query-40ff5f653351b607957ea7ef8b8bdf59

rq turtle/ttl

SPARQL basicsA simple SPARQL query looks like this: } .?c f ?b .?b n m .?a y x { WHERE ?c ?b ?a SELECT clause contains restrictions on them, mostly in the form of triples. All information in Wikidata (and similar knowledge databases) is stored in the form of triples; when you run the query, the query service tries to fill in the variables with actual values so that the resulting triples appear in the knowledge database, and returns one result for each combination of variables it finds. WHERE clause lists variables that you want returned (variables start with a question mark), and the SELECTThe : object, and an predicate, a subjectA triple can be read like a sentence (which is why it ends with a full stop), with a

Use at

• https://query.wikidata.org/sparql

SELECT ?fruit
WHERE
{
  ?fruit hasColour yellow.
  ?fruit tastes sour.
}

Query found at

• https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:SPARQL_tutorial/en-gb