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
Edward S. Rogers Sr. hemorrhage
Lin Biao airplane crash
Lin Biao accident via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Alexander I of Russia natural causes via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
William Wallace Lincoln disease via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
William Wallace Lincoln typhoid fever
James Chadwick heart attack
James Wolfe killed in action via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
James Wolfe gunshot wound
Cy Young myocardial infarction
Hayato Ikeda laryngeal cancer
Susannah Martin execution by hanging via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Susannah Martin execution for alleged witchcraft
George Jacobs Sr. execution by hanging via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
George Jacobs Sr. execution
Admiral Edward Vernon
surface form: Edward Vernon
natural causes
Thomas Cole heart disease
Raoul Walsh heart failure
Ernst Haeckel natural causes via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Heinrich Hertz Wegener's granulomatosis
Raisa Gorbacheva leukemia
Thomas "Tad" Lincoln likely tuberculosis
Walter Mondale natural causes
Erich Hartmann heart failure
Harold Macmillan pneumonia
Kakuei Tanaka stroke
Mary Easty execution by hanging via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Mary Easty judicial execution
Moctezuma II killed under disputed circumstances via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Pedro de Valdivia killed in action via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Pedro de Valdivia execution via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Pedro de Valdivia killed by Mapuche warriors
Arthur C. Clarke respiratory failure
Arthur C. Clarke heart failure
Louis XVIII of France natural causes
José Antonio Echeverría killed in political struggle against Batista regime
Ignatius of Antioch martyrdom via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Ignatius of Antioch death in the arena by wild beasts via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
William Cameron Menzies cancer
Miantonomo killed in intertribal conflict via predicate surface "deathCause"
John F. Kennedy Jr. plane crash
John F. Kennedy Jr. accident via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Willis Reed heart failure
Sarah Osborne died in prison via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Sarah Osborne illness via predicate surface "hasCauseOfDeath"
Louis XVI of France execution by guillotine
Maximilien Robespierre execution by guillotine via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Maximilien Robespierre decapitation
Simón Bolívar tuberculosis
Dom Pedro I of Brazil tuberculosis