Assertion: new discovery | /r/CapableOf | make year
Facets:
value: before
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Sometimes," writes Merton, "the discoveries are simultaneous or almost so; sometimes a scientist will make a new discovery which, unknown to him, somebody else has made years before.
text: As Merton said, "Sometimes the discoveries are simultaneous or almost so; sometimes a scientist will make a new discovery which, unknown to him, somebody else has made years before."[page needed]