discoveredBy
P412
predicate
Indicates that something was found, identified, or brought to light through the efforts or actions of a particular agent.
All labels observed (55)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| discoveredBy canonical | 2,568 |
| discovered | 936 |
| discoverer | 152 |
| discoveredByEuropeans | 94 |
| firstRecordedBy | 82 |
| rediscoveredBy | 29 |
| wasDiscoveredBy | 21 |
| discovererOf | 19 |
| co-discovered | 16 |
| tombDiscoveredBy | 7 |
| firstCataloguedBy | 5 |
| discoveredByEuropean | 3 |
| firstObservedBy | 3 |
| firstSurveyedBy | 3 |
| independentlyDiscoveredBy | 3 |
| HiggsBosonDiscoveryExperiments | 2 |
| JuanitaDiscoveredBy | 2 |
| discoveredByModernWorld | 2 |
| discoveredByScience | 2 |
| discoveredBySurvey | 2 |
| discovererOfVariability | 2 |
| discovererOrInventor | 2 |
| firstCatalogedBy | 2 |
| satelliteDiscoveredBy | 2 |
| bustDiscoveredBy | 1 |
| discoveredByEuropeansBy | 1 |
| discoveredByInCanon | 1 |
| discoveredByModernJapan | 1 |
| discoveredByModernScholarsIn | 1 |
| discoveredByModernScience | 1 |
| discoveredByOccupation | 1 |
| discoveredBySurfers | 1 |
| discoveredByWesterners | 1 |
| discoveredExoplanetBy | 1 |
| discovererOfConstellationTelescopium | 1 |
| discovererOfEponym | 1 |
| discovererOrDeveloper | 1 |
| discovererOrExplorer | 1 |
| discovererOrInventorOf | 1 |
| discovererOrMaker | 1 |
| discoveriesAtUranus | 1 |
| discoveryOfPlutoBy | 1 |
| firstConfirmedDiscovery | 1 |
| firstEuropeanRecordedBy | 1 |
| firstMajorDiscoverer | 1 |
| firstToDiscover | 1 |
| goldDiscoveredBy | 1 |
| historicalDiscoveryBy | 1 |
| holotypeDiscoverer | 1 |
| insecticidalPropertiesDiscoveredBy | 1 |
| lettersAreDiscoveredBy | 1 |
| modernDiscoveryBy | 1 |
| nickelDiscoveryBy | 1 |
| notableDiscoverer | 1 |
| wereDiscoveredBy | 1 |
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: discoveredBy
Generated description
Indicates that something was found, identified, or brought to light through the efforts or actions of a particular agent.
Sample triples (3,990)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
| Telesto | Harold J. Reitsema ⓘ |
| Telesto | Stephen M. Larson ⓘ |
| Telesto | John W. Fountain ⓘ |
| Calypso | Dan Pascu ⓘ |
| Calypso | P. Kenneth Seidelmann ⓘ |
| Calypso | William A. Baum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Calypso | Douglas G. Currie ⓘ |
| San Clemente Island | Sebastián Vizcaíno via predicate surface "discoveredByEuropeans" ⓘ |
| Kovalevskaya top | Sofia Kovalevskaya via predicate surface "discoverer" ⓘ |
|
Hebron
surface form:
Hebron (oil field)
|
1980 via predicate surface "discovered" ⓘ |
| Ganymede | Galileo Galilei ⓘ |
| Temple V | archaeologists working at Tikal ⓘ |
| Rakhigarhi | Suraj Bhan ⓘ |
| Main Plaza | modern archaeology in early 20th century ⓘ |
| Danzantes reliefs | archaeologists working at Monte Albán in the early 20th century ⓘ |
| Building J | archaeologists in early excavations at Monte Albán ⓘ |
| Valley Temple of Khafre | Auguste Mariette ⓘ |
| Samuel Wallis | Tahiti for Europeans via predicate surface "discovered" ⓘ |
| Samuel Wallis | Wallis Island for Europeans via predicate surface "discovered" ⓘ |
| Peter I Island | Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen ⓘ |
| Strange Fruit | Billie Holiday via predicate surface "firstRecordedBy" ⓘ |
| Hieroglyphic Stairway | 19th-century explorers ⓘ |
| Rayleigh waves |
Lord Rayleigh
ⓘ
surface form:
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh
|
| William Ramsay | argon via predicate surface "discovered" ⓘ |
| William Ramsay | neon via predicate surface "discovered" ⓘ |
| William Ramsay | krypton via predicate surface "discovered" ⓘ |
| William Ramsay | xenon via predicate surface "discovered" ⓘ |
| I Heard It Through the Grapevine |
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
via predicate surface "firstRecordedBy"
ⓘ
surface form:
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
|
| Hope Diamond | Jean-Baptiste Tavernier ⓘ |
| Naharkatiya oil field | Assam Oil Company ⓘ |
| Émile Roux | principle of diphtheria antitoxin therapy via predicate surface "discovered" ⓘ |
| El Caracol | European explorers in 19th century ⓘ |
| Digboi oil field | 1889 via predicate surface "discovered" ⓘ |
| Ellsworth Mountains | Lincoln Ellsworth ⓘ |
| ABO blood group system | Karl Landsteiner ⓘ |
| Cairnpapple Hill | Stuart Piggott ⓘ |
| Callisto | Galileo Galilei ⓘ |
| Kalibangan | Amlānand Ghosh ⓘ |
| Wernicke area | Carl Wernicke ⓘ |
| James Fort | 1990s archaeological excavations via predicate surface "discovered" ⓘ |
|
Great Pyramid
surface form:
Great Pyramid at La Venta
|
archaeologists in the 20th century ⓘ |
| Howland Island | American whalers ⓘ |
| Colossal Heads | modern archaeology in the 19th and 20th centuries ⓘ |
| Mariana Islands | Ferdinand Magellan via predicate surface "discoveredByEuropeans" ⓘ |
| William Mynors | Christmas Island via predicate surface "discovered" ⓘ |
|
Old Faithful geyser
surface form:
Old Faithful
|
Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition ⓘ |
| Grand Prismatic Spring | European American surveyors in the 19th century ⓘ |
| Jack Simms | Mark Twain Cave via predicate surface "discovered" ⓘ |
| Neptune's Grotto | local fishermen ⓘ |
| Yinxu | archaeologists in early 20th century ⓘ |