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
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey Cosmos: A Personal Voyage ⓘ
Random House Modern Library ⓘ
Ford Mustang Ford Mustang self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ford Falcon (as platform basis)
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African States
Western European Union Western European Union via predicate surface "precededBy" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Brussels Treaty Organization
Jerry Brown Ronald Reagan via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Jerry Brown Arnold Schwarzenegger via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Council of Ephesus First Council of Constantinople via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Penn Central Transportation Company Pennsylvania Railroad Company via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad
Penn Central Transportation Company New York Central Railroad via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Moscow Peace Treaty Soviet invasion of Finland via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Moscow Peace Treaty Winter War military operations via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Battle of Kollaa initial Soviet offensive in Ladoga Karelia via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
First Sino-Japanese War Imo Incident via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Battle of Xuzhou Battle of Taierzhuang via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Edward VIII George V ⓘ
Electoral Palatinate Electoral Palatinate via predicate surface "precededBy" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: County Palatine of the Rhine
drift tube linac (DTL)
surface form: drift tube linac
radio-frequency quadrupole via predicate surface "isPrecededBy" ⓘ
Biscayne National Park Biscayne National Park via predicate surface "precededBy" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Biscayne National Monument
Earth System Research Laboratories Earth System Research Laboratories self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NOAA Environmental Research Laboratories
Continental Artillery Massachusetts Provincial Artillery Regiment via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
St. Louis Cardinals
surface form: St. Louis Cardinals (NFL)
Arizona Cardinals ⓘ
surface form: Chicago Cardinals
Edward I of England Henry III of England ⓘ
Ban Ki-moon Kofi Annan ⓘ
How Will I Know Greatest Love of All via predicate surface "precedesSingle" ⓘ
Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation via predicate surface "precededBy" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Supreme Court of Justice of the Mexican Nation (19th century court system)
Gospel of Mark Gospel of Luke via predicate surface "precedes" ⓘ
Second Inaugural Address Abraham Lincoln’s assassination via predicate surface "precedes" ⓘ
Secretary of State for the Southern Department Lord Privy Seal via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
surface form: King’s Principal Secretary
Nelson Mandela F. W. de Klerk via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
surface form: Frederik Willem de Klerk
Night of the Long Knives Hitler's appointment as Chancellor of Germany via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Bundestag Reichstag of Nazi Germany via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
surface form: Reichstag (German Empire and Weimar Republic)
Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul I ⓘ
Fratelli tutti Laudato si' ⓘ
European Court of Human Rights European Commission of Human Rights ⓘ
Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
Treaty of Paris (1763) Treaty of Paris (1783) via predicate surface "precedes" ⓘ
Parliament of France Parliament of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of the Fourth French Republic
Parliament of France Parliament of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of the Third French Republic
Willem-Alexander Beatrix of the Netherlands ⓘ
Mostly Harmless So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
APEC Ministerial Meeting APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting via predicate surface "precedes" ⓘ
surface form: APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting
Peter the Great Feodor III of Russia ⓘ
Cabinet Office Committee of Imperial Defence via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
surface form: Secretariat of the Committee of Imperial Defence
Heer Reichswehr via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Polish People’s Army Polish Armed Forces in the East via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Polish People’s Army Polish Armed Forces in the West via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Jewish Agency for Palestine World Zionist Organization ⓘ
HMS Cossack interwar Royal Navy destroyer classes via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Battle of the River Plate commerce raiding operations of Admiral Graf Spee via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ