historicalMethod
P9744
predicate
Indicates that a particular method, approach, or technique was used in the past, typically in a historical context or during a previous period of activity.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| historicalMethod canonical | 124 |
| historicalApproach | 35 |
| hasHistoricalMethod | 5 |
| historicalMethodEmphasis | 3 |
| historicalDeterminationMethod | 1 |
| historicalMode | 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: historicalMethod
Generated description
Indicates that a particular method, approach, or technique was used in the past, typically in a historical context or during a previous period of activity.
Sample triples (169)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
| Histoire des guerres civiles de France | narrative history ⓘ |
| Book I: Antiquities | providential history ⓘ |
| Appian’s Roman History | arranged by peoples and wars rather than strict chronology ⓘ |
| History of the Peloponnesian War | critical evaluation of sources ⓘ |
| History of the Peloponnesian War | direct observation ⓘ |
| History of the Peloponnesian War | speeches composed to reflect essence of arguments ⓘ |
| Chronicle | comparative chronology ⓘ |
| The Crisis of the Old Order | narrative history ⓘ |
| The Crisis of the Old Order | interpretive analysis ⓘ |
| History of the Florentine People | use of archival and documentary sources ⓘ |
| History of the Florentine People | critical reading of earlier chronicles ⓘ |
| Voices from the Third Reich | use of primary sources ⓘ |
| Voices from the Third Reich | qualitative narrative analysis ⓘ |
| Histories | critical use of sources ⓘ |
| Histories | focus on moral and political analysis ⓘ |
| Into the Quagmire: Lyndon Johnson and the Escalation of the Vietnam War | archival research ⓘ |
| Into the Quagmire: Lyndon Johnson and the Escalation of the Vietnam War | use of government documents ⓘ |
| Into the Quagmire: Lyndon Johnson and the Escalation of the Vietnam War | use of presidential records ⓘ |
| History of the Latin and Teutonic Nations 1494–1514 | empirical via predicate surface "historicalApproach" ⓘ |
| History of the Latin and Teutonic Nations 1494–1514 | political-diplomatic narrative via predicate surface "historicalApproach" ⓘ |
| History of the Reformation in Germany | empirical via predicate surface "historicalApproach" ⓘ |
| History of the Reformation in Germany | source-critical via predicate surface "historicalApproach" ⓘ |
| History of England | Rankean method via predicate surface "historicalApproach" ⓘ |
| History of England | primary sources via predicate surface "historicalMethodEmphasis" ⓘ |
| History of England | empirical research via predicate surface "historicalMethodEmphasis" ⓘ |
| History of England | critical evaluation of sources via predicate surface "historicalMethodEmphasis" ⓘ |
| Records of the Three Kingdoms | biographical format ⓘ |
| MBTA bus route 71 | trolleybus via predicate surface "historicalMode" ⓘ |
| Zizhi Tongjian | selection and commentary on earlier sources ⓘ |
| ARVN: Life and Death in the South Vietnamese Army | archival research ⓘ |
| ARVN: Life and Death in the South Vietnamese Army | oral history ⓘ |
|
History of the Russian State by Nikolai Karamzin
surface form:
History of the Russian State
|
narrative political history via predicate surface "historicalApproach" ⓘ |
| Outline Political History of the Americas | class analysis ⓘ |
| Outline Political History of the Americas | historical materialism ⓘ |
| American League champion | best regular-season record in American League (pre-playoff era) via predicate surface "historicalDeterminationMethod" ⓘ |
|
Polydore Vergil’s "Anglica Historia"
surface form:
Anglica Historia
|
critical use of sources via predicate surface "historicalApproach" ⓘ |
|
Polydore Vergil’s "Anglica Historia"
surface form:
Anglica Historia
|
humanist skepticism toward medieval legends via predicate surface "historicalApproach" ⓘ |
| Xenophon's Hellenica | annalistic narrative ⓘ |
| Xenophon's Hellenica | selective treatment of events ⓘ |
| France and England in North America: Montcalm and Wolfe | archival research ⓘ |
| France and England in North America: Montcalm and Wolfe | use of primary sources ⓘ |
| Histoire de Belgique | narrative political history via predicate surface "hasHistoricalMethod" ⓘ |
| Historia Westfaliae | narrative chronicle via predicate surface "hasHistoricalMethod" ⓘ |
| Historia Westfaliae | use of documentary sources via predicate surface "hasHistoricalMethod" ⓘ |
| Geschichte des Dreißigjährigen Krieges | narrative history ⓘ |
| Geschichte des Dreißigjährigen Krieges | interpretative analysis ⓘ |
| History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada | narrative history ⓘ |
| History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada | interpretive analysis ⓘ |
| The English in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century | narrative history ⓘ |
| History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent | narrative history ⓘ |