Wikidata: list every physical objects - sparql

I'm trying to get the name of the all physical things (tangible concepts) Wikidata knows about (objects, places, countries, etc), or in other words everything non-abstract.
There are examples close to what I need, but with only a depth of one: all the things that are instances of phone.
I found this example that searches with more depth and I modified the start point to entity:
#Children of Genghis Khan
#added before 2016-10
#defaultView:Graph
PREFIX gas: <http://www.bigdata.com/rdf/gas#>
SELECT ?item ?itemLabel ?pic ?linkTo
WHERE
{
SERVICE gas:service {
gas:program gas:gasClass "com.bigdata.rdf.graph.analytics.SSSP" ;
gas:in wd:Q35120 ;
gas:traversalDirection "Forward" ;
gas:out ?item ;
gas:out1 ?depth ;
gas:maxIterations 4 ;
gas:linkType wdt:279 .
}
OPTIONAL { ?item wdt:P40 ?linkTo }
OPTIONAL { ?item wdt:P18 ?pic }
SERVICE wikibase:label {bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "en" }
}
I still get no results.

As mentionned in a comment, your question is too broad and you'll end up with too much answers
You look for the A that are instance of a subclass of B
so the query you point to is the right one
SELECT DISTINCT ?item
WHERE {
?item wdt:P31/wdt:P279* wd:Q35120
}
the problem is the size
wd:Q35120 has a lot of subclasses
You can check that this way
SELECT ?a ?aLabel WHERE { ?a wdt:P279 wd:Q35120.
SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "en". }
}
SELECT ?a ?aLabel WHERE { ?a wdt:P279/wdt:P279? wd:Q35120.
SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "en". }
}
SELECT ?a ?aLabel WHERE { ?a wdt:P279/wdt:P279?/wdt:P279? wd:Q35120.
SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "en". }
}
And so on : you'll see that there are already 40'000+ at forth level which is huge
You could also huge this nice tool to have a more precise view
https://tools.wmflabs.org/bambots/WikidataClasses.php?id=Q35120&lang=en

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How to return null results in SPARQL?

I'm using the Wikidata SPARQL Query Service with the following query:
SELECT ?item ?itemLabel ?class ?classLabel ?projectLabel WHERE {
VALUES ?item { wd:Q1 wd:Q367204 }
?item wdt:P31 ?class;
wdt:P18 ?project.
SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "en,en". } }
link to the query
When running the query there is a result for Q1 because there is an image, but there is no result for Q367204 because there isn't an image.
My question: How can I get results for both Q1 and Q367204 regardless if there is an image available or not?
wd:Q367204 is missing from the results because "there isn't an image", but also because there isn't an "instance of" statement (P31). Therefore, you can get results for both instances by wrapping both of these in an OPTIONAL block, with just ?item and ?itemLabel for Q367204, and all variables for Q1:
SELECT ?item ?itemLabel ?class ?classLabel ?projectLabel WHERE {
VALUES ?item { wd:Q1 wd:Q367204 }
OPTIONAL {
?item wdt:P31 ?class;
wdt:P18 ?project.
}
SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "en,en". }
}

Query for EU universities from Wikidata times out

Asking the Wikidata service for all universities works. But when restricted to only EU universities, this query times out.
WHERE {
?item wdt:P31/wdt:P279* wd:Q3918 ;
wdt:P17 ?country.
?country wdt:P463 wd:Q458 .
SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "[AUTO_LANGUAGE],en". }
}
Any idea?
Strangely, using FILTER EXISTS is returns the result (although quite slow).
SELECT ?item ?itemLabel ?countryLabel ?country
WHERE {
?item wdt:P31/wdt:P279* wd:Q3918 ;
wdt:P17 ?country.
FILTER EXISTS { ?country wdt:P463 wd:Q458 }
SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "[AUTO_LANGUAGE],en". }
}
Here's a link to the second query.

Wikidata query for finding presidents

I was learning the wikidata query language, and wanted to find the US president's name along with grand father, great grand father and so on...
I tried this to get a father, but how to find the father's father and so on...
SELECT ?valLabel ?resLabel
WHERE {
?val wdt:P31 wd:Q5.
?val wdt:P27 wd:Q30.
?val wdt:P106 wd:Q82955.
?val wdt:P22 wd:Q11806.
OPTIONAL { ?val wdt:P22 ?res. }
SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "[AUTO_LANGUAGE],en". }
}
Your query is looking for humans who are US citizens who are politicians and whose father is John Adams.
Instead, you want a query like this (in pseudo-SPARQL):
SELECT ?presidentLabel ?fatherLabel ?gFatherLabel ?ggFatherLabel ...
WHERE {
?president position_held president_of_the_US .
OPTIONAL{?president has_father ?father .}
OPTIONAL{?father has_father ?gFather .}
OPTIONAL{?gFather has_father ?ggFather .} ...
SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "[AUTO_LANGUAGE],en". }
}
Notice that the optional is necessary, as there may be no information up to the great-grandfather of a president, in which case no information about the president would be returned at all.
In Wikidata, the following should work:
SELECT
?presidentLabel
?fatherLabel
?gFatherLabel
?ggFatherLabel
WHERE {
?president wdt:P39 wd:Q11696.
OPTIONAL{?president wdt:P22 ?father}
OPTIONAL{?father wdt:P22 ?gFather}
OPTIONAL{?gFather wdt:P22 ?ggFather}
SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "[AUTO_LANGUAGE],en". }
}
However the query seems to time out when you look beyond the president's grandfather.
Bonus: If you want the presidents in chronological order, use this query:
SELECT ?ord ?presidentLabel ?fatherLabel ?gFatherLabel
WHERE {
?president wdt:P39 wd:Q11696 ;
p:P39 ?presidency .
?presidency ps:P39 wd:Q11696 ;
pq:P1545 ?ordString .
OPTIONAL{?president wdt:P22 ?father .}
OPTIONAL{?father wdt:P22 ?gFather .}
BIND(xsd:integer(?ordString) AS ?ord)
SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "[AUTO_LANGUAGE],en". }
}
ORDER BY ?ord
Try this query
#Father - GrandFather and so on ...
SELECT ?childLabel ?fatherLabel ?grandFatherLabel ?greatGrandFather1Label ?greatGrandFather2Label
WHERE {
?child wdt:P31 wd:Q5.
?child wdt:P27 wd:Q30.
?child wdt:P106 wd:Q82955.
?child wdt:P22 wd:Q11806.
OPTIONAL { ?child wdt:P22 ?father. }
OPTIONAL { ?father wdt:P22 ?grandFather. }
OPTIONAL { ?grandFather wdt:P22 ?greatGrandFather1. }
OPTIONAL { ?greatGrandFather1 wdt:P22 ?greatGrandFather2. }
SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "[AUTO_LANGUAGE],en". }
}
Here is a query with all fathers (and their fathers, as far back as there is data in Wikidata) of all US presidents:
SELECT ?presidentLabel ?fatherLabel
WHERE
{
?president wdt:P39 wd:Q11696;
wdt:P31 wd:Q5;
wdt:P22+ ?father .
SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "en". }
}
Try it!

Path matching inside a VALUES clause

I'm trying to perform path matching inside a VALUES clause in sparql in order to match all instances and subclasses of both battles and sieges in wikidata. The following request repeatedly times out.
SELECT DISTINCT ?battle ?battleLabel WHERE {
{
SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "[AUTO_LANGUAGE],en". }
VALUES ?type {wd:Q178561 wd:Q188055} ?battle (wdt:P31/wdt:P279*) ?type .
?battle rdfs:label ?queryByTitle.
FILTER(REGEX(?queryByTitle, "saratoga", "i"))
}
}
It seems that VALUES, esp. in conjunction with /, confuses the Blazegraph's query optimizer in that case.
Use UNION instead of VALUES:
SELECT DISTINCT ?battle ?battleLabel WHERE {
{ ?battle wdt:P31/wdt:P279* wd:Q178561 }
UNION
{ ?battle wdt:P31/wdt:P279* wd:Q188055 }
?battle rdfs:label ?queryByTitle.
FILTER(REGEX(?queryByTitle, "saratoga", "i"))
SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "[AUTO_LANGUAGE],en" }
}
Alternatively, disable the optimizer and specify explicit order:
SELECT DISTINCT ?battle ?battleLabel WHERE {
hint:Query hint:optimizer "None" .
VALUES ?type {wd:Q178561 wd:Q188055}
?subtype wdt:P279* ?type .
?battle wdt:P31 ?subtype .
?battle rdfs:label ?queryByTitle.
FILTER(REGEX(?queryByTitle, "saratoga", "i"))
SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "[AUTO_LANGUAGE],en" }
}

Find which direct property applied in a SPARQL query

I have a list of properties I want to apply to a specific entity mathematics: wd:Q395. In this case:
instanceOf: 'wdt:P31'
subclassOf: 'wdt:P279'
The results are:
Mathematics is instance of academic discipline and
Mathematics is subclass of exact science and formal science
Instead of making two different queries I would like to make them all at once:
SELECT ?field ?fieldLabel ?propertyApplied
WHERE {
wd:Q395 wdt:P31 | wdt:P279 ?field.
SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "[AUTO_LANGUAGE],en". }
BIND("" AS ?propertyApplied)
}
How can I know which property applied to fill the right column? ( for example next to academic discipline I would like that it appears instance of)
I tried this but it looks weird and the results repeat themselves.
SELECT ?instanceOf ?subclassOf ?instanceOfLabel ?subclassOfLabel
WHERE {
OPTIONAL { wd:Q395 wdt:P31 ?instanceOf. }
OPTIONAL { wd:Q395 wdt:P279 ?subclassOf. }
SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "[AUTO_LANGUAGE],en". }
}
Use VALUES or UNION:
SELECT ?field ?fieldLabel ?propertyLabel WHERE {
VALUES (?predicate) {(wdt:P31) (wdt:P279)}
wd:Q395 ?predicate ?field .
?property wikibase:directClaim ?predicate .
SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "en". }
}
Try it!
SELECT ?field ?fieldLabel ?propertyLabel {
{ wd:Q395 wdt:P31 ?field . BIND (wd:P31 AS ?property) }
UNION
{ wd:Q395 wdt:P279 ?field . BIND (wd:P279 AS ?property) }
SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "en". }
}
Try it!