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
William I of the Netherlands William II of the Netherlands
Philip IV of Spain Charles II of Spain
George McClellan
surface form: George B. McClellan
Henry W. Halleck via predicate surface "successor (general-in-chief)"
Board of Treasury United States Department of the Treasury via predicate surface "followedBy"
Board of Treasury Secretary of the Treasury via predicate surface "followedBy"
Hannibal Hamlin Andrew Johnson via predicate surface "succeededBy"
Saar Offensive Phoney War via predicate surface "followedBy"
Constitutional Convention state ratifying conventions via predicate surface "followedBy"
Operation Uranus Operation Little Saturn via predicate surface "followedBy"
Operation Uranus Operation Ring via predicate surface "followedBy"
James Madison James Monroe
Modernism postmodernism via predicate surface "followedBy"
Saddam Hussein Coalition Provisional Authority
François Mitterrand Jacques Chirac via predicate surface "succeededBy"
Iraqi no-fly zone enforcement 2003 invasion of Iraq via predicate surface "followedBy"
Rocky Rocky II via predicate surface "followedBy"
Creed (film) Creed II via predicate surface "followedBy"
1915 National League pennant 1916 National League pennant via predicate surface "followedBy"
1983 National League pennant 1984 National League pennant via predicate surface "followedBy"
2008 National League pennant 2009 National League pennant via predicate surface "followedBy"
1980 World Series 1981 World Series via predicate surface "followedBy"
United States Army Military Government in Korea South Korea via predicate surface "followedBy"
surface form: Republic of Korea
United States Army Military Government in Korea South Korea via predicate surface "followedBy"
surface form: First Republic of Korea
Dekemvriana Greek Civil War via predicate surface "followedBy"
Lebanon Conference (1944) events leading to the Greek Civil War via predicate surface "followedBy"
Do-Nothing Congress
surface form: 80th United States Congress
81st United States Congress via predicate surface "followedBy"
Federal Energy Administration U.S. Department of Energy via predicate surface "followedBy"
surface form: United States Department of Energy
Second Italo-Ethiopian War Italian occupation of Ethiopia via predicate surface "followedBy"
Second Italo-Ethiopian War East African campaign via predicate surface "followedBy"
surface form: East African Campaign of World War II
Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party via predicate surface "followedBy" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hungarian Socialist Party
Second Bank of the United States Independent Treasury System
Battle of the Nile Siege of Acre via predicate surface "followedBy"
surface form: Siege of Acre (1799)
Christopher Luxon Greg Foran as CEO of Air New Zealand via predicate surface "succeededBy"
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers Treaty of San Francisco via predicate surface "followedBy"
surface form: San Francisco Peace Treaty regime
ALGOL W Pascal via predicate surface "hasSuccessor"
Edwardian era World War I era via predicate surface "followedBy"
Patria AMV armoured modular vehicle
surface form: Patria AMV
Patria AMV armoured modular vehicle self-linksurface differs
surface form: Patria AMV XP (enhanced version)
Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma Charles III, Duke of Parma
Suez Crisis deployment of UN peacekeepers in Sinai via predicate surface "followedBy"
Suez Crisis continued Arab–Israeli conflict via predicate surface "followedBy"
Suez Crisis Six-Day War via predicate surface "followedBy"
Macintosh II series Macintosh Quadra
surface form: Macintosh Quadra series
Macintosh II series Power Macintosh series
surface form: Power Macintosh line
Fascist Italy Italian Social Republic in German-occupied northern Italy via predicate surface "succeededBy"
Fascist Italy Kingdom of Italy via predicate surface "succeededBy"
surface form: Kingdom of Italy under Badoglio government in the south
Munich Agreement German occupation of Czechoslovakia via predicate surface "followedBy"
surface form: German occupation of Bohemia and Moravia
Munich Agreement First Vienna Award via predicate surface "followedBy"
Holabird & Roche Holabird & Roche self-linksurface differs
surface form: Holabird & Root
London and North Western Railway London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Academy Award for Best Art Direction Academy Award for Best Art Direction via predicate surface "hasSuccessor" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Academy Award for Best Production Design