Query Wikidata with Complex Searches in SPARQL

library(WikidataR)

In this example, we search Wikidata for any items that are an “instance of” (P31) “film” (Q11424) that has the label “The Cabin in the Woods” (Q45394), and ask for the item’s genres (P136).

query_wikidata('SELECT DISTINCT
  ?genre ?genreLabel
WHERE {
  ?film wdt:P31 wd:Q11424.
  ?film rdfs:label "The Cabin in the Woods"@en.
  ?film wdt:P136 ?genre.
  SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "en". }
}')

Which returns a tibble:

    # A tibble: 6 x 2
      genre                                   genreLabel          
      <chr>                                   <chr>               
    1 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3072049 zombie film         
    2 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q471839  science fiction film
    3 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q859369  comedy-drama        
    4 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1342372 monster film        
    5 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q853630  slasher film        
    6 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q224700  comedy horror

For more example SPARQL queries, see this page on Wikidata.

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