predecessor

P97
predicate

Indicates that one entity comes before another in an ordered sequence or succession.

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All labels observed (178)

Label Occurrences
precededBy 26,466
predecessor canonical 17,745
precedes 4,195

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: predecessor
Generated description
Indicates that one entity comes before another in an ordered sequence or succession.

Sample triples (57,937)

Subject Object
MLS Cup 2005 MLS Cup 2004 via predicate surface "previousEdition" ⓘ
Seventeen Provinces Burgundian Netherlands via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Dutch Brazil Brazil ⓘ
surface form: Portuguese Brazil
Vietnam War First Indochina War via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
1949 State of the Union Address 1949 State of the Union Address via predicate surface "precededBy" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 1948 State of the Union Address
Kanesville Miller’s Hollow via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
BNSF Railway BNSF Railway via predicate surface "hasPredecessor" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Burlington Northern Railroad
BNSF Railway BNSF Railway via predicate surface "hasPredecessor" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Government of India Government of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Government of the Dominion of India
Government of India British India ⓘ
surface form: British Indian government
Ford Model T Ford Model N ⓘ
NBA champion BAA champion via predicate surface "historicalPredecessor" ⓘ
Second Battle of Fallujah First Battle of Fallujah via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
United States Department of Education United States Department of Health and Human Services via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich Royal Military College, Sandhurst via predicate surface "predecessorOf" ⓘ
surface form: Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Final Four end of NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament via predicate surface "precedes" ⓘ
Bishops' Wars introduction of Laudian religious reforms via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
United States militia forces United States National Guard via predicate surface "predecessorOf" ⓘ
surface form: National Guard of the United States
Governor of Bermuda Governor of the Somers Isles via predicate surface "predecessorOffice" ⓘ
Cranch Wheaton Reports via predicate surface "precedes" ⓘ
surface form: Wheaton’s Reports
Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Age of Imperialism Early modern colonialism via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Acts of the Apostles Pauline Epistles via predicate surface "precedes" ⓘ
surface form: Epistle to the Romans
Ketuvim no subsequent section in the Tanakh via predicate surface "precedes" ⓘ
King Solomon King David ⓘ
Taro Kono (as Minister for Foreign Affairs)
surface form: Taro Kono
Fumio Kishida ⓘ
surface form: Fumio Kishida (as Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan)
Chief Justice of Japan Chief Justice of Japan via predicate surface "precededBy" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature of Japan
The Diet Imperial Diet via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Civil Rights Act of 1957 Reconstruction civil rights legislation via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Network Control Protocol TCP/IP via predicate surface "predecessorOf" ⓘ
NCP TCP/IP via predicate surface "predecessorOf" ⓘ
Newtonian optics early geometrical theories of vision via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
H. Bates Peacock
surface form: Texas Instruments
Geophysical Service Incorporated via predicate surface "hasPredecessor" ⓘ
Pastor bonus Regimini Ecclesiae universae ⓘ
Norman Kirk Jack Marshall ⓘ
1968 California Democratic presidential primary 1964 California Democratic presidential primary via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Eid al-Fitr Eid al-Adha via predicate surface "precedes" ⓘ
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Adly Mansour ⓘ
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Mohamed Morsi ⓘ
Parliament of Egypt Parliament of Egypt via predicate surface "precededBy" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: People's Assembly (Egypt)
Parliament of Egypt Senate (Egypt) via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
surface form: Shura Council (Egypt)
Egyptian Armed Forces Army of Muhammad Ali via predicate surface "historicalPrecursor" ⓘ
Egyptian Armed Forces Royal Egyptian Army via predicate surface "historicalPrecursor" ⓘ
Consul for Life Napoleon Bonaparte via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
surface form: First Consul
Coup of 18 Brumaire political instability of the Directory via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Coup of 18 Brumaire Second Coalition via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
surface form: War of the Second Coalition (context)
Constitution of the Fifth Republic Constitution of the Fifth Republic via predicate surface "precededBy" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of the Fourth Republic
Emmanuel Macron François Hollande via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
NHL Entry Draft NHL Entry Draft self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NHL Amateur Draft
Dynamo Moscow Dynamo Moscow self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dynamo Moscow (Soviet Championship League team)