Reproducing code (v8.0.0a0): ```python from rdflib import Graph, URIRef, Literal g = Graph() g.add( ( URIRef("https://example.com/subject"), URIRef("https://example.com/p/predicate"), Literal("object"), ) ) print(g.serialize(format="turtle", base="https://example.com/")) ``` ``` @base <[https://example.com/>](https://example.com/%3E) . @prefix ns1: <[https://example.com/p/>](https://example.com/p/%3E) . <subject> ns2:predicate "object" . ``` Please note "ns1" declared, but "ns2" used in the triple.