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
de-Stalinization period of stagnation in the Soviet Union via predicate surface "followedBy"
Boris Yeltsin (as President of the RSFSR) in 1991 President of the Russian Federation via predicate surface "followedBy"
Yugoslav Royal Air Force Yugoslav Air Force
First Vienna Award occupation of the rest of Czechoslovakia in March 1939 via predicate surface "followedBy"
UN General Assembly Resolution 60/7 UN General Assembly Resolution 61/255 via predicate surface "followedBy"
British Mandate for Palestine Israel via predicate surface "followedBy"
surface form: State of Israel
British Mandate for Palestine Jordanian annexation of the West Bank via predicate surface "followedBy"
British Mandate for Palestine Egyptian administration of the Gaza Strip via predicate surface "followedBy"
Peninsula Commute Caltrain via predicate surface "successorService"
surface form: Caltrain commuter rail
Pullman Strike legal proceedings against American Railway Union leaders via predicate surface "followedBy"
Pullman Strike In re Debs Supreme Court case via predicate surface "followedBy"
Dragon spacecraft Space Shuttle orbiter via predicate surface "successorTo"
surface form: Space Shuttle (for NASA crew transport role)
Dragon spacecraft NASA Space Shuttle program via predicate surface "successorTo"
surface form: Space Shuttle (for NASA cargo return role)
Edward Heath Harold Wilson via predicate surface "succeededBy"
Pope Benedict XVI Pope Francis
Jacobite rising of 1715 Jacobite rising of 1719 via predicate surface "followedBy"
Jacobite rising of 1715 Jacobite rising of 1745 via predicate surface "followedBy"
Tsarina Elizabeth of Russia
surface form: Elizabeth of Russia
Peter III of Russia
Salon of 1787 Salon of 1787 via predicate surface "followedBy" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Salon of 1789
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish Mostly Harmless via predicate surface "followedBy"
Library Theatre Company HOME Manchester
Victorian era Edwardian era via predicate surface "followedBy"
2006 Commonwealth Games 2010 Commonwealth Games via predicate surface "followedBy"
League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees via predicate surface "hasSuccessor" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Nansen International Office for Refugees
1905 World Series 1906 World Series via predicate surface "followedBy"
Philip II of Spain Philip III of Spain
81st United States Congress 82nd United States Congress via predicate surface "followedBy"
Defense Communications Agency Defense Information Systems Agency
Tube Alloys programme British contribution to the Manhattan Project via predicate surface "followedBy"
Denikin offensive on Moscow Red counteroffensive in southern Russia via predicate surface "followedBy"
Denikin offensive on Moscow retreat of the Armed Forces of South Russia via predicate surface "followedBy"
Socialist Unity Party of Germany Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)
Kinetoscope projected cinema
New Jersey pound New Jersey dollar (as U.S. dollar usage in New Jersey) via predicate surface "followedBy"
Airbus A320 family Airbus A300 via predicate surface "successorTo"
surface form: Airbus A300 family (on some routes)
James Webb Space Telescope Hubble Space Telescope in infrared via predicate surface "successorTo"
James Webb Space Telescope Spitzer Space Telescope in infrared via predicate surface "successorTo"
iPod iPhone
iPod Apple Music on iPhone and other devices
Raúl Castro Miguel Díaz-Canel via predicate surface "succeededBy"
Fourth Party System in United States politics
surface form: Fourth Party System
Fifth Party System in United States politics via predicate surface "followedBy"
surface form: Fifth Party System
Western League
surface form: American League
Western League via predicate surface "successorOf" self-linksurface differs
1967 Triple Crown 2012 Triple Crown (Miguel Cabrera) via predicate surface "followedBy"
German attack on Westerplatte wider German advances into Poland via predicate surface "followedBy"
Belgian Revolution establishment of the Kingdom of Belgium via predicate surface "followedBy"
Belgian Revolution reign of Leopold I of Belgium via predicate surface "followedBy"
108th United States Congress 109th United States Congress via predicate surface "followedBy"
U.S. Space Command U.S. Strategic Command via predicate surface "followedBy"
surface form: United States Strategic Command (for some space missions, 2002–2019)
Pope Paul VI Pope John Paul I
Roberto Azevêdo Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala via predicate surface "succeededBy"