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
Book of Genesis Book of Exodus via predicate surface "followedBy"
Frederick V, Elector Palatine Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria
Legislative Assembly
surface form: Legislative Assembly (British India)
Lok Sabha
surface form: Lok Sabha (as independent India’s lower house, indirectly)
Chair M new member elected when the seat becomes vacant via predicate surface "successorRelation"
Frederick I of Prussia Frederick William I of Prussia
Saab 99 Saab 900
Battle of Malaya Battle of Singapore via predicate surface "followedBy"
Walter Mondale George H. W. Bush via predicate surface "succeededBy"
Kingdom of Ireland United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland via predicate surface "followedBy"
Dallas Cranch via predicate surface "hasSuccessor"
Harold Macmillan Alec Douglas-Home via predicate surface "succeededBy"
Kakuei Tanaka Takeo Miki via predicate surface "succeededBy"
José Sócrates Pedro Passos Coelho
Arbeiderbladet Arbeiderbladet self-linksurface differs
surface form: Dagsavisen
United Nations Emergency Force United Nations Emergency Force via predicate surface "followedBy" self-linksurface differs
surface form: United Nations Emergency Force II
Moctezuma II Cuitláhuac
Christianization of the Roman Empire Christianization of Europe via predicate surface "followedBy"
surface form: Christianization of Germanic kingdoms
Christianization of the Roman Empire Christianization of Europe via predicate surface "followedBy"
Numbers
surface form: Book of Numbers
Book of Deuteronomy via predicate surface "followedBy" GENERATED
Early Modern English Standard English via predicate surface "followedBy"
surface form: Modern English
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia Biblia Hebraica Quinta
Confraternity Bible New American Bible
Treaty of Münster between Spain and the Dutch Republic consolidation of Dutch Golden Age power via predicate surface "followedBy"
Byzantine Egypt Rashidun Caliphate via predicate surface "followedBy"
surface form: Rashidun Caliphate Egypt
Byzantine Egypt Egypt via predicate surface "followedBy"
surface form: Arab Egypt
Highway 61 Revisited Blonde on Blonde via predicate surface "followedBy"
Phineas Finn The Eustace Diamonds via predicate surface "followedBy"
Moonraker Diamonds Are Forever via predicate surface "followedBy"
2018–2020 Kivu Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2020 Équateur Province Ebola outbreak via predicate surface "followedBy"
Louis XVIII of France Charles X of France
Battle of Lenino further operations toward Smolensk via predicate surface "followedBy"
Province of Delaware Province of Delaware via predicate surface "followedBy" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Delaware
Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti Russian Empire via predicate surface "followedBy"
Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti Tiflis Governorate via predicate surface "followedBy"
Nicholas I of Russia Alexander II of Russia
Sopwith Pup Sopwith Camel
Francoist Spain Spanish transition to democracy via predicate surface "followedBy"
Francoist Spain Kingdom of Spain via predicate surface "followedBy"
surface form: Kingdom of Spain (constitutional monarchy)
Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine Charles II, Elector Palatine
Chinese Civil War (early phase) Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) via predicate surface "followedBy"
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
Saab 900 Saab 9-3
Italian invasion of Greece German invasion of Greece via predicate surface "followedBy"
Italian invasion of Greece Balkan Campaign via predicate surface "followedBy"
surface form: Battle of Greece
United States Army Forces in the Far East U.S. Army Pacific
surface form: United States Army Forces, Pacific
Elizabeth Virginia Wallace Mamie Eisenhower
Lockheed bribery scandals enactment of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act via predicate surface "followedBy"
Canadian Army Medical Corps Canadian Army Medical Corps self-linksurface differs
surface form: Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
Canadian Army Medical Corps Canadian Armed Forces medical services
surface form: Canadian Forces Medical Service
STS-42 STS-45 via predicate surface "followedBy"
Lady Oracle Life Before Man via predicate surface "followedBy"