discoveryDate

P3836
predicate

Indicates the date on which something was first discovered or identified.

All labels observed (54)

Label Occurrences
discoveryDate canonical 404
firstDescribedInYear 47
dateOfDiscovery 27

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: discoveryDate
Generated description
Indicates the date on which something was first discovered or identified.

Sample triples (603)

Subject Object
Titania 1787-01-11
Ariel 1851-10-24
Miranda 1948-02-16
Giuseppe Piazzi 1801-01-01
M54 24 July 1778
Messier 70 1780-08-31
Gobekli Tepe
surface form: Göbekli Tepe
1994
Messier 75 1780
Oberon 1787-01-11
Great Dark Spot 1989
Proteus
surface form: Proteus (moon)
1989-07-07 via predicate surface "discoveredOn"
Galatea 1989-07-02
Thalassa 1989-09-18
Naiad 1989-09-02
Umbriel 1851-10-24
Jaguar 1758 via predicate surface "firstScientificDescriptionYear"
Johann Galle
surface form: Johann Gottfried Galle
1846-09-23
Vercelli Book 1822
The Gunpowder Plot
surface form: Gunpowder Plot
1605-11-04 via predicate surface "discoveredOn"
Dione 1684
Alexander Island 1821
Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth
surface form: Arrokoth
2014-06-26
Loulan 1900 via predicate surface "hasDiscoveryDate"
Europa 1610
WorldCom accounting scandal June 2002
Sibuyan Sea 2015 via predicate surface "wreckDiscoveryYear"
Narmer Palette 1897–1898 excavation season
Lewis Chessmen 1831
Standard of Ur 1927
Franz Josef Land 1873
Namaka 2005-06-30
Hydra
surface form: Hydra (moon)
2005-06-15
Despina 1989-07-02
Terracotta Army 1974 via predicate surface "discoveredOn"
Vasco Núñez de Balboa 1513-09-25 via predicate surface "dateOfDiscovery"
Candlemas Island 1775
Mesha Stele 1868
Iapetus 1671
Triton 1846-10-10
Rhea 1672
Enceladus 1789-08-28
Cape Colbeck 1911
Mimas 1789-09-17
Saturn VII 1848 via predicate surface "hasDiscoveryDate"
Larissa 1981-05-24
dodo (extinct)
surface form: dodo
1758 via predicate surface "firstScientificDescriptionYear"
Pilate Stone 1961
Medicean stars 1610
Vombatidae 1821 via predicate surface "firstDescribedInYear"
Temple of the Inscriptions 1952 via predicate surface "discoveredTombYear"