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
California Gold Rush 1848-01-24 ⓘ
Easter Island 1722-04-05 via predicate surface "dateOfEuropeanDiscovery" ⓘ
Taíno 1492 via predicate surface "firstContactYear" ⓘ
Higgs boson 2012-07-04 via predicate surface "discoveryAnnouncedOn" ⓘ
Titan 1655-03-25 ⓘ
Sutter's Mill 1848 ⓘ
Victoria Falls 1855 via predicate surface "yearOfFirstRecordedEuropeanSighting" ⓘ
North Pole 1958 via predicate surface "hasFirstConfirmedSubmarineArrivalDate" ⓘ
Machu Picchu 1911 via predicate surface "rediscoveryDate" ⓘ
Rongorongo
linked to: rongorongo
1864 ⓘ
Paracas culture 1920s ⓘ
James W. Marshall 1848-01-24 via predicate surface "dateOfDiscovery" ⓘ
Orinoco River 1498 via predicate surface "yearOfFirstRecordedEuropeanSighting" ⓘ
SUE the T. rex 1990-08-12 via predicate surface "discoveredOn" ⓘ
Saint Helena 1502 ⓘ
Cyrus Cylinder 1879 ⓘ
Wilhelm Röntgen 1895 ⓘ
Jacob Roggeveen 1722-04-05 via predicate surface "dateOfDiscovery" ⓘ
Deuterostomia 1908 via predicate surface "firstDescribedInYear" ⓘ
Lake Champlain 1609 via predicate surface "dateOfEuropeanDiscovery" ⓘ
Eris 2005-01-05 ⓘ
Haumea 2004-03-07 ⓘ
Haumea 2005 via predicate surface "moonDiscoveryYear" ⓘ
Codex Sinaiticus 19th century ⓘ
Pluto 1930-02-18 ⓘ
Makemake 2005-03-31 ⓘ
Makemake 2015-04 via predicate surface "satelliteDiscoveryDate" ⓘ
Uranus 1781-03-13 ⓘ
Ceres 1801-01-01 ⓘ
Neptune 1846-09-23 ⓘ
Katyn massacre 1943 ⓘ
baiji 1918 via predicate surface "firstScientificDescriptionYear" ⓘ
Hyperion 1848-09-16 ⓘ
Hispaniola 1492 via predicate surface "dateOfEuropeanDiscovery" ⓘ
Galilean moons 1610 ⓘ
Tethys 1684 ⓘ
Ugaritic alphabet 1928 ⓘ
Tahiti 1767 via predicate surface "dateOfEuropeanDiscovery" ⓘ
Christmas Island 25 December 1643 ⓘ
Coloma, California January 24, 1848 via predicate surface "goldDiscoveryDate" ⓘ
Norfolk Island 1774 ⓘ
Vindolanda Vindolanda tablets 1973 via predicate surface "dateOfDiscovery" ⓘ
Code of Hammurabi 1901 ⓘ
Alabaster Sphinx of Memphis 19th century ⓘ
Winged Victory of Samothrace 1863 ⓘ
Coloma January 24, 1848 via predicate surface "dateOfGoldDiscovery" ⓘ
Chicxulub impact crater late 1970s ⓘ
Llullaillaco 1999 via predicate surface "discoveredMummiesYear" ⓘ
Lindbergh kidnapping 1932-05-12 via predicate surface "bodyDiscoveredDate" ⓘ
Piedra del Sol 1790 via predicate surface "dateOfDiscovery" ⓘ