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
North American International Auto Show Detroit Auto Dealers Association via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: Detroit Auto Show (local event)
Edo period Sengoku period via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: Azuchi–Momoyama period
21st Century Fox News Corporation
Tishrei Cheshvan via predicate surface "precedes"
2022 Winter Olympics 2018 Winter Olympics via predicate surface "precededBy"
Humayun Babur
British Indian Army Bengal Army via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: East India Company Army
British Indian Army Bengal Army via predicate surface "precededBy"
British Indian Army Madras Army via predicate surface "precededBy"
British Indian Army Bombay Army via predicate surface "precededBy"
Premier of New South Wales Colonial Secretary of New South Wales via predicate surface "precededBy"
Presocratic philosophers Socrates via predicate surface "precedes"
Presocratic philosophers Classical Greek philosophy via predicate surface "precedes"
Jan Peter Balkenende Wim Kok via predicate surface "precededBy"
House of Representatives of the Netherlands House of Representatives of the Netherlands via predicate surface "precededBy" self-linksurface differs
surface form: House of Commons of the States General of the Netherlands
Post Office Department earlier colonial and Continental Congress postal systems via predicate surface "precededBy"
Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 Post Office Department via predicate surface "predecessorEntity"
surface form: United States Post Office Department
South Picene Latinization of Picenum via predicate surface "precedes"
Apostolic Vicariate creation of a residential diocese via predicate surface "precedes"
President of Tunisia Bey of Tunis via predicate surface "precededByOffice"
Syrian–Lebanese campaign Iraq campaign (1941) via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: Anglo–Iraqi War
RKKA Imperial Russian Army via predicate surface "precededBy"
NKVD Cheka
NKVD GPU
NKVD GPU
surface form: OGPU
1996 Summer Olympics 1992 Summer Olympics via predicate surface "precededBy"
Siege of Tobruk Italian invasion of Egypt via predicate surface "precededBy"
Operation Meetinghouse high-altitude precision bombing of Japan via predicate surface "precededBy"
Donald Rumsfeld James R. Schlesinger via predicate surface "precededBy"
Donald Rumsfeld William Cohen via predicate surface "precededBy"
St John’s College, Cambridge Hospital of St John the Evangelist, Cambridge
Battle of Monmouth British occupation of Philadelphia via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: British evacuation of Philadelphia
Schutzstaffel (SS)
surface form: Schutzstaffel
Stoßtrupp-Hitler
Holy Week Resurrection Sunday via predicate surface "precedes"
surface form: Easter Sunday
Inchon Landing Battle of Pusan Perimeter via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: Battle of the Pusan Perimeter
Donald
surface form: Donald Trump
Barack Obama via predicate surface "precededBy"
Transvaal Transvaal via predicate surface "precededBy" self-linksurface differs
surface form: South African Republic
Francis
surface form: Pope Francis
Pope Benedict XVI
United States Life-Saving Service United States Revenue Cutter Service via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: United States Revenue Marine volunteer life-saving stations
Kingdom of Naples Kingdom of Sicily
House of Representatives of Japan House of Representatives of Japan self-linksurface differs
surface form: House of Representatives of the Empire of Japan
And Another Thing... Mostly Harmless via predicate surface "precededBy"
Taphus Charlotte Amalie via predicate surface "predecessorOf"
Canary
surface form: Google Chrome Canary
Google Chrome via predicate surface "precedes"
surface form: Chrome Dev
Canary
surface form: Google Chrome Canary
Google Chrome via predicate surface "precedes"
surface form: Chrome Beta
Canary
surface form: Google Chrome Canary
Google Chrome via predicate surface "precedes"
surface form: Chrome Stable
Angels & Demons The Da Vinci Code via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: The Da Vinci Code (film)
Medang Kingdom Sailendra dynasty via predicate surface "precededBy"
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims no judicial review of VA benefits decisions in an independent court via predicate surface "hasPredecessor"
First Barons' War Magna Carta via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: signing of Magna Carta