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
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt execution via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt beheading
Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma wounds and illness during campaign in France
Henry VIII of England illness
Pope Leo X probable pneumonia
Michael O’Dwyer assassination
Catherine I of Russia illness
Charles Cornwallis fever
George Steinbrenner heart attack
Natacha Rambova pernicious anemia
Eugene Francis of Savoy natural causes
Milton Friedman heart failure
Jack Ramsay cancer
Alexander the Great disputed
Marshall Field pneumonia
Percy Fawcett disappeared via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Jackson "Jax" Teller in Sons of Anarchy
surface form: Jackson 'Jax' Teller
suicide by deliberate collision with a truck
Mary Anne MacLeod Trump illness
Eisaku Satō liver failure
Catharine Beecher illness
Martin Luther King Sr. heart attack
Vladimir Lenin stroke
Jennie Jerome complications from a broken ankle
Max Born heart failure
Lyndon B. Johnson heart attack
Sarah Good execution by hanging via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Sarah Good execution for alleged witchcraft
BergenBelsen
surface form: Bergen-Belsen
starvation
BergenBelsen
surface form: Bergen-Belsen
typhus
BergenBelsen
surface form: Bergen-Belsen
dysentery
BergenBelsen
surface form: Bergen-Belsen
overcrowding-related disease
Alberta Williams King assassination
Alberta Williams King gunshot wound
Eero Saarinen brain tumor
Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen brain tumor
Jean Kennedy Smith stroke via predicate surface "cause of death"
Nero suicide
Nero suicide via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Nero committed suicide after being declared a public enemy by the Senate via predicate surface "deathCircumstances"
George Carlin heart failure
George Carlin natural causes via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Robert the Bruce illness
Vojtech Tuka execution by hanging
Vojtech Tuka capital punishment via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Peter Gay heart attack
Johannes Kepler fever
Giulio Douhet natural causes
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec complications of alcoholism and syphilis
António de Spínola natural causes
Alexander II of Scotland fever via predicate surface "deathCause"