successor

P78
predicate

Indicates that one entity directly follows another in an ordered sequence or position.

All labels observed (93)

Label Occurrences
followedBy 32,462
successor canonical 21,060
succeededBy 3,801

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: successor
Generated description
Indicates that one entity directly follows another in an ordered sequence or position.

Sample triples (62,538)

Subject Object
Officier de la Légion d'honneur Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur via predicate surface "followedBy"
Rahm Emanuel Lori Lightfoot (as Mayor of Chicago) via predicate surface "succeededBy"
Rahm Emanuel Pete Rouse (as White House Chief of Staff) via predicate surface "succeededBy"
Chicago Rapid Transit Company Chicago Transit Authority via predicate surface "followedBy"
Chicago Rapid Transit Company Chicago Transit Authority
Super Proton Synchrotron Large Hadron Collider via predicate surface "successorAsMainColliderAtCERN"
Order of the Red Banner Order of Suvorov via predicate surface "followedBy"
Kim Il Sung Kim Jong Il
1915 World Series 1916 World Series via predicate surface "followedBy"
2007 World Series 2008 World Series via predicate surface "followedBy"
Seventeen Provinces Habsburg Netherlands via predicate surface "followedBy"
surface form: Spanish Netherlands
Seventeen Provinces Dutch Republic via predicate surface "followedBy"
Seventeen Provinces Habsburg Netherlands via predicate surface "followedBy"
surface form: Austrian Netherlands
Dutch Brazil Brazil
surface form: Portuguese Brazil
Vietnam War Cambodian–Vietnamese War via predicate surface "followedBy"
Vietnam War boat people refugee crisis via predicate surface "followedBy"
Taisho era Showa era via predicate surface "followedBy"
Taiwan under Japanese rule Republic of China via predicate surface "followedBy"
surface form: Republic of China rule in Taiwan
Taiwan under Japanese rule Taiwan under Japanese rule via predicate surface "followedBy" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Retrocession Day (Taiwan)
1949 State of the Union Address 1950 State of the Union Address via predicate surface "followedBy"
Love in the Future Darkness and Light via predicate surface "followedBy"
Heaven and Hell (Vangelis) Albedo 0.39 via predicate surface "followedBy"
85th Academy Awards 86th Academy Awards via predicate surface "followedBy"
Ford Model T Ford Model A (1927)
Ford Transit Ford Transit via predicate surface "successorOf" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ford Transit Mark I
Zimbabwean dollar 2009 via predicate surface "successorMonetarySystemStart"
Chevrolet Suburban Chevrolet Suburban via predicate surface "successorTo" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Chevrolet Carryall Suburban (earlier name)
Rolls-Royce Merlin Rolls-Royce Griffon
Bishops' Wars English Civil War via predicate surface "followedBy"
Bishops' Wars Irish Confederate Wars via predicate surface "followedBy"
Government Printing Office Government Printing Office self-linksurface differs
surface form: U.S. Government Publishing Office
Georgian era Georgian era via predicate surface "followedBy" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Regency era
Georgian era Victorian era via predicate surface "followedBy"
Treaty of Tordesillas Treaty of Zaragoza via predicate surface "followedBy"
Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire Consolidation of the Viceroyalty of Peru via predicate surface "followedBy"
Age of Imperialism World War I via predicate surface "followedBy"
Age of Imperialism decolonization via predicate surface "followedBy"
New International Version New International Version via predicate surface "successorOf" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Today’s New International Version (for 2011 NIV)
King Solomon Rehoboam
Taro Kono (as Minister for Foreign Affairs)
surface form: Taro Kono
Toshimitsu Motegi (as Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan)
Civil Rights Act of 1957 Civil Rights Act of 1960 via predicate surface "followedBy"
Civil Rights Act of 1957 Civil Rights Act of 1964 via predicate surface "followedBy"
Network Control Protocol TCP/IP via predicate surface "followedBy"
DCA
surface form: Defense Communications Agency
Defense Communications Agency
surface form: Defense Information Systems Agency
Honeywell DDP-516 minicomputer
surface form: Honeywell DDP-516
Honeywell DDP-516 via predicate surface "successorTo"
surface form: Honeywell DDP-116
Newtonian optics Maxwell's equations via predicate surface "followedBy"
surface form: Maxwellian electromagnetism
Newtonian optics wave optics via predicate surface "followedBy"
Newtonian optics quantum optics via predicate surface "followedBy"
Primitive Irish Old Irish via predicate surface "followedBy"
H. Bates Peacock
surface form: Geophysical Service Incorporated
Texas Instruments via predicate surface "hasSuccessor"