the latest downloadable binary has version v1.0.
Therefore, to avoid this error, there are two ways.

1.) Work on with v1.0 and replace “CREATE VERTICES” with “CREATE TYPES”.
2.) Download and compile stable v1.1 or latest sourcecode and the tutorial will succeed.

Furthermore, we will provide a precompiled binary of v1.1 in a short time.

GraphDB@localhost [gql-mode] > CREATE VERTICES ABSTRACT Entity ATTRIBUTES (String Name), University EXTENDS Entity ATTRIBUTES(SET Students), City EXTENDS Entity ATTRIBUTES(SET Universities), Student EXTENDS Entity ATTRIBUTES(Integer Age) BACKWARDEDGES(University.Students StudiesAt) { “query”: “CREATE VERTICES ABSTRACT Entity ATTRIBUTES (String Name), University EXTENDS Entity ATTRIBUTES(SET Students), City EXTENDS Entity ATTRIBUTES(SET Universities), Student EXTENDS Entity ATTRIBUTES(Integer Age) BACKWARDEDGES(University.Students StudiesAt)”, “result”: “Failed”, “duration”: [
0,
“ms” ], “warnings”: [], “errors”: [
{
“code”: “sones.GraphDB.Errors.Error_GqlSyntax”,
“description”: “Syntax error in query: [CREATE VERTICES ABSTRACT Entity ATTRIBUTES (String Name), University EXTENDS Entity ATTRIBUTES(SET Students), City EXTENDS Entity ATTRIBUTES(SET Universities), Student EXTENDS Entity ATTRIBUTES(Integer Age) BACKWARDEDGES(University.Students StudiesAt)]\n\n gql: [Syntax error, expected: index,types,abstract,type,]\n\nAt position: 1, 8″
} ], “results”: [] }