hasAuthor

P4244
predicate

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

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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
Bell System Technical Journal Claude Shannon via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor" ⓘ
surface form: Claude E. Shannon
Bell System Technical Journal Harry Nyquist via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor" ⓘ
Bell System Technical Journal Rudolf E. Kálmán via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor" ⓘ
Bell System Technical Journal John R. Pierce via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor" ⓘ
Bell System Technical Journal Hendrik Wade Bode via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor" ⓘ
Alfred P. Sloan My Years with General Motors via predicate surface "authorOf" ⓘ
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference Greta Thunberg ⓘ
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference Greta Thunberg via predicate surface "hasContributor" ⓘ
The Climate Book Greta Thunberg via predicate surface "hasContributor" ⓘ
The Climate Book climate scientists via predicate surface "hasContributor" ⓘ
The Climate Book economists via predicate surface "hasContributor" ⓘ
The Climate Book historians via predicate surface "hasContributor" ⓘ
The Climate Book philosophers via predicate surface "hasContributor" ⓘ
The Climate Book writers via predicate surface "hasContributor" ⓘ
The Climate Book activists via predicate surface "hasContributor" ⓘ
What Is Life? Lynn Margulis via predicate surface "hasContributor" ⓘ
Black Hawk Black Hawk via predicate surface "authorOf" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Autobiography of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, or Black Hawk
Infanterie greift an Wehrmacht via predicate surface "hasContributor" ⓘ
surface form: German Army (as institutional context)
Belgic Confession Guido de Brès via predicate surface "primaryAuthor" ⓘ
Truman Capote In Cold Blood via predicate surface "authorOf" ⓘ
Truman Capote Breakfast at Tiffany's via predicate surface "authorOf" ⓘ
Truman Capote Other Voices, Other Rooms via predicate surface "authorOf" ⓘ
Truman Capote The Grass Harp via predicate surface "authorOf" ⓘ
Truman Capote A Christmas Memory via predicate surface "authorOf" ⓘ
Truman Capote Music for Chameleons via predicate surface "authorOf" ⓘ
Truman Capote Answered Prayers via predicate surface "authorOf" ⓘ
Truman Capote Local Color via predicate surface "authorOf" ⓘ
Truman Capote the Muses via predicate surface "authorOf" ⓘ
surface form: The Muses Are Heard
Truman Capote Portraits and Observations via predicate surface "authorOf" ⓘ
Lee Resolution Richard Henry Lee ⓘ
The Pension Claim Agent Eastman Johnson ⓘ
Treaty of Waitangi William Hobson via predicate surface "primaryAuthor" ⓘ
Articles of Confederation John Dickinson via predicate surface "primaryAuthor" ⓘ
Curly McLain Rodgers and Hammerstein via predicate surface "workAuthor" ⓘ
Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series) Jane Austen via predicate surface "authorOfOriginalWork" ⓘ
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011 film) John le Carré via predicate surface "authorOfOriginalWork" ⓘ
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN via predicate surface "hasContributor" ⓘ
surface form: IUCN specialist groups
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species conservation scientists via predicate surface "hasContributor" ⓘ
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species partner organizations via predicate surface "hasContributor" ⓘ
Michael Bruce Curry Crazy Christians: A Call to Follow Jesus via predicate surface "authorOf" ⓘ
Michael Bruce Curry Songs My Grandma Sang via predicate surface "authorOf" ⓘ
Michael Bruce Curry Love Is the Way: Holding on to Hope in Troubling Times via predicate surface "authorOf" ⓘ
Michael Bruce Curry The Power of Love via predicate surface "authorOf" ⓘ
Mitsuo Fuchida From Pearl Harbor to Calvary via predicate surface "authorOf" ⓘ
Montesquieu The Spirit of the Laws via predicate surface "authorOf" ⓘ
surface form: De l'esprit des lois
Montesquieu Persian Letters via predicate surface "authorOf" ⓘ
surface form: Lettres persanes
Montesquieu Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline via predicate surface "authorOf" ⓘ
surface form: Considérations sur les causes de la grandeur des Romains et de leur décadence
H. R. Haldeman The Ends of Power via predicate surface "authorOf" ⓘ
Julia Ward Howe The Battle Hymn of the Republic via predicate surface "authorOf" ⓘ
Anglo-Norman Wace via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor" ⓘ