for example, this sentence: I give John a book. To make it as a

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Asked: May 22, 20262026-05-22T01:37:00+00:00 2026-05-22T01:37:00+00:00

for example, this sentence:

“I give John a book.”

To make it as a set of triples:

I give John. 
John hasIndirect book.
book count 1.

or , it can be:

sentence1 subj I.
sentence1 pred give.
sentence1 obj   John.
sentence1 indObj book.
book   count   1.

So, is there already a set of RDF predicates defined in some namespace for this purpose?

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-05-22T01:37:00+00:00

I think this would normally be handled by reifying the event of the donation, e.g:

_:e1 a :GivingEvent;
     :recipient :john;
     :actor :me;
     :object [a dbpedia:Book; dc:title "foo"];
     :count 1.

which would also allow you to say when the giving took place, who else was there, etc.

So, is there already a set of RDF
predicates defined in some namespace
for this purpose?

I don’t know of one, sorry.

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