successorTerritorialEntity

P37077
predicate

Indicates that one territorial entity directly follows and replaces another in governing authority or jurisdiction over a given area.

All labels observed (39)

Label Occurrences
successorJurisdiction 46
successorRegion 23
successorPoliticalEntity 19

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: successorTerritorialEntity
Generated description
Indicates that one territorial entity directly follows and replaces another in governing authority or jurisdiction over a given area.

Sample triples (202)

Subject Object
Tamilakam Northern and Eastern Sri Lanka via predicate surface "successorRegion"
Dry Diggings Placerville via predicate surface "hasMunicipalSuccessor"
surface form: City of Placerville
Lords Proprietors Province of North Carolina
Lords Proprietors Province of South Carolina
Cardiganshire Ceredigion via predicate surface "successorPrincipalArea"
Bornu Borno State via predicate surface "modernSuccessorRegion"
Delaware Township
surface form: Delaware Township, New Jersey
Cherry Hill via predicate surface "successorMunicipality"
surface form: Cherry Hill Township, New Jersey
Pippinids Carolingian Empire via predicate surface "successorPoliticalEntity"
Illinois Territory Illinois via predicate surface "hasTerritorialSuccessor"
surface form: State of Illinois
Illinois Territory Michigan Territory via predicate surface "hasTerritorialSuccessor"
Illinois Territory Wisconsin Territory via predicate surface "hasTerritorialSuccessor"
Valencian territory of the Crown of Aragon Valencian Community via predicate surface "modernTerritorialSuccessor"
Viipuri Province (historical Finland) Leningrad Oblast
Viipuri Province (historical Finland) Russian Republic of Karelia
surface form: Republic of Karelia
Viipuri Province (historical Finland) South Karelia
surface form: South Karelia region
Viipuri Province (historical Finland) Kymenlaakso
surface form: Kymenlaakso region
Lower Congo region Kongo Central Province via predicate surface "administrativeSuccessorRegion"
Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan Mid Glamorgan via predicate surface "successorJurisdiction"
Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan South Glamorgan via predicate surface "successorJurisdiction"
Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan West Glamorgan via predicate surface "successorJurisdiction"
Radnorshire Radnorshire via predicate surface "hasLocalGovernmentSuccessor" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Radnorshire District
Radnorshire Powys County Council via predicate surface "hasLocalGovernmentSuccessor"
County of Waldeck Free State of Waldeck via predicate surface "hasTerritorialSuccessor"
County of Waldeck Prussia via predicate surface "hasTerritorialSuccessor"
Caprivi Strip Zambezi Region via predicate surface "administrativeRegionSuccessor"
Stuttgart (from late 15th century)
surface form: Stuttgart
Kingdom of Württemberg via predicate surface "successorPoliticalEntity"
surface form: Kingdom of Württemberg (later era)
Stuttgart (from late 15th century)
surface form: Stuttgart
Free People’s State of Württemberg via predicate surface "successorPoliticalEntity"
surface form: Free People’s State of Württemberg (20th century)
Stuttgart (from late 15th century)
surface form: Stuttgart
Baden-Württemberg via predicate surface "successorPoliticalEntity"
surface form: State of Baden-Württemberg
BA (territorial successor) Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina via predicate surface "territorialSuccessorOf"
Diocese of Schwerin Diocese of Schwerin via predicate surface "successorJurisdiction" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Apostolic Administration of Schwerin
Diocese of Schwerin Roman Catholic Diocese of Osnabrück via predicate surface "successorJurisdiction"
surface form: Diocese of Osnabrück
Eber-Nari Seleucid provinces in the Levant via predicate surface "successorRegion"
Dogra dynasty of Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir via predicate surface "successorPoliticalEntity"
surface form: State of Jammu and Kashmir (India)
Diocese of Gardar Roman Catholic Diocese of Copenhagen via predicate surface "successorJurisdiction"
Diocese of Gardar Diocese of Reykjavík via predicate surface "successorJurisdiction"
surface form: Roman Catholic Diocese of Reykjavik
Baronetage of Great Britain United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland via predicate surface "successorJurisdiction"
Parliament of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Parliament of the Chechen Republic via predicate surface "successorInTerritory"
surface form: Parliament of the Chechen Republic (pro-Russian)
Elis, Greece
surface form: Elis
Elis regional unit via predicate surface "modernRegionalUnitSuccessor"
surface form: Elis (regional unit)
Mataram region eastern Java political centers via predicate surface "successorRegion"
later Chinese administrative units in the same region via predicate surface "hasSuccessorPolities"
Tarnopol Voivodeship Ternopil Oblast NERFINISHED
Tarnopol Voivodeship Lviv Oblast NERFINISHED
Tarnopol Voivodeship Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast NERFINISHED
Berdychiv Uyezd administrative districts of the Ukrainian SSR via predicate surface "historicalSuccessorEntity"
Roman Catholic Diocese of Haileybury Roman Catholic Diocese of Amos via predicate surface "successorJurisdiction" NERFINISHED
Jaqeli family of Georgian nobility
surface form: Jaqeli family
Ottoman-controlled Samtskhe via predicate surface "successorPoliticalEntityInRegion"
Merania various Croatian and Slovenian medieval lordships via predicate surface "successorTerritories"
Merania domains of neighboring noble houses via predicate surface "successorTerritories"
Jin (Korean state) Samhan confederacies via predicate surface "successorPolities" NERFINISHED
former Łódź Voivodeship (1975–1998) Łódź Voivodeship (since 1999) via predicate surface "hasSuccessorTerritorialUnit" NERFINISHED