wasFirst

P22901
predicate

Indicates that one entity occurred, appeared, or held a position before another in time or sequence.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
wasFirst canonical 24
firstIn 2
VoxFirstEntered 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: wasFirst
Generated description
Indicates that one entity occurred, appeared, or held a position before another in time or sequence.

Sample triples (31)

Subject Object
Mary I of England first queen to rule England in her own right
1972 MLB strike first players' strike in Major League Baseball history via predicate surface "firstIn"
Beji Caid Essebsi first freely elected president of Tunisia
Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg first woman to reign as Grand Duchess of Luxembourg in her own right
Spanish general election, April 2019 national legislature of Spain via predicate surface "VoxFirstEntered"
António Ramalho Eanes first democratically elected President of Portugal after the Carnation Revolution
Chain Bridge permanent bridge across the Danube in Budapest
Pevek floating nuclear power plant in Russia via predicate surface "isFirstToHost"
Skylab 2 first crewed mission to Skylab
Deke Slayton first Chief of the Astronaut Office at NASA
Panamá la Vieja Panama City via predicate surface "wasFirstIterationOf"
Unity International Space Station via predicate surface "wasFirstUSBuiltModuleOn"
J. N. Andrews official Seventh-day Adventist missionary sent overseas
Sarah Breedlove one of the first self-made female millionaires in the United States
C. N. Annadurai first Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu after renaming from Madras State
Men
surface form: Men (Middle-earth)
Sunrise via predicate surface "awokeBefore"
Absalom Jones first African-American ordained as an Episcopal priest in the United States
Gerald Morkel first Premier of the Western Cape after the end of apartheid
1796 United States presidential election first contested United States presidential election
Széchenyi Chain Bridge to Buda first permanent bridge across the Danube in Budapest
Széchenyi Chain Bridge to Buda one of the earliest permanent bridges on the Danube
Tim Peake first official UK astronaut with the European Space Agency
1788–89 United States presidential election first United States presidential election in history via predicate surface "firstIn"
Sandie Shaw first UK act to win the Eurovision Song Contest
Yvette Williams first New Zealand woman to win an Olympic gold medal
Roman Colchester Roman colonia in Britain
James J. Archer first general officer of the Army of Northern Virginia captured after Gettysburg began
Fernando Collor de Mello first democratically elected President of Brazil after the military dictatorship
SpX-DM1 first orbital flight of Crew Dragon
SpX-DM1 first SpaceX Commercial Crew Program flight to ISS
Space Shuttle Challenger STS-41-G
surface form: STS-41-G
first Space Shuttle mission with a crew of seven