorkAuthor" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Brighton Beach Memoirs (Broadway revival) Neil Simon via predicate surface "playwrightOfSourceWork" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Do Dooni Chaar William Shakespeare via predicate surface "hasLiterarySourceAuthor" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Major Paul Petkoff George Bernard Shaw via predicate surface "literaryWorkAuthor" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Makar Devushkin Fyodor Dostoevsky via predicate surface "literaryWorkAuthor" NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Miracle Man George M. Cohan via predicate surface "playwrightOfSourceWork" NERFINISHED ⓘ
From Headquarters Bayard Veiller via predicate surface "playwrightOfSourceWork" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Heat Lightning Leon Abrams via predicate surface "playwrightOfSourceWork" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Heat Lightning George Abbott via predicate surface "playwrightOfSourceWork" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Act I
surface form: Act I (Le Martyre de saint Sébastien)
Gabriele D’Annunzio via predicate surface "authorOfText" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Act II
surface form: Act II (Le Martyre de saint Sébastien)
Gabriele D’Annunzio via predicate surface "authorOfText" NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Runner Stumbles Milan Stitt via predicate surface "playwrightOfSourceWork" NERFINISHED ⓘ