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
Major League Baseball National League ⓘ
Major League Baseball American League ⓘ
1903 World Series Temple Cup via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Super Bowl XXXVI Super Bowl XXXV via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Basketball Association of America modern NBA structure and branding via predicate surface "predecessorOf" ⓘ
2007 U.S. Open Cup 2006 U.S. Open Cup via predicate surface "previousEdition" ⓘ
MLS Cup 2002 MLS Cup 2001 via predicate surface "previousEdition" ⓘ
Dutch East India Company Old East India Company (Oude Compagnie) and other small Dutch trading companies via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Dutch East Indies Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Dutch East Indies VOC ⓘ
Triple Alliance (1668) Franco-Dutch War via predicate surface "precedes" ⓘ
American Civil War secession crisis of 1860–1861 via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Naruhito Akihito ⓘ
Fumio Kishida Yoshihide Suga ⓘ
Fumio Kishida Shinzo Abe (as Minister for Foreign Affairs) ⓘ
NSC-68 George F. Kennan’s containment concept ⓘ
National Archives and Records Administration National Archives and Records Administration self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: National Archives Establishment
audion vacuum tube
surface form: Audion vacuum tube
later triode vacuum tubes via predicate surface "predecessorOf" ⓘ
Oath of Enlistment of the United States Armed Forces oaths used in the Continental Army via predicate surface "historicalPrecursor" ⓘ
NME United States Department of War via predicate surface "predecessorOf" ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of Defense
United States Patent and Trademark Office United States Patent and Trademark Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: United States Patent Office
United States Patent and Trademark Office United States Patent and Trademark Office self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Patent and Trademark Office
The Dragons of Eden The Cosmic Connection via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Green Revolution traditional agriculture via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
NBA Finals games Conference Finals via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy Tokugawa shogunate navy via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Asian financial crisis of 1997–1998 Mexican peso crisis of 1994 via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Kathy Hochul Andrew Cuomo via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
English Bill of Rights Glorious Revolution via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
surface form: Glorious Revolution of 1688
Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico via predicate surface "precededBy" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Legislative Assembly under the Foraker Act
Spanish–American War Cuban War of Independence via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Treaty of Paris (1898) Treaty of Paris (1898) via predicate surface "precededBy" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Protocol of Peace between the United States and Spain (1898)
World Meteorological Organization World Meteorological Organization self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: International Meteorological Organization
United Nations Development Programme Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance ⓘ
United Nations Development Programme Special Fund ⓘ
Battle of Baltimore Burning of Washington via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Roman Empire Roman Republic via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Koine Greek Medieval Greek via predicate surface "precedes" ⓘ
Pentecost Ordinary Time via predicate surface "precedes" ⓘ
surface form: Ordinary Time in the Roman Rite
Munitions Board Munitions Board self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Army and Navy Munitions Board
Research and Development Board Office of Scientific Research and Development ⓘ
S-1 Uranium Committee Manhattan Project via predicate surface "predecessorOf" ⓘ
United States Atomic Energy Commission wartime Manhattan Project management under the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
TLS SSL 3.0 ⓘ
surface form: SSL
IPv4 IPv3 ⓘ
Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
surface form: All-Russian Central Executive Committee
Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union via predicate surface "precededBy" ⓘ
Philippe of Belgium Albert II of Belgium ⓘ
SSCI
surface form: Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence ⓘ
surface form: Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities
SecDef Secretary of War via predicate surface "precededByOffice" ⓘ
surface form: United States Secretary of War