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 |
|---|---|
| Jan T. Kleyna | Taygete via predicate surface "discovered" ⓘ |
|
indium (In)
surface form:
indium
|
Ferdinand Reich ⓘ |
|
indium (In)
surface form:
indium
|
Hieronymous Theodor Richter ⓘ |
|
thallium (Tl)
surface form:
thallium
|
William Crookes ⓘ |
|
thallium (Tl)
surface form:
thallium
|
Claude-Auguste Lamy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Herodian street | archaeologists in Jerusalem ⓘ |
| Nelson Island | early 19th-century sealers ⓘ |
| Terramare culture | 19th-century archaeologists in the Po Valley ⓘ |
| Great Orme Copper Mines | 1987 via predicate surface "discovered" ⓘ |
| Paracas archaeological complex | Julio C. Tello ⓘ |
| Oseberg ship burial | farmer Oskar Rom ⓘ |
| Snake Goddess figurines |
Arthur Evans
ⓘ
surface form:
Arthur Evans (key Knossos examples)
|
| Furneaux Group | Tobias Furneaux via predicate surface "discoveredByEuropean" ⓘ |
| Corded Ware culture | archaeologists in the late 19th century ⓘ |
| Mask of Agamemnon | Heinrich Schliemann ⓘ |
| Thera frescoes | Spyridon Marinatos ⓘ |
| Schwarzschild F | lunar spacecraft imaging ⓘ |
| Schwarzschild L | uncrewed lunar imaging missions ⓘ |
| Tuskegee syphilis study | Peter Buxtun ⓘ |
| Santiago Island | Portuguese explorers ⓘ |
| Prince Edward Islands | Marion Dufresne ⓘ |
| Gerlache Strait | Belgian Antarctic Expedition ⓘ |
| Iguvine Tablets | 1444 via predicate surface "discovered" ⓘ |
| Schwarzschild B | uncrewed lunar imaging missions ⓘ |
| Schwarzschild K | uncrewed lunar imaging missions ⓘ |
| Osireion | Flinders Petrie ⓘ |
| Osireion | Margaret Murray ⓘ |
| Ramanujan’s lost notebook |
George E. Andrews
ⓘ
surface form:
George Andrews
|
| Georg Wilhelm Steller | Steller's sea cow via predicate surface "discovered" ⓘ |
| Georg Wilhelm Steller | Steller's jay via predicate surface "discovered" ⓘ |
| Georg Wilhelm Steller | Steller's eider via predicate surface "discovered" ⓘ |
| Georg Wilhelm Steller |
Steller sea eagle
via predicate surface "discovered"
ⓘ
surface form:
Steller's sea eagle
|
| Georg Wilhelm Steller |
Steller sea lion
via predicate surface "discovered"
ⓘ
surface form:
Steller's sea lion
|
| Jules Janssen | helium in the solar spectrum via predicate surface "discovered" ⓘ |
| Marguerite Bay | French Antarctic Expedition ⓘ |
| Marguerite Bay | Jean-Baptiste Charcot ⓘ |
| Lake Amadeus | Ernest Giles via predicate surface "discoveredByEuropeans" ⓘ |
| Mummy Cave | Anglo-American archaeologists in the late 19th century ⓘ |
| Markland | Leif Erikson ⓘ |
| Yersinia | Alexandre Yersin ⓘ |
| Cobb Seamount |
United States Coast Survey
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
|
| Merneith | Flinders Petrie ⓘ |
| Palmerston Island | James Cook via predicate surface "discoveredByEuropeans" ⓘ |
| North Field | 1971 via predicate surface "discovered" ⓘ |
| Possession Islands | James Clark Ross ⓘ |
| Lisianski Island | Yuri Lisyansky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Beechey Island | early 19th century British explorers via predicate surface "discoveredByEuropeans" ⓘ |
| Sir John Rae | Rae Strait via predicate surface "discovered" ⓘ |
|
Van Allen
surface form:
Van Allen radiation belt
|
James A. Van Allen ⓘ |
|
Explorer 3 mission
surface form:
Explorer 3
|
Earth’s radiation belts
via predicate surface "discovererOf"
ⓘ
surface form:
Van Allen radiation belts
|