workAuthorIs

P85542
predicate

Indicates that a specific person or entity is the author or creator of a particular work.

All labels observed (24)

Label Occurrences
writerOfWork 10
authorWork 7
workAuthorOfSource 4

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: workAuthorIs
Generated description
Indicates that a specific person or entity is the author or creator of a particular work.

Sample triples (48)

Subject Object
Terpsion Plato
قسما مفدي زكريا via predicate surface "كاتب الكلمات"
Mr Bennet Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen via predicate surface "authorWork"
linked to: Pride and Prejudice
Dean Pitchford Footloose (stage musical) via predicate surface "bookWriterOf"
linked to: Footloose
Ann Axton Don DeLillo via predicate surface "workOfFictionAuthor"
How to Be Alone is an early non-fiction work by Jonathan Franzen via predicate surface "authorWork"
Penrod’s Double Trouble (1938 film) Booth Tarkington via predicate surface "workAuthorOfSource"
Beckett on Film: Eh Joe Samuel Beckett via predicate surface "workOriginAuthor"
Max Black’s two identical spheres thought experiment Max Black via predicate surface "authorWork"
magic wand of Fin Raziel George Lucas via predicate surface "writerOfWork"
magic wand of Fin Raziel Bob Dolman via predicate surface "writerOfWork"
Christian Association of Washington Thomas Campbell via predicate surface "documentAuthor"
Wendell Burton as Jerry Payne John Nichols via predicate surface "workAuthorOfSourceMaterial"
Relative Values (film adaptation) Noël Coward via predicate surface "workAuthorOfSource"
My Friends Hugh Wheeler via predicate surface "associatedWorkBookWriter"
The Ballad of Sweeney Todd Hugh Wheeler via predicate surface "associatedWorkBookWriter"
Unigenitus Dei Filius Pasquier Quesnel via predicate surface "targetedAuthor"
Martyn Fleming Josephine Hart via predicate surface "workSourceAuthor"
Marius Marcel Pagnol via predicate surface "workAuthorOfSourceMaterial"
What Child Is This? William Chatterton Dix via predicate surface "textWrittenBy"
Hob. XXI:3 Gottfried van Swieten via predicate surface "workTextAuthor"
بنسيون ميرامار نجيب محفوظ via predicate surface "مؤلف_العمل_الذي_يرد_فيه"
linked to: Naguib Mahfouz
The Science of Discworld Ian Stewart via predicate surface "scienceSectionsWrittenBy"
The Science of Discworld Jack Cohen via predicate surface "scienceSectionsWrittenBy"
Millamant William Congreve via predicate surface "workContextAuthor"
Mrs. Weston Emma by Jane Austen via predicate surface "authorWork"
Exilliteratur deutschsprachigen Autorinnen und Autoren im Exil via predicate surface "wirdVerfasstVon"
Kabir Khan (Chak De! India) Jaideep Sahni via predicate surface "writerOfWork"
Marlon Taylor Stephen King via predicate surface "workAuthorOfSourceMaterial"
The End of the Journey William Morris via predicate surface "workAuthorOfContainingWork"
Eduard "Del" Delacroix
linked to: Eduard
The Green Mile by Stephen King via predicate surface "authorWork"
linked to: The Green Mile
Abraham (Us)
linked to: Abraham in Us
Jordan Peele via predicate surface "writerOfWork"
Ephraim Winslow (Robert Pattinson) Robert Eggers via predicate surface "writerOfWork"
Ephraim Winslow (Robert Pattinson) Max Eggers via predicate surface "writerOfWork"
Le Gambit des étoiles Gérard Klein via predicate surface "écritPar"
Pippin The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien via predicate surface "authorWork"
Janeane Garofalo as Colette David Wain via predicate surface "writerOfWork"
Janeane Garofalo as Colette Michael Showalter via predicate surface "writerOfWork"
Faye Dunaway as Wilhelmina Cooper Michael Cristofer via predicate surface "writerOfWork"
Jessie Nelson Waitress (musical) via predicate surface "bookWriterOf"
Hunding libretto and music by Richard Wagner via predicate surface "workAuthorRole"
Hay Fever (radio adaptation) Noël Coward via predicate surface "workAuthorOfSource"
Lady Torrance character in a modern retelling of the Orpheus myth via predicate surface "authorWork"
Harvey Alex Garland via predicate surface "writerOfWork"
The Human Factor John Carlin via predicate surface "workAuthorOfSource"
Paul Smith Uncanny X-Men (issues in early 1980s run) via predicate surface "isCreativeWorkAuthorOf"
Cario Aristophanes via predicate surface "workContextAuthor"
Lord Aster Rick Elice via predicate surface "stageWorkAuthor"