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
Sveriges Riksbank Stockholms Banco via predicate surface "precededBy"
Hellenistic kingdoms Achaemenid Empire via predicate surface "precededBy"
remilitarization of the Rhineland Treaty of Versailles via predicate surface "precededBy"
remilitarization of the Rhineland Locarno Treaties via predicate surface "precededBy"
Old Anatolian Turkish Ottoman Turkish via predicate surface "precedes"
Saturn L-Series Saturn Aura
surface form: Saturn S-Series (larger segment successor)
2017 Motor Trend Car of the Year 2016 Motor Trend Car of the Year via predicate surface "precededBy"
Thomson SA Thomson SA self-linksurface differs
surface form: Compagnie Française Thomson-Houston
Denver Mint Denver Mint via predicate surface "precededBy" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Denver Assay Office
Augsburger Panther Augsburger Panther self-linksurface differs
surface form: Augsburger EV
1960 Winter Olympics 1956 Winter Olympics via predicate surface "precededBy"
2022 World Series 2021 World Series via predicate surface "previousEdition"
Geffen Records DGC Records
Fox Broadcasting Company Metromedia
Winnebago War earlier tensions over the 1825 Prairie du Chien treaty via predicate surface "precededBy"
Cochinchina Nguyễn dynasty
Cochinchina Gia Định Province
Norroy and Ulster King of Arms Norroy and Ulster King of Arms via predicate surface "hasPredecessorOffice" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Norroy King of Arms
Norroy and Ulster King of Arms Norroy and Ulster King of Arms via predicate surface "hasPredecessorOffice" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ulster King of Arms
Japanese occupation of Shanghai Battle of Shanghai (1937) via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: Battle of Shanghai (1932)
Japanese occupation of Shanghai Shanghai under Nationalist government control via predicate surface "precededBy"
Anna of Russia Peter II of Russia
Rutherford B. Hayes Ulysses S. Grant via predicate surface "precededBy"
Czech Republic Czechoslovakia via predicate surface "precededBy"
Operation Cottage Japanese evacuation of Kiska via predicate surface "precededBy"
Wallace Black via predicate surface "precededBy"
Resurrection Sunday Easter Monday via predicate surface "precedes"
Moscow Conference of 1943 Moscow Conference of 1943 via predicate surface "precededBy" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Second Moscow Conference
Battle of Waterloo Battle of Ligny via predicate surface "precededBy"
Battle of Waterloo Battle of Quatre Bras via predicate surface "precededBy"
Joseph Bonaparte Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
surface form: Ferdinand IV of Naples
Joseph Bonaparte Ferdinand VII of Spain
Kingdom of Albania Albania via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: Albanian Republic
Kingdom of Albania Albania
surface form: Albanian Republic
James A. Garfield Rutherford B. Hayes
James Buchanan Franklin Pierce via predicate surface "precededBy"
Operation Cobra Battle of Saint-Lô via predicate surface "precededBy"
Operation Cobra Operation Overlord via predicate surface "precededBy"
Jeff Zients Ron Klain via predicate surface "precededBy"
Federal Chancellor of Austria Minister-President of Cisleithania via predicate surface "precededBy"
Federal Chancellor of Austria Minister-President of Cisleithania via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: State Chancellor of Austria
OSS Central Intelligence Agency via predicate surface "predecessorOf"
Strategic Services Unit Office of Strategic Services
Naikaku Sōri Daijin Daijō-daijin via predicate surface "precededByOffice"
Rail Delivery Group Rail Delivery Group self-linksurface differs
surface form: Association of Train Operating Companies
Rail Delivery Group Rail Delivery Group self-linksurface differs
surface form: Rail Delivery Group (owning group forum)
German General Staff Prussian General Staff
24th Amendment to the United States Constitution Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution via predicate surface "precededBy"
Imperial Japanese Naval Academy Tokugawa shogunate naval training institutions
New York State Assembly New York Colonial Assembly via predicate surface "precededBy"