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
I'm Your Baby Tonight It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be via predicate surface "precededBySingle"
Gerald Ford Richard Nixon
surface form: Richard Nixon (as President)
Gerald Ford Spiro Agnew
surface form: Spiro Agnew (as Vice President, office vacant between)
Super Bowl XLVI Super Bowl XLV via predicate surface "precededBy"
Union of Utrecht Pacification of Ghent
MLS Cup 2003 MLS Cup 2002 via predicate surface "previousEdition"
William II of the Netherlands William I of the Netherlands
Charles II of Spain Philip IV of Spain
Russo-Japanese War First Sino-Japanese War via predicate surface "precededBy"
Standard Theory of generative grammar Revised Extended Standard Theory via predicate surface "predecessorOf"
surface form: Extended Standard Theory
Standard Theory of generative grammar Revised Extended Standard Theory via predicate surface "predecessorOf"
Standard Theory of generative grammar Government and Binding Theory via predicate surface "predecessorOf"
Standard Theory of generative grammar Principles and Parameters Theory via predicate surface "predecessorOf"
Secretary-General
surface form: Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization
Kitack Lim
Cinco de Mayo May 6 via predicate surface "precedes"
Caligula Tiberius
Christmastide Ordinary Time via predicate surface "precedes"
Christmastide Time after Epiphany via predicate surface "precedes"
Dicastery for the Service of Charity Dicastery for the Service of Charity self-linksurface differs
surface form: Office of Papal Charities
Dicastery for the Service of Charity Apostolic Almonry
Paschal Divine Liturgy Great Vespers via predicate surface "precedes"
surface form: Paschal Vespers
Felipe de Neve Fernando Rivera y Moncada via predicate surface "precededBy"
Congress Hall Federal Hall National Memorial via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: Federal Hall
Royal Corps of Signals Royal Engineers via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: Royal Engineers Signal Service
Edward III of England Edward II of England
Simferopol Scythian Neapolis via predicate surface "historicalPredecessor"
Champaran Satyagraha Gandhi’s satyagraha campaigns in South Africa via predicate surface "precededBy"
Antonio Quarracino Juan Carlos Aramburu
Hesse-Kassel Landgraviate of Hesse via predicate surface "precededBy"
Frederick II of Prussia Frederick William I of Prussia
Neoclassicism Romanticism via predicate surface "precedes"
National Assembly of France Estates-General of 1789
808s & Heartbreak Graduation via predicate surface "precededBy"
Jesus Is King Ye via predicate surface "precededBy"
Be Electric Circus via predicate surface "precededBy"
Black America Again Nobody's Smiling via predicate surface "precededBy"
Testify Guerrilla Radio via predicate surface "precededBySingle"
Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready) Put It in a Love Song via predicate surface "precededBySingle"
Here Girl on Fire via predicate surface "precededBy"
Songs in A Minor sold millions of copies worldwide
surface form: Songs in A Minor
none (debut album) via predicate surface "precededBy"
Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques via predicate surface "precededBy" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Union des Sociétés Françaises de Course à Pied
Games of the XXXIII Olympiad Games of the XXXII Olympiad via predicate surface "precededBy"
Games of the XXXIII Olympiad 2020 Summer Olympics via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: Tokyo 2020
United States Tax Court United States Tax Court self-linksurface differs
surface form: Board of Tax Appeals
1994 IIHF World Championship C Pool 1993 IIHF World Championship C Pool via predicate surface "previousEdition"
Coat of arms of Slovakia coat of arms of the Kingdom of Hungary via predicate surface "historicalPrecursor"
Coat of arms of Slovakia coat of arms of Upper Hungary via predicate surface "historicalPrecursor"
Yahoo Inc. (post-Verizon media reorganization) Yahoo Inc. (post-Verizon media reorganization) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Yahoo! Inc.
Yahoo Inc. (post-Verizon media reorganization) AOL
surface form: AOL Inc.
King Zedekiah of Judah
surface form: Zedekiah
King Jehoiachin of Judah
surface form: Jehoiachin