hasAuthor

P4244
predicate

Indicates that an entity is written or created by a specific author.

All labels observed (70)

Label Occurrences
hasContributor 3,073
hasAuthor canonical 2,424
authorOf 2,072

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: hasAuthor
Generated description
Indicates that an entity is written or created by a specific author.

Sample triples (10,610)

Subject Object
Fire!! (magazine) Richard Bruce Nugent via predicate surface "hasContributor"
Fire!! (magazine) Aaron Douglas via predicate surface "hasContributor"
Fire!! (magazine) Wallace Thurman via predicate surface "hasContributor"
Songs My Grandma Sang Michael Bruce Curry via predicate surface "hasContributor"
Germanicus N. P. van Wyk Louw
Silesian language Stanisław Ligoń via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
Silesian language Wilhelm Szewczyk via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
Silesian language Henryk Waniek via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
Silesian language Zbigniew Kadłubek via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
Princeton Science Library Roger Penrose via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
Princeton Science Library Ian Stewart via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
Princeton Science Library John H. Conway via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
surface form: John Conway
Princeton Science Library Martin Gardner via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
Princeton Science Library Philip J. Davis via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
Princeton Science Library Reuben Hersh via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
Princeton Science Library Steven Strogatz via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
Princeton Science Library Stuart Kauffman via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
Princeton Science Library John Maynard Smith via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
Princeton Science Library Brian Greene via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
Princeton Science Library Scott Aaronson via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
Doom Emacs Henrik Lissner
Outer Limits (episodes) Nick Sagan via predicate surface "hasWriter"
Outer Limits (episodes) various screenwriters via predicate surface "hasWriter"
Marc Norman What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting via predicate surface "authorOf"
Romola George Eliot via predicate surface "hasAuthorPseudonym"
Ties by Domenico Starnone
surface form: Ties
Domenico Starnone
Trust by Domenico Starnone
surface form: Trust
Jhumpa Lahiri via predicate surface "hasContributor"
Trust by Domenico Starnone
surface form: Trust
Domenico Starnone via predicate surface "hasContributor"
Joseph Jackson Gibbs book "Game Plan for Life" via predicate surface "authorOf"
surface form: Game Plan for Life
book "Game Plan for Life"
surface form: Game Plan for Life
Joe Gibbs via predicate surface "hasContributor"
"The Dominant Animal"
surface form: The Dominant Animal
Paul R. Ehrlich via predicate surface "hasContributor"
"The Dominant Animal"
surface form: The Dominant Animal
Anne H. Ehrlich via predicate surface "hasContributor"
Arabic literature Imru' al-Qais via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
Arabic literature Antarah ibn Shaddad via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
Arabic literature Al-Mutanabbi via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
Arabic literature Abu Nuwas via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
Arabic literature Al-Ma'arri via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
Arabic literature Al-Jahiz via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
Arabic literature Ibn al-Muqaffa' via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
Arabic literature Al-Hariri of Basra via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
Arabic literature Ibn Hazm via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
Arabic literature al‑Ghazali via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
surface form: Al-Ghazali
Arabic literature Averroes via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
surface form: Ibn Rushd
Arabic literature Ibn Khaldun via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
Arabic literature Naguib Mahfouz via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
Arabic literature Tayeb Salih via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
Arabic literature Ghassan Kanafani via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
Arabic literature Mahmoud Darwish via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
Arabic literature Adonis via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
Arabic literature Nizar Qabbani via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"