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
Eduard Rydz-Śmigły heart failure
Humphrey Bogart esophageal cancer
Humphrey Bogart cancer
Humphrey Bogart natural causes via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Emily Dickinson Bright's disease
Willis H. O’Brien heart attack
Hank Steinbrenner illness
Samuel Adams natural causes
Bal Gangadhar Tilak illness
Carel Fabritius Delft gunpowder explosion
Alfred Russel Wallace natural causes via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Wilhelm Keitel execution by hanging
Arthur Tedder natural causes
Theodore Roosevelt cardiovascular disease
Katherine Puening embolism
Kick
surface form: Kathleen Kennedy Cavendish
airplane crash
Gwen Raverat breast cancer
Alexander Friedmann typhoid fever
Alexander III of Scotland accidental fall via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Romano Mussolini heart-related illness
Jiang Qing suicide
Jiang Qing suicide by hanging via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Oliver Otis Howard heart disease
Enrico Fermi stomach cancer
Hideki Tojo execution via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Hideki Tojo hanging
Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger natural causes
Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange smallpox
Anna Roosevelt Halsted cancer
Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho heart failure
Auguste Comte stomach cancer
Sir John Soane natural causes via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Władysław Sikorski airplane crash
Edvard Beneš natural causes
Marie Curie aplastic anemia
Ruth Benedict heart attack
Saint Andrew crucifixion via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Lala Lajpat Rai injuries from lathi charge
Rachel Carson breast cancer
Napoleon II tuberculosis
John Steinbeck heart disease
Constance Bonacieux murder via predicate surface "deathCause"
Jeremy Bentham natural causes via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
John Rawls heart failure
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque airplane crash
Wilhelm Röntgen carcinoma of the intestine
Max Frisch cancer
Steve Albini heart attack
Alexander Löhr execution by firing squad
Alexander Löhr capital punishment via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"