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
Eastertide Ordinary Time via predicate surface "precedes"
Easter Vigil Resurrection Sunday via predicate surface "precedes"
surface form: Easter Sunday
Shulchan Aruch Beit Yosef via predicate surface "precededBy"
Queen of the Bahamas Queen of the Bahamas via predicate surface "predecessorOffice" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Queen of the United Kingdom as colonial monarch of the Bahamas
Duke of Normandy Rouen via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: Count of Rouen
John Major Margaret Thatcher via predicate surface "precededBy"
Quit India movement Civil Disobedience Movement via predicate surface "precededBy"
Rajya Sabha Imperial Legislative Council of India via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: Council of State (British India)
Ford Explorer Ford Bronco II
War Production Board Office of Production Management via predicate surface "precededBy"
War Production Board Office of Defense Mobilization via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: Supply Priorities and Allocations Board
Tiberius Augustus
Super Bowl XLII Super Bowl XLI via predicate surface "precededBy"
Russia Soviet Union via predicate surface "precededBy"
Hokkaido University Hokkaido University via predicate surface "hasPredecessor" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sapporo Agricultural College
Office of Management and Budget Office of Management and Budget via predicate surface "precededBy" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bureau of the Budget
Domestic Policy Council Urban Affairs Council
Domestic Policy Council Domestic Council
H. R. Haldeman position created (as White House Chief of Staff in its modern form) via predicate surface "precededBy"
Council of Chalcedon Council of Ephesus via predicate surface "precededBy"
Council of Chalcedon Second Council of Ephesus via predicate surface "precededBy"
Northern Central Railway Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad
Northern Central Railway Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad
surface form: York and Cumberland Railroad
Northern Central Railway Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad
surface form: Susquehanna Railroad
Northern Central Railway Sunbury and Erie Railroad
Battle of Taipale Winter War via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: Soviet invasion of Finland
Holy Roman Empire East Francia via predicate surface "precededBy"
Holy Roman Empire Carolingian Empire via predicate surface "precededBy"
Nine Years' War Franco-Dutch War via predicate surface "precededBy"
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
surface form: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division
President of Peru President of Peru via predicate surface "predecessorOffice" self-linksurface differs
surface form: President of the Republic of Peru
Fifth Party System in United States politics Fourth Party System in United States politics via predicate surface "precededBy"
Senate of Nigeria Senate of Nigeria self-linksurface differs
surface form: Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Second Republic)
MTV Sight on Sound
Pacification of Ghent Spanish Fury (1576) in Antwerp via predicate surface "precededBy"
Short Parliament 1640
surface form: Short Parliament
Parliament of 1629 via predicate surface "precededBy"
Treaty of Paris (1783) Jay Treaty via predicate surface "precedes"
Petition to the King Boston Tea Party via predicate surface "precededBy"
Petition to the King Intolerable Acts via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: Coercive Acts
Maratha Empire Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: Mughal Empire (as dominant North Indian power)
Battle of Lagos Battle of Minorca (1756) via predicate surface "precededBy"
Burma (until 1937) Myanmar
surface form: Kingdom of Burma
Oudh Mughal Subah of Awadh
Constitutional Act 1791 Quebec Act
surface form: Quebec Act 1774
New South Wales Legislative Assembly Legislative Council of New South Wales (unicameral) via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: unicameral Legislative Council of New South Wales
Classical Athens Archaic Greece via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: Archaic Athens
Westbindung Allied occupation of Germany via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: Allied occupation policy in Germany
Prime Minister of Portugal Prime Minister of Portugal via predicate surface "precededBy" self-linksurface differs
surface form: President of the Council of Ministers of Portugal
Advance Australia Fair God Save the King via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: God Save the Queen