startPoint

P389
predicate

Indicates the initial location or position from which an object, path, or action begins.

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All labels observed (74)

Label Occurrences
startPoint canonical 1,920
startingPoint 254
startStation 239

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: startPoint
Generated description
Indicates the initial location or position from which an object, path, or action begins.

Sample triples (3,224)

Subject Object
Palmetto (train) New York City via predicate surface "routeStart" ⓘ
Vermonter (train)
surface form: Vermonter
Washington, D.C. via predicate surface "routeStart" ⓘ
England–Wales border Dee Estuary ⓘ
Interstate 215 in San Bernardino
surface form: Interstate 215 (California)
Murrieta ⓘ
surface form: Murrieta, California
Paris–Marseille railway Gare de Lyon via predicate surface "startStation" ⓘ
surface form: Paris-Gare-de-Lyon
La Défense Axe de la Défense via predicate surface "startPointOf" ⓘ
Ffestiniog Railway Porthmadog Harbour Station via predicate surface "startingPoint" ⓘ
1966 Meredith March Against Fear Memphis, Tennessee, United States via predicate surface "hasStartPoint" ⓘ
surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
Severn Tunnel Severn Tunnel self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Severn Tunnel Junction
Østfold Line Oslo via predicate surface "startsIn" ⓘ
Pace fare system boarding a Pace vehicle or entering a Pulse station ⓘ
Coxey's Army march of 1894 Massillon, Ohio, United States ⓘ
surface form: Massillon, Ohio
Northwestern Elevated Railroad downtown Chicago ⓘ
Lower Yosemite Fall Trail Yosemite Valley Lodge via predicate surface "typicalStartingPoint" ⓘ
surface form: Yosemite Valley Lodge area
Meishin Expressway Komaki Junction via predicate surface "startingPoint" ⓘ
Yosemite Falls Trail Yosemite Valley via predicate surface "hasStartPoint" ⓘ
surface form: Yosemite Valley floor
Raritan Valley Line Newark Penn Station ⓘ
Leeds to Liverpool Lime Street service Leeds railway station via predicate surface "startStation" ⓘ
MARC Penn Line Union Station ⓘ
surface form: Washington Union Station
Silver Meteor (train)
surface form: Silver Meteor
New York City via predicate surface "routeStart" ⓘ
Kepler Track Kepler Track car park near Te Anau ⓘ
PCT
surface form: Pacific Crest Trail
U.S.–Mexico border ⓘ
Pico Duarte La Ciénaga via predicate surface "typicalStartingPoint" ⓘ
Pico Duarte San Juan de la Maguana via predicate surface "typicalStartingPoint" ⓘ
Vennbahn railway Aachen ⓘ
Amundsen–Ellsworth–Nobile expedition Ny-Ålesund research station via predicate surface "startPlace" ⓘ
surface form: Ny-Ålesund
Amundsen–Ellsworth–Nobile expedition Svalbard via predicate surface "startPlace" ⓘ
Atlantic City Line 30th Street Station ⓘ
Montclair-Boonton Line Hackettstown, New Jersey ⓘ
Delaware and Hudson Canal Honesdale, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
August Kranti Mumbai via predicate surface "startPlace" ⓘ
surface form: Bombay
August Kranti Gowalia Tank Maidan, Bombay via predicate surface "startPlace" ⓘ
surface form: Gowalia Tank Maidan
August Kranti Gowalia Tank Maidan, Bombay via predicate surface "startPlace" ⓘ
surface form: August Kranti Maidan
Chemnitz–Aue railway Chemnitz ⓘ
Wuhan–Guangzhou High-Speed Railway Wuhan ⓘ
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (across Potomac)
surface form: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Georgetown, Washington, D.C. ⓘ
Tōkaidō Main Line Tokyo Station via predicate surface "startingPoint" ⓘ
Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu High-Speed Railway Shanghai ⓘ
Hefei–Wuhan Railway Hefei ⓘ
High Line Gansevoort Plaza ⓘ
surface form: Gansevoort Street
Empire Service Penn Station (New York City) via predicate surface "routeStart" ⓘ
surface form: New York Penn Station
Maple Leaf New York City via predicate surface "routeStart" ⓘ
Maple Leaf United States of America via predicate surface "startPointCountry" ⓘ
surface form: United States
Pennsylvanian (New York segment) Penn Station (New York City) ⓘ
surface form: New York Penn Station
Napa Valley Wine Train Napa via predicate surface "routeStart" ⓘ
surface form: Napa, California
Long March Chinese Soviet Republic ⓘ
surface form: Jiangxi Soviet
Tom Tower, Christ Church, Oxford St Aldate’s entrance to Christ Church via predicate surface "startPointOf" ⓘ
Jubilee line extension Green Park Underground station ⓘ
Schoharie Reservoir Shandaken Tunnel via predicate surface "startPointOf" ⓘ