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
Home Rule movement Swadeshi movement via predicate surface "precededBy"
Treasurer of the Inner Temple Reader of the Inner Temple (historically, in some periods) via predicate surface "precededBy"
Indira Gandhi Lal Bahadur Shastri via predicate surface "precededBy"
Arjuna Vishada Yoga Sankhya Yoga via predicate surface "precedes"
German Federal Cabinet Reich government
surface form: Reich Cabinet of Germany
Fourth Industrial Revolution Third Industrial Revolution
Oliver Cromwell Council of State of the Commonwealth of England via predicate surface "precededBy"
Battle of Naseby Royalist capture of Leicester (1645) via predicate surface "precededBy"
Democratic Unionist Party Democratic Unionist Party via predicate surface "precededBy" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Protestant Unionist Party
Song of Solomon Sula via predicate surface "precededBy"
Garter collar Garter star and riband in order of formality of insignia via predicate surface "precededBy"
Six-Day War Suez Crisis via predicate surface "precededBy"
Order of al-Hussein bin Ali Order of the Star of Jordan via predicate surface "precedes"
Ottoman lira Ottoman akçe via predicate surface "precededBy"
Tanzimat Mahmud II via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: Mahmud II reforms
Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation 2014 Ukrainian revolution via predicate surface "precededBy"
Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation Euromaidan via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: Euromaidan protests
Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation Ministry of Defense of the USSR
surface form: Ministry of Defence of the USSR
Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation Ministry of Defence of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Russian Railways Ministry of Railways of the USSR
Russian Railways Ministry of Railways of the USSR
surface form: Soviet Railways
Second Baldwin government First MacDonald government via predicate surface "precededBy"
38th Parliament of the United Kingdom 37th United Kingdom Parliament via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: 37th Parliament of the United Kingdom
National Government coalition Second MacDonald government via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: Second MacDonald ministry
National Labour Organisation Labour Party (UK) via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: Labour Party (MacDonald faction)
Military Training Act 1939 voluntary recruitment system via predicate surface "precededBy"
1945 United Kingdom general election 1935 United Kingdom general election via predicate surface "previousElection"
DC Comics DC Comics self-linksurface differs
surface form: National Allied Publications
DC Comics DC Comics self-linksurface differs
surface form: Detective Comics, Inc.
IAC USA Network via predicate surface "hasPredecessor"
surface form: USA Networks
IAC Home Shopping Network (HSN) interests via predicate surface "hasPredecessor"
Prime Minister's Office of India Prime Minister's Office of India self-linksurface differs
surface form: Prime Minister’s Secretariat
Cenozoic Mesozoic Era via predicate surface "precededBy"
Chaos Gaia via predicate surface "precedes"
Chaos Tartarus via predicate surface "precedes"
Chaos Cupid via predicate surface "precedes"
surface form: Eros
Chaos Erebus via predicate surface "precedes"
Chaos Nyx via predicate surface "precedes"
U.S. Army Forces Command Continental Army Command
U.S. Army Forces Command U.S. Army Combat Developments Command
First Battle of the Marne Battle of the Frontiers via predicate surface "precededBy"
GPT-3 GPT-2
Swedish Empire Kalmar Union via predicate surface "precededBy"
Swedish Empire Kingdom of Sweden (1523–1611) via predicate surface "precededBy"
King’s Royal Hussars 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales’s Own) via predicate surface "hasPredecessor"
surface form: Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales’s Own) Regiment
King’s Royal Hussars 14th/20th King’s Hussars via predicate surface "hasPredecessor"
Battle of Langport Battle of Naseby via predicate surface "precededBy"
Anglo-Irish Agreement Downing Street Declaration via predicate surface "precedes"
Boer Wars British annexation of the Transvaal in 1877 via predicate surface "precededBy"
Talal of Jordan Abdullah I of Jordan