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
Russian Orthodox Church Metropolis of Kiev and all Rus' via predicate surface "historicalPrecursor" ⓘ
Russian Orthodox Church Moscow via predicate surface "historicalPrecursor" ⓘ
surface form: Metropolis of Moscow
Siege of Yorktown Battle of the Chesapeake via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Theodore Roosevelt William McKinley ⓘ
Barack Obama presidency George W. Bush via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
surface form: George W. Bush presidency
A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism earlier papers by James Clerk Maxwell on electromagnetism via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Food Stamp Act of 1959 (pilot authorization) earlier federal commodity distribution programs via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
King of Sweden
surface form: Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden ⓘ
First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC later formalizations of von Neumann architecture via predicate surface "predecessorTo" ⓘ
Paleozoic Era Mesozoic Era via predicate surface "precedes" ⓘ
Judicial Code of 1911 earlier scattered statutes on the federal judiciary ⓘ
Director General of WIPO Francis Gurry via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Flag Day Independence Day via predicate surface "precedes" ⓘ
T-MEC NAFTA ⓘ
Holocene Pleistocene epoch via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
surface form: Pleistocene
Hasmonean dynasty Hellenistic kingdoms via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
surface form: Seleucid Empire
Maccabean Revolt Hellenistic influence in Judea via predicate surface "hasPrecededBy" ⓘ
Herod the Great Hasmonean dynasty ⓘ
Vanguard 1 satellite
surface form: Vanguard 1
Sputnik 1 via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Vanguard 1 satellite
surface form: Vanguard 1
Sputnik 2 via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Vanguard 1 satellite
surface form: Vanguard 1
Explorer 1 via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Irish War of Independence Easter Rising via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Locarno Era period of postwar tension over the Treaty of Versailles via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Washington Naval Conference period Geneva Naval Conference via predicate surface "precedes" ⓘ
Washington Naval Conference period London Naval Conference (1930) via predicate surface "precedes" ⓘ
Kuomintang Tongmenghui members via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
surface form: Tongmenghui
May 1926 General Strike in the United Kingdom Samuel Commission on the coal industry via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
May 1926 General Strike in the United Kingdom collapse of negotiations between government, mine owners and unions via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
founding of the Republic of Turkey abolition of the Ottoman sultanate via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
founding of the Republic of Turkey Armistice of Mudros via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Albert II of Belgium King Baudouin of Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Baudouin of Belgium
Lepontic alphabet earlier Old Italic local variants via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
National Hockey Association Ontario Professional Hockey League via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Alexander III of Scotland Alexander II of Scotland ⓘ
Bundeswehr no direct predecessor in West Germany via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
CFP National Championship Game BCS National Championship Game via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Cabinet Office of Japan Cabinet Office of Japan via predicate surface "precededBy" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister's Office of Japan
Cabinet Office of Japan Economic Planning Agency of Japan via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
London, Midland and Scottish Railway London and North Western Railway ⓘ
London, Midland and Scottish Railway Midland Railway ⓘ
London, Midland and Scottish Railway Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway ⓘ
Bulgarian Communist Party Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Narrow Socialists) ⓘ
Liberal Democrats Liberal Party (UK) via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
surface form: Liberal Party
Liberal Democrats Social Democratic Party via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Roscosmos Roscosmos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Russian Federal Space Agency
Roscosmos Roscosmos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos)
Earl Marshal Lord High Constable of England via predicate surface "precedes" ⓘ
Earl Marshal Marshal of England via predicate surface "historicalPrecursor" ⓘ
Operation Overlord Operation Bodyguard via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ