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
André Maginot typhoid fever
Ben E. King coronary heart disease
Benito
surface form: Benito Mussolini
execution by firing squad via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Benito
surface form: Benito Mussolini
gunshot wound
Bruno Mussolini airplane crash
Bruno Mussolini accident via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Harriet Taylor Mill tuberculosis
Johann Gottlieb Fichte typhus
Frédéric Joliot-Curie liver disease
Margaret Mead natural causes via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Francis Crick colon cancer
Peter II of Russia smallpox
Ulysses S. Grant death from throat cancer via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
John Foster Dulles cancer
John Foster Dulles colon cancer
Julius Streicher execution by hanging
John Witherspoon injuries from a fall
Annie Besant natural causes
Alan Turing cyanide poisoning
Eberhard Schöngarth execution by hanging via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Eberhard Schöngarth execution
Mitsuru Ushijima suicide
Mitsuru Ushijima suicide via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Reggie Lewis sudden cardiac death
Reggie Lewis heart condition
Ernst Busch heart failure
Jane Wyman natural causes
Flannery O'Connor lupus
Flannery O'Connor natural causes via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Hermann von Helmholtz stomach cancer
Friedrich Nietzsche stroke
Friedrich Nietzsche pneumonia
Robert H. Jackson heart attack
Joe DiMaggio lung cancer
Frank Gifford natural causes
Langdon Clemens diphtheria
R. J. Mitchell colorectal cancer
Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales typhoid fever
Sholem Aleichem natural causes via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Marcello Truzzi cancer
George Dewey natural causes
Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez natural causes
Ella Fitzgerald diabetes-related complications
Dorothy McGuire cardiac arrest
Lynn Riggs stomach cancer
Dag Hammarskjöld airplane crash
Richard Arkwright illness
Thomas Tinker died during the first winter at Plymouth Colony via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Thomas Tinker illness during the first winter at Plymouth Colony
Jacob Cats natural causes via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"