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
Anglo-Norman Marie de France via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
Anglo-Norman Lawman (Layamon, via Anglo-Norman sources) via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution Lynn Margulis via predicate surface "hasContributor"
Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution Dorion Sagan via predicate surface "hasContributor"
Newtonian absolute space Isaac Newton
Ian Goodfellow NIPS 2014 paper introducing GANs via predicate surface "authorOf"
Daniel Burnham Plan of Chicago via predicate surface "authorOf"
William Wilberforce A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians via predicate surface "authorOf"
Thomas Malory Le Morte d'Arthur via predicate surface "authorOf"
Deus sive Natura Baruch Spinoza
D. B. Weiss Lucky Wander Boy via predicate surface "authorOf"
Handbook of American Indian Languages various field linguists and ethnographers via predicate surface "hasContributor"
Nicholas Nickleby
surface form: Nicholas Nickleby (2002 film)
Charles Dickens via predicate surface "authorOfOriginalWork"
David Benioff The 25th Hour via predicate surface "authorOf"
David Benioff City of Thieves via predicate surface "authorOf"
David Benioff When the Nines Roll Over via predicate surface "authorOf"
John Marshall The Life of George Washington via predicate surface "authorOf"
surface form: Life of George Washington
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus Bertrand Russell via predicate surface "hasCommentaryBy"
Tina Fey Bossypants via predicate surface "authorOf"
The Night Walkers
surface form: Carl Sagan
The Night Walkers via predicate surface "authorOf" self-linksurface differs
African American literature Frederick Douglass via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
African American literature Harriet Jacobs via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
African American literature W. E. B. Du Bois via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
African American literature Zora Neale Hurston via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
African American literature Langston Hughes via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
African American literature Richard Wright via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
African American literature Ralph Ellison via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
African American literature James Baldwin via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
African American literature Toni Morrison via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
African American literature Alice Walker via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
African American literature Maya Angelou via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
African American literature August Wilson via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
Martin
surface form: Martin Luther King Jr.
Letter from Birmingham Jail via predicate surface "authorOf"
Martin
surface form: Martin Luther King Jr.
"I Have a Dream" speech via predicate surface "authorOf"
surface form: I Have a Dream speech
Martin
surface form: Martin Luther King Jr.
Strength to Love via predicate surface "authorOf"
Martin
surface form: Martin Luther King Jr.
Why We Can’t Wait via predicate surface "authorOf"
John Murray Charles Darwin via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
John Murray Lord Byron via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
John Murray Jane Austen via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
John Murray Sir Walter Scott via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
John Murray Herman Melville via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
John Murray David Livingstone via predicate surface "hasNotableAuthor"
Daron Acemoglu Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty via predicate surface "authorOf"
Daron Acemoglu Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy via predicate surface "authorOf"
Daron Acemoglu Introduction to Modern Economic Growth via predicate surface "authorOf"
Daron Acemoglu The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty via predicate surface "authorOf"
Daron Acemoglu Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity via predicate surface "authorOf"
Mind, New Series, Vol. 14 Bertrand Russell via predicate surface "hasContributor"
Governor Edward John Eyre
surface form: Edward John Eyre
Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia via predicate surface "authorOf"
Archibald Cox The Role of the Supreme Court in American Government via predicate surface "authorOf"