PREFIX ps: <http://www.wikidata.org/prop/statement/>
PREFIX rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#>
PREFIX wdt: <http://www.wikidata.org/prop/direct/>
PREFIX p: <http://www.wikidata.org/prop/>
PREFIX wd: <http://www.wikidata.org/entity/>
SELECT ?film ?filmLabel ( MIN( ?pubDate ) AS ?earliestDate ) ( YEAR( MIN( ?pubDate ) ) AS ?year ) WHERE {
  BIND( wd:Q8877 AS ?director ) .
  ?film wdt:P57 ?director .
  ?film ( wdt:P31 / wdt:P279 * ) wd:Q11424 .
  OPTIONAL {
    ?film rdfs:label ?filmLabel .
    FILTER ( LANG( ?filmLabel ) = "en" )
  }
  {
    ?film p:P577 ?pubStmt .
    ?pubStmt ps:P577 ?pubDate .
  } UNION {
    ?film wdt:P577 ?pubDate .
  }
}
GROUP BY ?film ?filmLabel
ORDER BY ?earliestDate

Using entities:
- film (wd:Q11424), also known as cinema, cinematic work, films, flick, motion picture, etc.: is subclass of moving image / is subclass of audiovisual work / is subclass of visual artwork / sequence of images that give the impression of movement / sequence of images that give the impression of movement / sequence of images that give the impression of movement, stored on film stock / sequence of images that give the impression of movement, stored on film stock
- Steven Spielberg (wd:Q8877), also known as Steven Allan Spielberg: has occupation writer / has occupation film producer / has occupation Film producer / has occupation actor / has occupation director / has occupation overseer / has occupation businessperson / has occupation producer / has occupation television producer / has occupation film screenwriter / has occupation film editor / has occupation Entrepreneur / has occupation executive producer / has occupation art collector / has occupation film actor / has occupation entrepreneur / has occupation science fiction writer / has occupation film director / has occupation screenwriter / is instance of human / American film director and producer (born 1946)

Using properties:
- subclass of (wd:P279 as wdt), also known as all members of this class also belong to, category of, form of, has superclass, is a class of, etc.: this item is a subclass (subset) of that item; ALL instances ... of volcanic landform); Everest is an instance of mountain / this item is a subclass (subset) of that item; all instances ... instance of volcanic landform); K2 is an instance of mountain / this item is a subclass (subset) of that item; all instances ... instance of volcanic landform); K2 is an instance of mountain / this item is a subclass (subset) of that item; all instances ... instance of volcanic landform); K2 is an instance of mountain
- instance of (wd:P31 as wdt), also known as example of, has type, is a, is an, is of type, etc.: that class of which this subject is a particular example and ... a subclass of mountain (and an instance of volcanic landform) / type to which this subject corresponds/belongs. Different ... and the volcano is a type (instance) of volcanic landform
- publication date (wd:P577 as wdt/p/ps), also known as air date, airdate, be published during, be published in, broadcast date, etc.: is subproperty of point in time / date or point in time a work is first published or released / date or point in time a work is first published or released / date or point in time when a work was first published or released
- director (wd:P57 as wdt), also known as directed by, film director, game director, movie director, P57: is subproperty of creator / is subproperty of contributor to the creative work or subject / director(s) of film, TV-series, stageplay, video game or similar / director(s) of this motion picture, TV series, stageplay, video game or similar / director(s) of this motion picture, TV series, stageplay, video game or similar

Answer:
I executed the SPARQL query above against Wikidata. It returned 46 distinct films directed by Steven Spielberg, with their English titles and the earliest publication date available in Wikidata, sorted by earliest date. Example entries (first and last rows) from the query results were:

- wd:Q3057871 — Escape to Nowhere — 1961
- wd:Q591320 — Firelight — 1964
- wd:Q7540939 — Slipstream — 1967
- wd:Q457886 — Amblin' — 1968
- wd:Q583407 — Duel — 1971
...
- wd:Q117789100 — Living Space — 2018
- wd:Q22000542 — Ready Player One — 2018
- wd:Q63643994 — West Side Story — 2021
- wd:Q107710009 — The Fabelmans — 2022
- wd:Q126683577 — Disclosure — 2026

If you would like the full table (all 46 rows) formatted as CSV, JSON, or shown here in a complete list with each film IRI, English title, and earliest publication date, tell me which format you prefer and I will return it.

I executed the SPARQL query above against Wikidata. It returned 46 distinct films directed by Steven Spielberg, with their English titles and the earliest publication date available in Wikidata, sorted by earliest date. Example entries (first and last rows) from the query results were:

- wd:Q3057871 — Escape to Nowhere — 1961
- wd:Q591320 — Firelight — 1964
- wd:Q7540939 — Slipstream — 1967
- wd:Q457886 — Amblin' — 1968
- wd:Q583407 — Duel — 1971
...
- wd:Q117789100 — Living Space — 2018
- wd:Q22000542 — Ready Player One — 2018
- wd:Q63643994 — West Side Story — 2021
- wd:Q107710009 — The Fabelmans — 2022
- wd:Q126683577 — Disclosure — 2026

If you would like the full table (all 46 rows) formatted as CSV, JSON, or shown here in a complete list with each film IRI, English title, and earliest publication date, tell me which format you prefer and I will return it.

SPARQL query over wikidata:
PREFIX ps: <http://www.wikidata.org/prop/statement/>
PREFIX rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#>
PREFIX wdt: <http://www.wikidata.org/prop/direct/>
PREFIX p: <http://www.wikidata.org/prop/>
PREFIX wd: <http://www.wikidata.org/entity/>
SELECT ?film ?filmLabel ( MIN( ?pubDate ) AS ?earliestDate ) ( YEAR( MIN( ?pubDate ) ) AS ?year ) WHERE {
  BIND( wd:Q8877 AS ?director ) .
  ?film wdt:P57 ?director .
  ?film ( wdt:P31 / wdt:P279 * ) wd:Q11424 .
  OPTIONAL {
    ?film rdfs:label ?filmLabel .
    FILTER ( LANG( ?filmLabel ) = "en" )
  }
  {
    ?film p:P577 ?pubStmt .
    ?pubStmt ps:P577 ?pubDate .
  } UNION {
    ?film wdt:P577 ?pubDate .
  }
}
GROUP BY ?film ?filmLabel
ORDER BY ?earliestDate

Using entities:
- film (wd:Q11424), also known as cinema, cinematic work, films, flick, motion picture, etc.: is subclass of moving image / is subclass of audiovisual work / is subclass of visual artwork / sequence of images that give the impression of movement / sequence of images that give the impression of movement / sequence of images that give the impression of movement, stored on film stock / sequence of images that give the impression of movement, stored on film stock
- Steven Spielberg (wd:Q8877), also known as Steven Allan Spielberg: has occupation writer / has occupation film producer / has occupation Film producer / has occupation actor / has occupation director / has occupation overseer / has occupation businessperson / has occupation producer / has occupation television producer / has occupation film screenwriter / has occupation film editor / has occupation Entrepreneur / has occupation executive producer / has occupation art collector / has occupation film actor / has occupation entrepreneur / has occupation science fiction writer / has occupation film director / has occupation screenwriter / is instance of human / American film director and producer (born 1946)

Using properties:
- subclass of (wd:P279 as wdt), also known as all members of this class also belong to, category of, form of, has superclass, is a class of, etc.: this item is a subclass (subset) of that item; ALL instances ... of volcanic landform); Everest is an instance of mountain / this item is a subclass (subset) of that item; all instances ... instance of volcanic landform); K2 is an instance of mountain / this item is a subclass (subset) of that item; all instances ... instance of volcanic landform); K2 is an instance of mountain / this item is a subclass (subset) of that item; all instances ... instance of volcanic landform); K2 is an instance of mountain
- instance of (wd:P31 as wdt), also known as example of, has type, is a, is an, is of type, etc.: that class of which this subject is a particular example and ... a subclass of mountain (and an instance of volcanic landform) / type to which this subject corresponds/belongs. Different ... and the volcano is a type (instance) of volcanic landform
- publication date (wd:P577 as wdt/p/ps), also known as air date, airdate, be published during, be published in, broadcast date, etc.: is subproperty of point in time / date or point in time a work is first published or released / date or point in time a work is first published or released / date or point in time when a work was first published or released
- director (wd:P57 as wdt), also known as directed by, film director, game director, movie director, P57: is subproperty of creator / is subproperty of contributor to the creative work or subject / director(s) of film, TV-series, stageplay, video game or similar / director(s) of this motion picture, TV series, stageplay, video game or similar / director(s) of this motion picture, TV series, stageplay, video game or similar

Execution result:
Got 46 rows and 4 columns, showing the first 5 and last 5 rows below:
| film                            | filmLabel                   | earliestDate                        | year           |
| ------------------------------- | --------------------------- | ----------------------------------- | -------------- |
| Escape to Nowhere (wd:Q3057871) | Escape to Nowhere (lang:en) | 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z (xsd:dateTime) | 1961 (xsd:int) |
| Firelight (wd:Q591320)          | Firelight (lang:en)         | 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z (xsd:dateTime) | 1964 (xsd:int) |
| Slipstream (wd:Q7540939)        | Slipstream (lang:en)        | 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z (xsd:dateTime) | 1967 (xsd:int) |
| Amblin' (wd:Q457886)            | Amblin' (lang:en)           | 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z (xsd:dateTime) | 1968 (xsd:int) |
| Duel (wd:Q583407)               | Duel (lang:en)              | 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z (xsd:dateTime) | 1971 (xsd:int) |
| ...                             | ...                         | ...                                 | ...            |
| Living Space (wd:Q117789100)    | Living Space (lang:en)      | 2018-03-10T00:00:00Z (xsd:dateTime) | 2018 (xsd:int) |
| Ready Player One (wd:Q22000542) | Ready Player One (lang:en)  | 2018-03-11T00:00:00Z (xsd:dateTime) | 2018 (xsd:int) |
| West Side Story (wd:Q63643994)  | West Side Story (lang:en)   | 2021-12-08T00:00:00Z (xsd:dateTime) | 2021 (xsd:int) |
| The Fabelmans (wd:Q107710009)   | The Fabelmans (lang:en)     | 2022-09-10T00:00:00Z (xsd:dateTime) | 2022 (xsd:int) |
| Disclosure (wd:Q126683577)      | Disclosure (lang:en)        | 2026-06-12T00:00:00Z (xsd:dateTime) | 2026 (xsd:int) |

[System]
You are a question answering assistant. Your job is to generate a SPARQL query to answer a given user question.

You should follow a step-by-step approach to generate the SPARQL query:
1. Determine possible entities and properties implied by the user question.
2. Search for the entities and properties in the knowledge graphs. Where applicable, constrain the searches with already identified entities and properties.
3. Gradually build up the SPARQL query using the identified entities and properties. Start with simple queries and add more complexity as needed. Execute intermediate queries to get feedback and to verify your assumptions. You may need to refine or rethink your current plan based on the query results and go back to step 2 if needed, possibly multiple times.
4. Use the answer or cancel function to finalize your answer and stop the generation process.

Available knowledge graphs:
- wikidata at http://localhost:7001 with prefix index for entities and similarity index for properties, and notes:
  - P106 = occupation. Use wdt:P106 to get occupations and fetch English labels with rdfs:label + FILTER(LANG(?label)="en"). When returning human occupations confirm the subject is human (wdt:P31 wd:Q5) to avoid non-human items.
  - Population (P1082) and tabular (P4179): use wdt:P1082 for quick/direct values; for time-series/point-in-time use p:P1082 + ps:P1082 + pq:P585 and ORDER BY pq:P585 DESC. Inspect statement qualifiers (e.g., 'applies to part') and prov:wasDerivedFrom references (pr:P854 etc.) to detect city-proper vs metro/prefecture scopes before using values.
  - Common person properties: P31 (instance of human Q5), P106 (occupation), P569 (date of birth), P19 (place of birth), P27 (country of citizenship), P21 (sex/gender), P166 (award received). Use wdt: for direct values when possible.
  - P17 (country) can be incomplete/misleading for places (historical/overseas tags). To get modern cities in a country combine: instance-of city (P31=Q515) + wdt:P17 OR use wdt:P131* to find an admin parent whose wdt:P17 = the country. Also cross-check coordinates (P625) or admin hierarchy to spot outliers.
  - When filtering by date of birth (P569) use xsd:dateTime comparisons (e.g. >= "1900-01-01T00:00:00Z"^^xsd:dateTime). Be aware many items have year-only or imprecise dates and coverage is biased toward notable/public figures (sportspeople, politicians, artists).
  - To retrieve qualifiers (e.g., award year) use the statement/qualifier pattern: p:Pxxx / ps:Pxxx / pq:P585. Use wdt:Pxxx for normalized/direct values when you don't need qualifiers. Example: p:P166 + pq:P585 gives award year.
  - To get a person's occupations: use wdt:P106 for direct/normalized values and rdfs:label for human-readable names (FILTER(LANG(...))). Example: wd:Q... wdt:P106 ?occ . ?occ rdfs:label ?occLabel . FILTER(LANG(?occLabel)="en").
  - P166 = award received. Use wdt:P166 for normalized/direct values when you only need award items. To get award years or qualifiers use p:P166 / ps:P166 / pq:P585. Many statements lack pq:P585 — use OPTIONAL { ?stmt pq:P585 ?date } and ORDER BY DESC(?date). When listing award winners, filter ?person wdt:P31 wd:Q5 to ensure humans.
  - Population time-series pattern: wd:Q... p:P1082 ?stmt . ?stmt ps:P1082 ?pop . OPTIONAL { ?stmt pq:P585 ?date } . ORDER BY DESC(?date). pq:P585 is the point-in-time qualifier. IMPORTANT: time-series may mix scopes (city proper vs metro) — e.g., Tokyo has a 2016 entry ~38,140,000 likely metro vs smaller city figures. Inspect qualifiers/references for scope before use.
  - Use wdt:P131* to traverse the admin hierarchy and compare wdt:P17 on the place vs an admin parent to detect historical/colonial country assignments. When mismatches appear, inspect the admin parent's instance-of (P31), labels, qualifiers and references to interpret the historical scope.
  - wdt:P106 often yields multiple occupations for a person. Use GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT ?occLabel; separator=", ") or return multiple rows. Always fetch labels with rdfs:label + FILTER(LANG(?label)="en") to get readable occupation names.
  - When a search_entity returns multiple hits (person vs sculpture vs memorial), confirm you selected the human/statements by checking wdt:P31 (instance of) and relevant wdt: properties (e.g., wdt:P106). This avoids using a non-human QID by mistake.
  - search_autocomplete can be constrained with a SPARQL pattern containing ?search (e.g., SELECT * WHERE { ?search wdt:P31 wd:Q5 }). Use constraints to focus results (e.g., humans) and avoid ambiguous fallbacks; if it returns no results, fallback to search_entity and verify wdt:P31.
  - Use search_property_of_entity to find relevant properties for an entity (e.g., 'award' -> P166) and search_object_of_property to discover candidate objects (e.g., 'physicist' for P106). This reduces guessing P/Q ids and surfaces qualifiers.
  - Inspect statement references and qualifiers: use prov:wasDerivedFrom on p: statements to find sources, and check qualifiers (e.g., 'applies to part' or other scope qualifiers) to disambiguate city vs metro vs admin area. Reference labels can be empty; inspect reference node properties for URLs or publication dates.

Index types used for entities and properties:
- Prefix index: Retrieves items by overlap between query keywords and item words. The query keywords can match item words exactly or as prefixes.
- Similarity index: Retrieves items by cosine similarity between their embeddings and the query embedding.

General notes across knowledge graphs:
- Use rdfs:label + FILTER(LANG(?label)="en") for labels; avoid SERVICE wikibase:label. Use wdt:Pxxx for normalized/direct values when qualifiers aren't needed. Use p:Pxxx / ps:Pxxx / pq:Pxxx to access statement qualifiers (e.g., award year via pq:P585). When dates matter, prefer xsd:dateTime and watch for year-only precision.
- Practical query patterns: use rdfs:label + FILTER(LANG(...)) for labels. Use wdt:Pxxx for direct/normalized values when qualifiers aren't needed. Use p:Pxxx / ps:Pxxx / pq:Pxxx to access qualifiers (dates via pq:P585). For dates use xsd:dateTime and expect year-only precision. For places: combine P17 with P131 or coordinate (P625) filters to avoid historical/overseas mismatches.
- Use OPTIONAL for pq: qualifiers (e.g., pq:P585), sort by qualifier (ORDER BY pq:P585 DESC) to prefer recent values. Use GROUP_CONCAT to combine multiple labels/values in one row. Watch for typed literals (xsd:dateTime, xsd:decimal) when filtering or sorting.
- Before querying, use search_entity to resolve human-friendly names to wd:Q identifiers and verify instance-of (e.g., check wdt:P31 = wd:Q5 for humans) to avoid ambiguous matches. Prefer the top match but programmatically confirm P31 before using its data.
- Use search_property to confirm property identifiers (e.g., "country" -> P17) before embedding them in queries. This prevents mistakes from assuming an ID and helps pick the best property if multiple choices exist.
- search_autocomplete can fall back to an unconstrained search or error when there are too many candidates. If this happens (e.g., "more than the maximum supported number of subject candidates"), retry with narrower constraints such as instance-of (wdt:P31), additional type filters, or short prefixes to reduce the candidate set; otherwise fallback to search_entity and verify wdt:P31.
- Use list(...) to inspect all triples on an entity for exploration, but expect large results for notable items. Prefer wdt: properties or targeted p:/ps:/pq: patterns in SPARQL when you need normalized values or qualifiers, respectively.
- Before embedding property or item IDs in SPARQL, use search_property, search_property_of_entity, and search_object_of_property to discover the appropriate P/PID or object QIDs. This reduces errors from guessing IDs and surfaces better property alternatives and qualifiers.
- search_constrained and search_autocomplete can return no results for constrained queries or when the index is large. If they fail, fallback to search_entity + verify P31 (or use search_property_of_entity). Constrain with instance-of (wdt:P31) or other properties in the SPARQL to improve matches.
- When selecting awards by year, prefer xsd:dateTime range filters (e.g., >= "2001-01-01T00:00:00Z"^^xsd:dateTime && < "2002-01-01T00:00:00Z"^^xsd:dateTime) instead of YEAR() for portability and precision.
- When selecting award winners via wdt:P166, filter ?person wdt:P31 wd:Q5 to ensure humans — fictional characters or non-humans may have award claims. If you need award years use p:P166 / ps:P166 / pq:P585 and OPTIONAL { ?stmt pq:P585 ?year } to retrieve qualifier years.
- Use wdt:P625 (coordinates) together with wdt:P131* and wdt:P17 checks to validate a place's modern country or to filter by geography. When country labels mismatch historically, inspect admin parents and coordinates to resolve whether the item refers to historical/colonial scope or current boundaries.
- Prefer wdt:Pxxx for normalized/direct values when qualifiers aren't needed. Use p:Pxxx / ps:Pxxx / pq:Pxxx to access qualifiers (e.g., pq:P585 for award year). Always fetch labels with rdfs:label + FILTER(LANG(?label) = "en").
- If search_autocomplete returns too many candidates or errors, retry with constraints (e.g., SELECT * WHERE { ?search wdt:P31 wd:Q5 }) or narrower query text. If still failing, fallback to search_entity and verify wdt:P31 for type checks.
- For award-year queries use p:P166 / ps:P166 / pq:P585 to access award statements and year qualifiers. Filter by xsd:dateTime ranges (e.g., >= "2020-01-01T00:00:00Z"^^xsd:dateTime && < "2021-01-01T00:00:00Z"^^xsd:dateTime) instead of YEAR() for robustness.
- Use search_property_of_entity to surface relevant properties for an entity (e.g., 'birth' -> P569/P19). list(...) can inspect triples but may return large results for notable items—prefer targeted wdt: patterns (wdt:Pxxx) or p:/ps:/pq: patterns when you need qualifiers.

SPARQL prefixes for use in function calls:
- bd: <http://www.bigdata.com/rdf#
- cc: <http://creativecommons.org/ns#
- data: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/
- dc: <http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
- dct: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/
- foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/
- geo: <http://www.opengis.net/ont/geosparql#
- geof: <http://www.opengis.net/def/function/geosparql/
- gn: <http://www.geonames.org/ontology#
- hint: <http://www.bigdata.com/queryHints#
- imdb: <https://www.imdb.com/
- math: <http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions/math#
- ontolex: <http://www.w3.org/ns/lemon/ontolex#
- owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#
- p: <http://www.wikidata.org/prop/
- pq: <http://www.wikidata.org/prop/qualifier/
- pqn: <http://www.wikidata.org/prop/qualifier/value-normalized/
- pqv: <http://www.wikidata.org/prop/qualifier/value/
- pr: <http://www.wikidata.org/prop/reference/
- prn: <http://www.wikidata.org/prop/reference/value-normalized/
- prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#
- prv: <http://www.wikidata.org/prop/reference/value/
- ps: <http://www.wikidata.org/prop/statement/
- psn: <http://www.wikidata.org/prop/statement/value-normalized/
- psv: <http://www.wikidata.org/prop/statement/value/
- qb: <http://purl.org/linked-data/cube#
- qfn: <http://qlever.cs.uni-freiburg.de/function#
- ql: <http://qlever.cs.uni-freiburg.de/builtin-functions/
- qlss: <https://qlever.cs.uni-freiburg.de/spatialSearch/
- rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
- rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#
- ref: <http://www.wikidata.org/reference/
- s: <http://www.wikidata.org/entity/statement/
- schema: <http://schema.org/
- skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#
- v: <http://www.wikidata.org/value/
- void: <http://rdfs.org/ns/void#
- wd: <http://www.wikidata.org/entity/
- wdno: <http://www.wikidata.org/prop/novalue/
- wdt: <http://www.wikidata.org/prop/direct/
- wdtn: <http://www.wikidata.org/prop/direct-normalized/
- wikibase: <http://wikiba.se/ontology#
- xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#

Additional rules to follow:
- Explain your thought process before and after each step and function call.
- Do not just use or make up entity or property identifiers without verifying their existence in the knowledge graphs first.
- Do not ask the user for clarifications without first attempting to complete the task. If the task input is incomplete or ambiguous, try to make reasonable assumptions and document them.
- Do not use "SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language ..." in SPARQL queries. It is not SPARQL standard and unsupported by the used QLever SPARQL endpoints. Use rdfs:label or similar properties to get labels instead.
- Always execute your final SPARQL query before giving an answer to make sure it returns the expected results.
- The SPARQL query should always return the actual identifiers / IRIs of the items in its result. It additionally may return labels or other human-readable information, but they are optional and should be put within optional clauses unless explicitly requested by the user.
- Do not stop early if there are still obvious improvements to be made to the SPARQL query. For example, keep refining your SPARQL query if its result contains irrelevant items or is missing items you expected.
- Do not perform additional computation (e.g. filtering, sorting, calculations) on the result of the SPARQL query to determine the answer. All computation should be done solely within SPARQL.
- For questions with a "True" or "False" answer the SPARQL query should be an ASK query.

[User] Which distinct movies were directed by Steven Spielberg, along with their titles and the earliest year of publication, sorted by year?

[Assistant]
Plan:
1. Find the Wikidata item for "Steven Spielberg" and confirm it's a human (wdt:P31 wd:Q5).
2. Find the property for "director" (to confirm P57).
3. Query for distinct films where Steven Spielberg is the director (wdt:P57), return their IRIs, English titles, and the earliest publication year. For earliest publication year, I'll look for publication (P577) statements on the film and take the minimum year (by ordering by date and using MIN() or selecting earliest pq:P577). Many films use wdt:P577 for publication date; if not, other statements may be used but we'll try wdt:P577 pattern plus p:P577/ps:P577/pq:P... approach if needed.
4. Sort results by year ascending.

I'll start by searching for the entity "Steven Spielberg".

Question: Steven Spielberg

Top 10 entity alternatives:
1. Steven Spielberg (wd:Q8877), also known as Steven Allan Spielberg: American film director and producer (born 1946) / has occupation science fiction writer / has occupation television producer / has occupation executive producer / has occupation film screenwriter / has occupation businessperson / has occupation film producer / has occupation Film producer / has occupation art collector / has occupation film director / has occupation Entrepreneur / has occupation entrepreneur / has occupation screenwriter / has occupation film editor / has occupation film actor / has occupation director / has occupation overseer / has occupation producer / has occupation writer / has occupation actor / is instance of human
2. Steven Spielberg (wd:Q125960366): written work by Antonio Sánchez-Escalonilla García-Rico / is instance of written work
3. Steven Spielberg (wd:Q125960377): 1995 edition of written work by Antonio Sánchez-Escalonilla García-Rico / is instance of version, edition or translation
4. Steven Spielberg bibliography (wd:Q17119094): is instance of bibliography
5. Animaniacs (wd:Q547744, matched via Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs), also known as Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs: is instance of animated television series / American animated television series
6. Taken (wd:Q1156592, matched via Steven Spielberg Presents Taken), also known as Steven Spielberg Presents By Taken, Steven Spielberg Presents Taken, Steven Spielberg's Taken, Steven Spielbergs Taken: American Sci-Fi, Drama TV series produced by Steven Spielberg (2002) / is instance of miniseries / is instance of serial
7. Animaniacs (wd:Q97327699, matched via Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs), also known as Animaniacs (2020), Animaniacs 2020, Animaniacs reboot, Animaniacs revival, Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs: is instance of animated television series / 2020 animated television series
8. The Steven Spielberg Story (wd:Q105043841): is instance of written work / 1983 book by Tony Crawley
9. Steven Spielberg's Director's Chair (wd:Q3973447): is instance of video game / 1996 simulation game / 1996 video game / 1996 video game
10. Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive (wd:Q2910589), also known as Spielberg archive: archive of Jewish documentary films / is instance of film archive / is instance of publisher

[Assistant]
I'll search for the property corresponding to "director" to confirm the property id (likely P57).

Question: director

Top 10 property alternatives:
1. director / manager (wd:P1037 as pq/pqn/prv/ps/psn/pqv/prn/wdt/psv/wdtn/pr/p, matched via director), also known as boss, chief, director, director general, general manager, etc.: person who manages any kind of group or organisation / is subproperty of significant person / person who manages any kind of group / person who manages any kind of group
2. director (wd:P57 as pq/pqn/prv/ps/psn/pqv/prn/wdt/psv/wdtn/pr/p), also known as directed by, film director, game director, movie director, P57: director(s) of this motion picture, TV series, stageplay, video game or similar / director(s) of this motion picture, TV series, stageplay, video game or similar / director(s) of film, TV-series, stageplay, video game or similar / is subproperty of contributor to the creative work or subject / is subproperty of creator
3. choreographer (wd:P1809 as pq/pqn/prv/ps/psn/pqv/prn/wdt/psv/wdtn/pr/p, matched via dance director), also known as choreographed by, dance director, P1809: person(s) who did the choreography
4. producer (wd:P162 as pq/pqn/prv/ps/psn/pqv/prn/wdt/psv/wdtn/pr/p, matched via film producer), also known as creative producer, film producer, musical producer, music producer, produced by, etc.: person(s) who produced the film, musical work, theatrical ... [for production company, use P272, video games - use P178] / producer(s) of this film or music work (film: not executive producers, associate producers, etc.)
5. director of photography (wd:P344 as pq/pqn/prv/ps/psn/pqv/prn/wdt/psv/wdtn/pr/p), also known as cinematographer, DOP, P344: person responsible for the framing, lighting, and filtration of the subject work / person responsible for the framing, lighting and filtration of the subject work / person responsible for the framing, lighting and filtration of the subject work / is subproperty of film crew member
6. editor (wd:P98 as pq/pqn/prv/ps/psn/pqv/prn/wdt/psv/wdtn/pr/p, matched via publication director), also known as associate editor, compiled by, ed., edited by, editorial director, etc.: person who checks and corrects a work (such as a book, ... the text of an ancient written work or manuscript. / editor of a compiled work such as a book or academic journal / editor of a compiled work such as a book or academic journal
7. film editor (wd:P1040 as pq/pqn/prv/ps/psn/pqv/prn/wdt/psv/wdtn/pr/p), also known as edited by, editing by, editor, P1040: person who works with the raw footage, selecting shots and combining them into sequences to create a finished motion picture / is subproperty of film crew member
8. manufacturer (wd:P176 as pq/pqn/prv/ps/psn/pqv/prn/wdt/psv/wdtn/pr/p, matched via producer), also known as assembled by, assembler, brewed by, brewer, builder, etc.: (main or final) manufacturer or producer of this product / manufacturer or producer of this product
9. director of archaeological fieldwork (wd:P4345 as pq/pqn/prv/ps/psn/pqv/prn/wdt/psv/wdtn/pr/p, matched via dig director), also known as dig director, director of excavations, excavation director, P4345: person leading the archaeological or anthropological investigation at a given site / is subproperty of significant person
10. executive producer (wd:P1431 as pq/pqn/prv/ps/psn/pqv/prn/wdt/psv/wdtn/pr/p), also known as P1431: executive producer of a movie, TV show, or other piece of media or entertainment

[Assistant]
I will run a SPARQL query that:
- uses Steven Spielberg's Wikidata QID (found earlier: wd:Q8877),
- finds items where he is the director (wdt:P57),
- restricts items to instances/subclasses of film (wd:Q11424),
- collects publication dates (p:P577/ps:P577 and wdt:P577),
- computes the minimum publication date per film and the year,
- returns the film IRI, English label, earliest date, and year, ordered by earliest date.

I'll execute that query now.

execute

SELECT ?film ?filmLabel (MIN(?pubDate) AS ?earliestDate) (YEAR(MIN(?pubDate)) AS ?year) WHERE {
  BIND(wd:Q8877 AS ?director).
  ?film wdt:P57 ?director .
  # Ensure the item is an instance of (or instance of a subclass of) film (Q11424)
  ?film (wdt:P31/wdt:P279*) wd:Q11424 .
  OPTIONAL { ?film rdfs:label ?filmLabel . FILTER(LANG(?filmLabel) = "en") }
  {
    ?film p:P577 ?pubStmt .
    ?pubStmt ps:P577 ?pubDate .
  }
  UNION
  {
    ?film wdt:P577 ?pubDate .
  }
}
GROUP BY ?film ?filmLabel
ORDER BY ?earliestDate

[Assistant]
I'll re-run the same SPARQL query (without changes) to obtain the full result rows so I can list every film, its QID, English title, and earliest publication year in order.

SELECT ?film ?filmLabel (MIN(?pubDate) AS ?earliestDate) (YEAR(MIN(?pubDate)) AS ?year) WHERE {
  BIND(wd:Q8877 AS ?director).
  ?film wdt:P57 ?director .
  ?film (wdt:P31/wdt:P279*) wd:Q11424 .
  OPTIONAL { ?film rdfs:label ?filmLabel . FILTER(LANG(?filmLabel) = "en") }
  {
    ?film p:P577 ?pubStmt .
    ?pubStmt ps:P577 ?pubDate .
  }
  UNION
  {
    ?film wdt:P577 ?pubDate .
  }
}
GROUP BY ?film ?filmLabel
ORDER BY ?earliestDate

[Assistant]
answer

SELECT ?film ?filmLabel (MIN(?pubDate) AS ?earliestDate) (YEAR(MIN(?pubDate)) AS ?year) WHERE {
  BIND(wd:Q8877 AS ?director).
  ?film wdt:P57 ?director .
  ?film (wdt:P31/wdt:P279*) wd:Q11424 .
  OPTIONAL { ?film rdfs:label ?filmLabel . FILTER(LANG(?filmLabel) = "en") }
  {
    ?film p:P577 ?pubStmt .
    ?pubStmt ps:P577 ?pubDate .
  }
  UNION
  {
    ?film wdt:P577 ?pubDate .
  }
}
GROUP BY ?film ?filmLabel
ORDER BY ?earliestDate

Answer:
I executed the SPARQL query above against Wikidata. It returned 46 distinct films directed by Steven Spielberg, with their English titles and the earliest publication date available in Wikidata, sorted by earliest date. Example entries (first and last rows) from the query results were:

- wd:Q3057871 — Escape to Nowhere — 1961
- wd:Q591320 — Firelight — 1964
- wd:Q7540939 — Slipstream — 1967
- wd:Q457886 — Amblin' — 1968
- wd:Q583407 — Duel — 1971
...
- wd:Q117789100 — Living Space — 2018
- wd:Q22000542 — Ready Player One — 2018
- wd:Q63643994 — West Side Story — 2021
- wd:Q107710009 — The Fabelmans — 2022
- wd:Q126683577 — Disclosure — 2026

If you would like the full table (all 46 rows) formatted as CSV, JSON, or shown here in a complete list with each film IRI, English title, and earliest publication date, tell me which format you prefer and I will return it.