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 |
|---|---|
| Ursa Minor dSph | A. G. Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
|
Messier79
surface form:
Messier 79
|
Pierre Méchain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
|
IC418
surface form:
IC 418
|
Williamina Fleming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Hale K | lunar spacecraft imaging ⓘ |
| Hale Z | lunar orbiter imaging ⓘ |
| Galápagos Transform Fault system | marine geophysical surveys ⓘ |
| Sicán culture | archaeologist Izumi Shimada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Lou-lan | Sven Hedin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Taxila inscriptions | John Marshall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Son Doong Cave | Ho Khanh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Paradise Cave | local residents ⓘ |
| Mount Ramsay | Scottish National Antarctic Expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Cape Dundas | James Weddell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Hale V | early lunar observers (exact discoverer uncertain) ⓘ |
| Cherenkov radiation | Pavel Cherenkov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
|
Beccari
surface form:
Odoardo Beccari
|
Amorphophallus titanum via predicate surface "discovered" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Tarkhan | Flinders Petrie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| quantum Hall effect | Klaus von Klitzing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NGC 2264 | William Herschel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Christmas Tree Cluster | William Herschel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Hubble’s Variable Nebula | William Herschel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Monoceros Loop supernova remnant | radio observations in the mid-20th century ⓘ |
| Ross expedition to Antarctica (1839–1843) | Ross Sea via predicate surface "discovered" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Ross expedition to Antarctica (1839–1843) | Ross Ice Shelf via predicate surface "discovered" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Ross expedition to Antarctica (1839–1843) | Mount Erebus via predicate surface "discovered" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Ross expedition to Antarctica (1839–1843) | Mount Terror via predicate surface "discovered" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
|
Perkin
surface form:
William Henry Perkin
|
mauveine via predicate surface "discovered" ⓘ |
|
Perkin
surface form:
mauveine
|
William Henry Perkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
|
George Perkin
surface form:
William Henry Perkin
|
mauveine via predicate surface "discovered" ⓘ |
| Hale C | lunar telescopic and orbital imaging surveys ⓘ |
| NGC 2261 | William Herschel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
|
SK
surface form:
Swartkrans
|
Robert Broom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
|
Taung, South Africa
surface form:
Taung Child
|
Raymond Dart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Taung Child | Raymond Dart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| And XVIII | S. C. Chapman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| And XVIII | A. W. McConnachie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| And XVIII | collaborators ⓘ |
| Dr. Demento | "Weird Al" Yankovic via predicate surface "discovered" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Monoceros Stream | Brian Yanny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Monoceros Stream | Heidi Jo Newberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Scorpion Macehead | James E. Quibell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Scorpion Macehead | Frederick W. Green NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ruins of Miran | Aurel Stein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| House of Augustus on the Palatine | archaeological excavations in the 19th and 20th centuries ⓘ |
| King Porter Stomp | Jelly Roll Morton via predicate surface "firstRecordedBy" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NGC 2239 | John Herschel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NGC 2324 | William Herschel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Iry-Hor | Flinders Petrie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ESO 245-007 | European Southern Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Phoenix I | Hans-Emil Schuster NERFINISHED ⓘ |