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
EMI Classics Columbia Graphophone Company
The Finns Party The Finns Party via predicate surface "hasPredecessor" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Finnish Rural Party
Queen’s Royal Hussars 3rd King’s Own Hussars via predicate surface "hasPredecessor"
Queen’s Royal Hussars 7th Queen’s Own Hussars via predicate surface "hasPredecessor"
Queen’s Royal Hussars 4th Queen’s Own Hussars via predicate surface "hasPredecessor"
Queen’s Royal Hussars 8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars via predicate surface "hasPredecessor"
Tar Baby Beloved via predicate surface "precedesWork"
Blonde on Blonde Highway 61 Revisited via predicate surface "precededBy"
Bringing It All Back Home Another Side of Bob Dylan via predicate surface "precededBy"
The Small House at Allington Framley Parsonage via predicate surface "precededBy"
Diamonds Are Forever Moonraker via predicate surface "precededBy"
Orhan Osman I
Fortune Global 500 list of largest global corporations by revenue
surface form: Fortune Global 500
Fortune Global 500 list of largest global corporations by revenue self-linksurface differs
surface form: Fortune 500 international list
2014 UN Climate Summit 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference via predicate surface "precededBy"
Socialist International Socialist International via predicate surface "precededBy" self-linksurface differs
surface form: Labour and Socialist International
Triple Alliance Tepanec War via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: Tepanec hegemony of Azcapotzalco
Cuitláhuac Moctezuma II
Arrest of Jesus Trial of Jesus via predicate surface "precedes"
surface form: Jewish trial of Jesus
Arrest of Jesus trial of Jesus before the Sanhedrin via predicate surface "precedes"
Arrest of Jesus trial of Jesus before Pontius Pilate via predicate surface "precedes"
Arrest of Jesus Crucifixion of Jesus via predicate surface "precedes"
Williamsburg Bridge Brooklyn Bridge via predicate surface "precededBy"
President William Howard Taft
surface form: William Howard Taft
Theodore Roosevelt via predicate surface "precededBy"
Wheaton Cranch
Free Soil Party Barnburner Democrats via predicate surface "precededBy"
Free Soil Party Conscience Whigs via predicate surface "precededBy"
Free Soil Party Liberty Party via predicate surface "precededBy"
Chamber of Deputies
surface form: Chamber of Deputies (Italy)
Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy
Memphis Sounds Memphis Sounds self-linksurface differs
surface form: Memphis Tams
Memphis Sounds Memphis Sounds self-linksurface differs
surface form: Memphis Pros
Mayor of New York City Director General of New Netherland (colonial period context) via predicate surface "precededByOffice"
Egyptian Revolution of 2011 Tunisian Revolution via predicate surface "precededBy"
Space Shuttle Discovery Space Shuttle Challenger disaster via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: Space Shuttle Challenger
Space Shuttle Discovery Space Shuttle Columbia via predicate surface "precededBy"
Federal Election Commission Clerk of the United States House of Representatives
surface form: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (campaign finance disclosure functions)
Federal Election Commission Secretary of the U.S. Senate (campaign finance disclosure functions)
Federal Election Commission Comptroller General of the United States
surface form: Comptroller General of the United States (certain campaign finance functions)
Federal Emergency Management Agency Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
surface form: Federal Civil Defense Administration
Federal Emergency Management Agency Office for Emergency Management
surface form: Office of Emergency Preparedness
Federal Emergency Management Agency Federal Emergency Management Agency self-linksurface differs
surface form: Federal Disaster Assistance Administration
Voice of America Office of War Information radio programs
Dillon, Read & Co. William A. Read & Co.
Battle of Preston (1648) Second English Civil War via predicate surface "precededBy"
surface form: Royalist and Engager invasion of England in 1648
United Kingdom Ministry of Defence War Office
United Kingdom Ministry of Defence Admiralty (United Kingdom)
surface form: Admiralty
United Kingdom Ministry of Defence Air Ministry
Stephanus
surface form: Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger
Pieter Willem Burger
A Mercy Love via predicate surface "precededBy"
God Help the Child Home via predicate surface "precededBy"
Blood on the Tracks Planet Waves via predicate surface "precededBy"