citation

P771

predicate

Indicates that one entity references, quotes, or otherwise acknowledges another entity as a source of information or authority.

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All labels observed (18)

Label	Occurrences
citation canonical	1,301
citedBy	527
citedIn	395
citedAs	255
references	203
hasCitation	134
cites	132
caseCitation	73
isCitedAs	64
isCitedIn	51
primaryCitation	16
hasCitationFormat	13
citationUsedBy	5
referencesDocument	5
usedToCite	3
CFRCitation	2
usedAsCitationSourceFor	2
footnote	1

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: citation

Generated description

Indicates that one entity references, quotes, or otherwise acknowledges another entity as a source of information or authority.

Sample triples (3,182)

Subject	Object
Atomic Energy Act of 1954	42 U.S.C. § 2011 et seq. via predicate surface "primaryCitation" ⓘ
RFC 9114	RFC 9000 via predicate surface "references" ⓘ
RFC 9114	QUIC via predicate surface "references" ⓘ surface form: QUIC: A UDP-Based Multiplexed and Secure Transport
RFC 9114	RFC 9110 via predicate surface "references" ⓘ
RFC 9114	RFC 7231 via predicate surface "references" ⓘ surface form: HTTP Semantics
RFC 9114	RFC 9111 via predicate surface "references" ⓘ
RFC 9114	HTTP Caching via predicate surface "references" ⓘ
RFC 9114	RFC 9112 via predicate surface "references" ⓘ
RFC 9114	HTTP/1.1 via predicate surface "references" ⓘ
Article V	Art. V U.S. Const. via predicate surface "citedAs" ⓘ
Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution	Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: U.S. Const. amend. XXV
Investment Company Act of 1940	15 U.S.C. § 80a-1 et seq. ⓘ
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species	Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services via predicate surface "citedBy" ⓘ
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species	Convention on Biological Diversity via predicate surface "citedBy" ⓘ
Furman v. Georgia	408 U.S. 238 ⓘ
Einstein's annus mirabilis papers	numerous later physics works via predicate surface "citedBy" ⓘ
Katzenbach v. McClung	379 U.S. 294 ⓘ
United States v. Comstock	560 U.S. 126 ⓘ
United States v. Comstock	130 S. Ct. 1949 ⓘ
United States v. Comstock	176 L. Ed. 2d 878 ⓘ
Article VI surface form: Article VI of the United States Constitution	Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution via predicate surface "citedAs" ⓘ surface form: Article VI, Clause 2
Article VI surface form: Article VI of the United States Constitution	Supremacy Clause via predicate surface "citedAs" ⓘ
Article VI surface form: Article VI of the United States Constitution	Oaths Clause via predicate surface "citedAs" ⓘ
Article VI surface form: Article VI of the United States Constitution	No Religious Test Clause via predicate surface "citedAs" ⓘ
Paramount Decree of 1948 surface form: United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.	334 U.S. 131 ⓘ
Gibbons v. Ogden	22 U.S. (9 Wheat.) 1 (1824) ⓘ
United States v. Lopez	514 U.S. 549 ⓘ
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez	411 U.S. 1 ⓘ
Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947	61 Stat. 84 ⓘ
Gideon v. Wainwright	372 U.S. 335 ⓘ
Scotland Act 1998	1998 c. 46 ⓘ
Article VII surface form: Article VII of the United States Constitution	Federalist No. 40 via predicate surface "citedIn" ⓘ
Article VII surface form: Article VII of the United States Constitution	The Federalist No. 43 via predicate surface "citedIn" ⓘ surface form: Federalist No. 43
Bolling v. Sharpe	347 U.S. 497 ⓘ
United States v. Darby	312 U.S. 100 ⓘ
Report on Manufactures	debates over federal economic power via predicate surface "citedIn" ⓘ
Sherbert v. Verner	374 U.S. 398 ⓘ
Constitution Act 1902 (New South Wales)	Constitution Act 1902 (New South Wales) via predicate surface "hasCitation" self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: NSW Constitution Act 1902
Doe v. Bolton	410 U.S. 179 ⓘ
National Reporter System	regional reporter citation via predicate surface "hasCitationFormat" ⓘ
National Reporter System	federal reporter citation via predicate surface "hasCitationFormat" ⓘ
Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005	2005 asp 7 ⓘ
Cantwell v. Connecticut	310 U.S. 296 ⓘ
Illustrations of the Dynamical Theory of Gases	Illustrations of the Dynamical Theory of Gases via predicate surface "citedAs" self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Illustrations of the Dynamical Theory of Gases (1860)
Smith v. Allwright	321 U.S. 649 ⓘ
House of Lords Act 1999	1999 c. 34 ⓘ
Randomness and Computation	foundational work in cryptography via predicate surface "citedAs" ⓘ
Randomness and Computation	foundational work in complexity theory via predicate surface "citedAs" ⓘ
Bateson, 1885	Bateson, 1885 via predicate surface "citedAs" ⓘ
Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution	Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: U.S. Const. amend. XVII