foundedBefore

P1478
predicate

Indicates that one entity was established or created at an earlier time than the other entity.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
foundedBefore canonical 111
isOldestUniversityIn 50
foundedBeforeStatehoodOf 2

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: foundedBefore
Generated description
Indicates that one entity was established or created at an earlier time than the other entity.

Sample triples (169)

Subject Object
Scituate, Plymouth Colony 1691 merger of Plymouth Colony with Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Upper Providence Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania County of Delaware, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wat Phra Pathom Chedi Ratcha Wora Maha Wihan Ayutthaya period ⓘ
Jablunkov 15th century ⓘ
Onega 1600 ⓘ
Arnolds Park Amusement Park 1900 ⓘ
Worshipful Company of Fletchers 1488 ⓘ
Free States Great War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Abbey of Nogent-sous-Coucy 1100 ⓘ
Matsunoo Taisha Shrine
surface form: Matsunoo Taisha
Heian-kyō establishment ⓘ
Monasterboice year 521 ⓘ
Bow Church 16th century ⓘ
Wat Phanan Choeng 1350 ⓘ
Wat Phanan Choeng founding of Ayutthaya Kingdom ⓘ
Nevrast Gondolin via predicate surface "precedesFoundingOf" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Niepokalanów, Poland World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
St Michael’s Church, Bray 16th century ⓘ
St Katharine’s by the Tower, London 1154 ⓘ
Uelen 20th century ⓘ