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
1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union Constitution of the Soviet Union of 1923 via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: 1924 Constitution of the Soviet Union
1937 Soviet legislative election elections to the All-Union Congress of Soviets via predicate surface "precededBy"
Ukrainian karbovanets Soviet ruble via predicate surface "precededBy"
State Bank of the USSR State Bank of the Russian Empire
State Bank of the USSR State Bank of the Russian Empire
surface form: People’s Bank of the Russian Republic
Open VLD Party for Freedom and Progress (PVV) via predicate surface "hasPredecessor"
Formation of the De Croo government (Vivaldi coalition) 2019 Belgian federal election via predicate surface "precededBy"
Insectivorous Plants The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom via predicate surface "precedes"
coronation of Queen Elizabeth II coronation of George VI via predicate surface "precededBy"
Extensions of Remarks section earlier forms of extended remarks in congressional publications via predicate surface "precededBy"
Volkswagen Group Volkswagen Group self-linksurface differs
surface form: Volkswagenwerk GmbH
Acts of Union 1707 Treaty of Union 1706 via predicate surface "precededBy"
Act of Settlement 1701 English Bill of Rights via predicate surface "predecessorLaw"
surface form: Bill of Rights 1689
Treaty of Rastatt Treaty of Baden (1714) via predicate surface "precedes"
Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria
Airbus Airbus self-linksurface differs
surface form: European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company
University of Chile Royal University of San Felipe
United States Department of Health and Human Services United States Department of Health and Human Services self-linksurface differs
surface form: United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service self-linksurface differs
surface form: National Environmental Satellite Service
1900 Exposition Universelle 1889 Exposition Universelle via predicate surface "precededBy"
Summer Olympics 1924
surface form: 1924 Summer Olympics
1920 Summer Olympics via predicate surface "precededBy"
New York and New Jersey campaign Boston campaign via predicate surface "precededBy"
NHL All-Star Game 1997
surface form: 1997 NHL All-Star Game
1996 NHL All-Star Game via predicate surface "previousEvent"
1998 Winter Olympics 1994 Winter Olympics via predicate surface "precededBy"
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Adventures of Tom Sawyer via predicate surface "precededBy"
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court The Prince and the Pauper via predicate surface "precededBy"
Royal Australian Air Force Australian Flying Corps via predicate surface "precededBy"
American Federation of Labor American Federation of Labor self-linksurface differs
surface form: Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions
Reconstruction Acts of 1867 Presidential Reconstruction policies via predicate surface "precededBy"
impeachment of Andrew Johnson American Civil War via predicate surface "precededBy"
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois German Waldheim Cemetery via predicate surface "hasPredecessor"
Georgia Gold Rush small-scale gold discoveries in North Carolina via predicate surface "precededBy"
California constitutional convention of 1849 (as law‑making body for U.S. statehood)
surface form: California constitutional convention of 1849
military government of California via predicate surface "precededBy"
Jurassic Triassic via predicate surface "precededBy"
Jurassic Cretaceous via predicate surface "precedes"
APG IV system earlier APG classifications via predicate surface "precedes"
APG IV system APG IV system self-linksurface differs
surface form: APG III system
Classic Mac OS Apple Lisa
surface form: Apple Lisa OS
LC series
surface form: Macintosh LC series
Macintosh II series
Quadra series Macintosh II series
Apple M1 Intel Core processor family
surface form: Intel x86-64 Mac processors
Colgate-Palmolive Colgate-Palmolive self-linksurface differs
surface form: Colgate & Company
Colgate-Palmolive Colgate-Palmolive self-linksurface differs
surface form: Palmolive-Peet Company
Old Northwest British-controlled territory in the Great Lakes region
Old Northwest lands ceded by Great Britain after the American Revolutionary War
Anschluss of Austria Anschluss of Austria via predicate surface "precededBy" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Austrian political crisis of 1938
Anschluss of Austria Berchtesgaden meeting of 1938 via predicate surface "precededBy"
Sims class
surface form: Sims-class destroyer
Sims-class destroyers via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: Benson-class destroyer
Case White Gleiwitz incident via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: German–Polish border incidents
Case White Gleiwitz incident via predicate surface "precededBy"