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
Department of Health (Northern Ireland) Department of Health (Northern Ireland) via predicate surface "precededBy" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
Guam Legislature Guam Legislature self-linksurface differs
surface form: Guam Congress
Governor of Texas Mirabeau B. Lamar via predicate surface "precededByOffice"
surface form: President of the Republic of Texas
Chile Summer Time return to Chile Standard Time via predicate surface "precedes"
Université Paris Cité Université Paris Cité self-linksurface differs
surface form: Université Paris Descartes
Université Paris Cité Université Paris Cité self-linksurface differs
surface form: Université Paris Diderot
Université Paris Cité Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
2002 Winter Olympics 1998 Winter Olympics via predicate surface "precededBy"
Life on the Mississippi The Prince and the Pauper via predicate surface "precededBy"
British Armed Forces English Army via predicate surface "historicalPredecessor"
British Armed Forces Royal Scots Navy via predicate surface "historicalPredecessor"
British Armed Forces Royal Air Force predecessors via predicate surface "historicalPredecessor"
Falklands War longstanding sovereignty dispute between UK and Argentina via predicate surface "precededBy"
Supermarine Pemberton-Billing Ltd
Reich Chancellery Reich Chancellery self-linksurface differs
surface form: Old Reich Chancellery
Federal Highway Administration Federal Highway Administration self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bureau of Public Roads
Czechoslovakia Austrian Habsburg Monarchy via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: Austria-Hungary
Soviet–Japanese War (1945) Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact via predicate surface "precededBy"
Hiryū Sōryū via predicate surface "precededBy"
German–Polish Non-Aggression Pact outbreak of World War II in Europe via predicate surface "precedesEvent"
Battle of the Bzura initial German invasion of Poland via predicate surface "precededBy"
Massachusetts state legislature Massachusetts colonial legislature via predicate surface "precededBy"
British Crown Kingdom of England via predicate surface "historicalPrecursor"
surface form: English Crown
British Crown Royal Arms of the Kingdom of Scotland via predicate surface "historicalPrecursor"
surface form: Scottish Crown
United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom via predicate surface "predecessorOffice" self-linksurface differs
surface form: United States Minister to the United Kingdom
Congress of the Confederation Second Continental Congress via predicate surface "precededBy"
Article III
surface form: Article III of the United States Constitution
Article IV via predicate surface "precedes"
surface form: Article IV of the United States Constitution
Battle of Coral Sea
surface form: Battle of the Coral Sea
Battle of the Java Sea via predicate surface "precededBy"
Operation Crusader Operation Battleaxe via predicate surface "precededBy"
Ascension Day Pentecost via predicate surface "precedes"
surface form: Pentecost Sunday
Lent Resurrection Sunday via predicate surface "endsBefore"
surface form: Easter Sunday
Lent Easter season via predicate surface "precedes"
Connecticut Colony Saybrook Colony
Connecticut Colony New Haven Colony
Colonial America Indigenous cultures of North America
Colonial America Age of Exploration via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: Age of Discovery
2018 World Series 2017 World Series via predicate surface "previousEdition"
MLS Cup 2007 MLS Cup 2006 via predicate surface "precededBy"
Mirabeau B. Lamar Sam Houston
Department of the Navy Board of Admiralty (Continental Congress) via predicate surface "precededBy"
2000 United States presidential election 1996 United States presidential election via predicate surface "previousElection"
Cuban War of Independence Ten Years' War via predicate surface "precededBy"
Cuban War of Independence Little War (Cuba) via predicate surface "precededBy"
Fall of Constantinople 1453 AD Siege of Constantinople 1422 via predicate surface "precededBy"
Long Parliament 1640
surface form: Long Parliament
Short Parliament 1640
surface form: Short Parliament
Polish United Workers' Party Polish Workers' Party via predicate surface "precededBy"
Polish United Workers' Party Polish Socialist Party (pro-communist faction) via predicate surface "precededBy"
Securitate Securitate self-linksurface differs
surface form: Siguranța Statului
Mines Field Los Angeles Speedway (Inglewood) airfield via predicate surface "precededBy"
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima first flag raising on Mount Suribachi via predicate surface "precededBy"