predecessor

P97
predicate

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

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
Northern Ireland Assembly Northern Ireland Assembly via predicate surface "hasPredecessor" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Northern Ireland Assembly (1982)
Superior Court of Judicature Massachusetts colonial legislature via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: Court of Assistants of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Melania Trump Michelle Obama
Auxiliary Territorial Service Auxiliary Territorial Service self-linksurface differs
surface form: Women's Auxiliary Army Corps
Diamond Jubilee 2012 Golden Jubilee 2002
surface form: Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II
International Democrat Union International Democrat Union self-linksurface differs
surface form: International Democrat Union (founding conference network)
Gurkha units Gurkha units via predicate surface "historicalPredecessor" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gurkha regiments in the British Indian Army
Attlee government Churchill government via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: Churchill war ministry
Christian Democratic Union of Germany Catholic Centre Party
Laudato si' Lumen fidei via predicate surface "predecessorDocument"
Lester B. Pearson John Diefenbaker via predicate surface "precededBy"
U Sports U Sports self-linksurface differs
surface form: Canadian Interuniversity Sport
U Sports CIS
U Sports U Sports via predicate surface "earlierPredecessor" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union
U Sports CIAU via predicate surface "earlierPredecessor"
Henry Middleton Peyton Randolph via predicate surface "precededBy"
J BMT Jamaica Line via predicate surface "historicalPredecessor"
surface form: BMT Jamaica Line services
Augustus Roman Republic
Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany Weimar Constitution
President of Italy King of Italy via predicate surface "predecessorOffice"
Parliament of Italy Parliament of Italy self-linksurface differs
surface form: Parliament of the Kingdom of Italy
States General
surface form: States General of the Netherlands
States General of the Netherlands via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: States General of the Dutch Republic
Dutch guilder Dutch rijksdaalder
Dutch guilder Dutch florin
King's Day King's Day self-linksurface differs
surface form: Queen's Day
Prime Minister of Greece President of the Council of Ministers of Greece via predicate surface "precededBy"
Assembly of the Republic Assembleia da República
surface form: National Assembly (Estado Novo)
Hungarian Revolution of 1956 Polish October 1956 via predicate surface "precededBy"
SALT I nuclear arms race via predicate surface "precededBy"
Reagan–Gorbachev summits period of heightened U.S.–Soviet tensions via predicate surface "precededBy"
Palestinian Legislative Council Ahmed Qurei via predicate surface "previousSpeaker"
Palestinian Legislative Council Rafiq al-Natsheh via predicate surface "previousSpeaker"
Palestinian Legislative Council Rawhi Fattouh via predicate surface "previousSpeaker"
IMCO International Maritime Organization via predicate surface "predecessorOf"
Sustainable Development Goals Millennium Development Goals
NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium self-linksurface differs
surface form: NATO Headquarters, Paris, France
Grito de Independencia official civic ceremonies on September 15 via predicate surface "precededBy"
Roman Republic Roman Kingdom via predicate surface "precededBy"
Battle of Actium Battle of Alexandria (31 BC campaigns) via predicate surface "precededBy"
Romulus Augustulus Julius Nepos
Constantine XI Palaiologos John VIII Palaiologos
Edict of Milan Edict of Milan self-linksurface differs
surface form: Edict of Toleration of 311
Sack of Rome 410 AD
surface form: Sack of Rome (410)
First siege of Rome by Alaric (408) via predicate surface "precededBy"
Sack of Rome 410 AD
surface form: Sack of Rome (410)
First siege of Rome by Alaric (408) via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: Second siege of Rome by Alaric (409)
Medieval Greek Modern Greek via predicate surface "precedes"
New Testament manuscripts printed New Testament editions via predicate surface "precede"
Roman emperor Constantine the Great
surface form: Constantine the Great
Constantius Chlorus
Washington State Department of Ecology Washington State Water Pollution Control Commission via predicate surface "precededBy"
AEC Manhattan Engineer District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: Manhattan Engineer District
SSL 3.0 TLS via predicate surface "predecessorOf"
surface form: TLS 1.0