causeOfDeath

P144
predicate

Indicates the specific factor, event, or condition that directly resulted in an entity’s death.

All labels observed (92)

Label Occurrences
causeOfDeath canonical 20,973
mannerOfDeath 4,213
deathCause 1,836

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: causeOfDeath
Generated description
Indicates the specific factor, event, or condition that directly resulted in an entity’s death.

Sample triples (27,597)

Subject Object
Harriet
surface form: Harriet Beecher Stowe
dementia-related illness
Norman Mailer acute renal failure
Walt Disney lung cancer
Rosa Luxemburg assassination via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Rosa Luxemburg gunshot wound
Andrei Tupolev natural causes via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Horatio Nelson gunshot wound
Ernest Hemingway suicide by firearm
Charles Adams cirrhosis of the liver
Eduard Einstein stroke
Joséphine de Beauharnais pneumonia
William I of Orange assassination
William I of Orange homicide via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Edgar Degas brain hemorrhage
Hannibal Hamlin heart failure
Tomoyuki Yamashita execution by hanging via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
George S. Patton injuries from automobile accident
HeinrichHimmler
surface form: Heinrich Himmler
suicide via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
HeinrichHimmler
surface form: Heinrich Himmler
cyanide poisoning
Anne Elizabeth Darwin tuberculosis
Anne Elizabeth Darwin scarlet fever (historically suggested)
Charles Proteus Steinmetz myocardial infarction
Vasily Stalin alcohol-related disease
Vasily Stalin chronic alcoholism
Saddam Hussein execution by hanging via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Saddam Hussein judicial execution
François Mitterrand prostate cancer
Al Capone cardiac arrest
Al Capone complications of syphilis
Thomas Gray gout
Sergei Korolev surgical complications
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk cirrhosis of the liver
John Barry asthma-related illness
Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma pleurisy via predicate surface "deathCause"
Philippe Pétain natural causes via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Ignacy Mościcki natural causes
Jozef Tiso execution via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Jozef Tiso hanging
Sam Houston pneumonia
Charles Barry heart disease
Honoré de Balzac natural causes via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
George Eliot kidney disease
ReinhardHeydrich
surface form: Reinhard Heydrich
assassination
ReinhardHeydrich
surface form: Reinhard Heydrich
gunshot wounds
ReinhardHeydrich
surface form: Reinhard Heydrich
sepsis
Mary Eleanor Darwin unknown
Telford Taylor stroke
Lou Gehrig amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Lou Gehrig ALS
Calvin Coolidge coronary thrombosis