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 |
|---|---|
| Tevatron | top quark via predicate surface "discovered" ⓘ |
| Casiquiare canal | 18th century explorers via predicate surface "discoveredByEuropeans" ⓘ |
| Mohenjo-daro | R. D. Banerji ⓘ |
| Alessandro Volta | methane via predicate surface "discovered" ⓘ |
| Alessandro Volta | electrical contact potential via predicate surface "discovered" ⓘ |
| Amarna letters | local Egyptian villagers ⓘ |
| San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán | Matthew Stirling ⓘ |
| Quaoar | Chad Trujillo ⓘ |
| Quaoar | Michael E. Brown ⓘ |
| Quaoar | Michael E. Brown via predicate surface "satelliteDiscoveredBy" ⓘ |
| Varuna | K. Sarneczky ⓘ |
| Varuna | A. H. B. Whipple ⓘ |
| Varuna | R. S. McMillan ⓘ |
| 20000 Varuna |
David L. Rabinowitz
via predicate surface "discoverer"
ⓘ
surface form:
K. Rabinowitz
|
| 20000 Varuna |
David L. Rabinowitz
via predicate surface "discoverer"
ⓘ
surface form:
D. L. Rabinowitz
|
| (15760) 1992 QB1 | David C. Jewitt via predicate surface "discoverer" ⓘ |
| (15760) 1992 QB1 | Jane X. Luu via predicate surface "discoverer" ⓘ |
| El Tajín | 1785 via predicate surface "discoveredByEuropeans" ⓘ |
| El Tajín | Diego Ruiz via predicate surface "discoverer" ⓘ |
| Galileo spacecraft | Dactyl via predicate surface "discovered" ⓘ |
| Galileo spacecraft | subsurface ocean evidence on Europa via predicate surface "discovered" ⓘ |
| Galileo spacecraft | magnetic field of Ganymede via predicate surface "discovered" ⓘ |
| Galileo spacecraft | intense volcanic activity on Io via predicate surface "discovered" ⓘ |
| Petra | Johann Ludwig Burckhardt via predicate surface "modernDiscoveryBy" ⓘ |
|
VX gas
surface form:
VX
|
Ranajit Ghosh ⓘ |
|
VX gas
surface form:
VX
|
J. F. Newman ⓘ |
|
Sambisari temple
surface form:
Sambisari Temple
|
local farmer ⓘ |
|
asteroid 1036 Ganymed
surface form:
1036 Ganymed
|
Walter Baade ⓘ |
| Bouvet Island | Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier ⓘ |
| Caral | archaeologist Ruth Shady ⓘ |
| Baade’s Window | Walter Baade ⓘ |
|
asteroid 944 Hidalgo
surface form:
944 Hidalgo
|
Walter Baade via predicate surface "wasDiscoveredBy" ⓘ |
| Fermium | Albert Ghiorso via predicate surface "wasDiscoveredBy" ⓘ |
| Fermium |
University of California, Berkeley
via predicate surface "wasDiscoveredBy"
ⓘ
surface form:
Berkeley team at University of California
|
| Wuchereria bancrofti | Otto Wucherer ⓘ |
| Ellesmere Island | 10th century Norse (possible) and later 17th–19th century explorers via predicate surface "discoveredByEuropeans" ⓘ |
|
Sojiwan temple
surface form:
Sojiwan Temple
|
19th century via predicate surface "discovered" ⓘ |
|
the Lanzón monolith
surface form:
Lanzón monolith
|
Julio C. Tello
ⓘ
surface form:
archaeologist Julio C. Tello
|
| Ulam spiral | Stanislaw Ulam ⓘ |
| Paul Steinhardt | natural quasicrystals in meteorites via predicate surface "discovered" ⓘ |
| Skyline Caverns | Walter S. Amos ⓘ |
| Explorer 1 |
Earth’s outer radiation belt
via predicate surface "discovererOf"
ⓘ
surface form:
Van Allen radiation belts
|
| Mars Express | subsurface water ice deposits at Mars south pole via predicate surface "discovered" ⓘ |
| Diomede Islands | Vitus Bering ⓘ |
| Luray Caverns | Andrew Campbell ⓘ |
| Luray Caverns | William Campbell ⓘ |
| Luray Caverns | Benton Stebbins ⓘ |
| Bright's disease | Richard Bright ⓘ |
| Sam Phillips | Elvis Presley via predicate surface "discovered" ⓘ |
| Sam Phillips | Johnny Cash via predicate surface "discovered" ⓘ |