Neo4j Graph Examples

Status: Backlog — not shipped in v0.5.0 (see Datasets overview).

Planned support for Neo4j’s curated collection of example graph datasets.

Overview

Neo4j Graph Examples provides educational and demonstration datasets that are perfect for learning Cypher and exploring graph concepts.

Dataset Source

URL: https://github.com/neo4j-graph-examples
License: Apache 2.0 (most datasets)
Category: Educational, Demonstrations

Available Datasets

Popular Examples

Dataset	Nodes	Edges	Size	Description
movie-graph	~170	~250	~50 KB	Classic movie database
northwind	~1K	~3K	~100 KB	Northwind business data
game-of-thrones	~800	~3K	~150 KB	Character relationships
stackoverflow	~50K	~200K	~15 MB	Q&A network
twitter	~2K	~8K	~500 KB	Twitter interactions

Schema Examples

Movie Graph

Nodes:

Person (actors, directors)
Movie

Relationships:

ACTED_IN
DIRECTED
PRODUCED
REVIEWED

Usage

from graphforge import GraphForge
from graphforge.datasets import load_dataset

# Load the movie graph
gf = GraphForge()
load_dataset(gf, "neo4j-movie-graph")

# Find movies and actors
results = gf.execute("""
    MATCH (p:Person)-[:ACTED_IN]->(m:Movie)
    WHERE m.released > 2000
    RETURN p.name, m.title, m.released
    ORDER BY m.released DESC
""")

Example Queries

Movie Recommendations

MATCH (p:Person {name: 'Tom Hanks'})-[:ACTED_IN]->(m:Movie)<-[:ACTED_IN]-(coActor:Person)
MATCH (coActor)-[:ACTED_IN]->(rec:Movie)
WHERE NOT (p)-[:ACTED_IN]->(rec)
RETURN DISTINCT rec.title AS recommendation
LIMIT 10

Director Analysis

MATCH (d:Person)-[:DIRECTED]->(m:Movie)
RETURN d.name AS director, count(m) AS moviesDirected
ORDER BY moviesDirected DESC

CLI Usage

# List Neo4j example datasets
graphforge list-datasets --source neo4j-examples

# Load movie graph
graphforge load-dataset neo4j-movie-graph

Learning Resources

These datasets are ideal for:

Learning Cypher syntax
Understanding graph modeling
Demonstrations and presentations
Testing queries before production

References