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
Potsdam Declaration atomic bombing of Hiroshima via predicate surface "precedes" ⓘ
Potsdam Declaration atomic bombing of Nagasaki via predicate surface "precedes" ⓘ
Mannerheim Line earlier Russian fortifications on the Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
Nanjing Massacre Battle of Nanjing via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Chiang Kai-shek Sun Yat-sen ⓘ
Battle of Bunker Hill Siege of Boston via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
American Hockey League Canadian-American Hockey League ⓘ
American Hockey League International Hockey League ⓘ
surface form: International Hockey League (1929–1936)
Privy Council Curia Regis ⓘ
U-2 incident of 1960 series of U-2 overflights of Soviet territory via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Diplomatic Revolution of 1756 Seven Years' War via predicate surface "precedes" ⓘ
Battle of Plassey Siege of Calcutta via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Siege of Havana (1762) British declaration of war on Spain in 1762 via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Emperor of India Mughal Emperor (as paramount imperial style in India) via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Madras Presidency Madras Presidency via predicate surface "precededBy" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Madras Province (East India Company)
United Provinces North-Western Provinces ⓘ
United Provinces Oudh ⓘ
Government of India Act 1935 Government of India Act 1919 ⓘ
Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses presidency-centered leadership of Watch Tower Society via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Toronto Transit Commission Toronto Railway Company via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Toronto Transit Commission Toronto Civic Railways via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam Viet Cong ⓘ
surface form: National Liberation Front of South Vietnam
Gerald Ford administration Nixon administration via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
surface form: Richard Nixon administration
Middle East shuttle diplomacy Camp David Accords via predicate surface "preceded" ⓘ
Middle East shuttle diplomacy Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty via predicate surface "preceded" ⓘ
Hygienic Laboratory National Institutes of Health via predicate surface "predecessorOf" ⓘ
Hygienic Laboratory modern intramural research programs of the NIH via predicate surface "predecessorOf" ⓘ
Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Faculty of Medicine of the Karolinska Institute (as Nobel committee body)
October Crisis Bay of Pigs Invasion via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
French Wars of Religion Affair of the Placards via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
French Wars of Religion Reformation via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
surface form: French Reformation
Michelson–Morley experiment Einstein’s 1905 paper on special relativity via predicate surface "preceded" ⓘ
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact Moscow Peace Treaty via predicate surface "precedes" ⓘ
surface form: German–Soviet Frontier Treaty
Republic Day
surface form: Republic Day (India)
Beating Retreat ceremony via predicate surface "precedes" ⓘ
surface form: Beating Retreat
BRICS BRICS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: BRIC
African Union African Union via predicate surface "hasPredecessor" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Organisation of African Unity
Feynman O-ring ice water demonstration Challenger launch decision on a cold morning via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
NASA Space Shuttle program Apollo program via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Thai baht tical (historical unit) ⓘ
Walt Disney World Monorail System Disneyland Monorail System via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Office of War Information Office of Facts and Figures via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Office of War Information Office of Government Reports within the Executive Office of the President via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
surface form: Office of Government Reports
Office of War Information Office for Emergency Management via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
surface form: Division of Information of the Office for Emergency Management
OEM
surface form: Office for Emergency Management
earlier ad hoc emergency coordination bodies via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Standard Theory early transformational grammar ⓘ
Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (as a standalone agency)
surface form: Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles
earlier Massachusetts motor vehicle regulatory bodies via predicate surface "hasPredecessor" ⓘ
Pliocene epoch Quaternary period via predicate surface "precedes" ⓘ
Union of South American Nations Andean Community ⓘ
surface form: Andean Community (in some integration areas)
Union of South American Nations MERCOSUR ⓘ
surface form: Mercosur (in some integration areas)
British Parliament Parliament of England via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ