causeInStory

P122823
predicate

Indicates that one event, action, or state functions as the cause of another within the narrative structure of a story.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
causeInStory canonical 4
causesPlotEvent 3
reasonForFailureInFiction 3

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: causeInStory
Generated description
Indicates that one event, action, or state functions as the cause of another within the narrative structure of a story.

Sample triples (21)

Subject Object
Cloverfield Station (space station in Earth orbit)
surface form: Cloverfield Station
cross-dimensional incursions ⓘ
Cloverfield Station (space station in Earth orbit)
surface form: Cloverfield Station
global-scale disturbances on Earth ⓘ
Meșterul Manole vow to sacrifice the first loved one who comes to the construction site via predicate surface "causeOfTragicOutcome" ⓘ
Uncle Billy Bailey financial crisis for Bailey Brothers Building and Loan via predicate surface "causesPlotEvent" ⓘ
Uncle Billy Bailey George Bailey facing scandal and possible arrest via predicate surface "causesPlotEvent" ⓘ
Endymion request for eternal youth (in some versions) via predicate surface "causeOfSleep" ⓘ
Endymion punishment or reward from Zeus (in some versions) via predicate surface "causeOfSleep" ⓘ
Stephen Fleming obsessive affair with his son’s fiancée via predicate surface "causeOfTragedyInPlot" ⓘ
Tsimtsum Pi’s isolation at sea via predicate surface "causeOfPlotDevelopment" ⓘ
shipwreck of the Tsimtsum unknown ⓘ
seeks help for Melinda Moores’s brain tumor
surface form: Seeks help for Melinda Moores’s brain tumor
Melinda Moores’s inoperable brain tumor via predicate surface "hasCauseInStory" ⓘ
Sherlock Holmes at Reichenbach Falls (apparent death) Arthur Conan Doyle’s desire to end the series via predicate surface "metaNarrativeCause" ⓘ
Revelation by Artemis Aphrodite’s vengeance via predicate surface "revealsCauseOfEvents" ⓘ
Revelation by Artemis Phaedra’s love induced by Aphrodite via predicate surface "revealsCauseOfEvents" ⓘ
Krakozhia Viktor Navorski becomes stranded at JFK Airport via predicate surface "causesPlotEvent" ⓘ
The Key to All Mythologies Casaubon's lack of engagement with contemporary German scholarship via predicate surface "reasonForFailureInFiction" ⓘ
The Key to All Mythologies overly ambitious scope via predicate surface "reasonForFailureInFiction" ⓘ
The Key to All Mythologies Casaubon's declining health via predicate surface "reasonForFailureInFiction" ⓘ
Himmel Street bombing Allied bombing raid ⓘ
Victory Project Alice's growing suspicion via predicate surface "disruptionCauseInPlot" ⓘ
Age of Apocalypse Legion killing Charles Xavier in the past via predicate surface "causeInFiction" NERFINISHED ⓘ