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 VII pneumonia
Edward VII heart disease
Rudolph Valentino peritonitis
Rudolph Valentino ruptured appendix
Horace Walpole gout
his son John Hudson
surface form: John Hudson
lost at sea via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
his son John Hudson
surface form: John Hudson
presumed dead after being cast adrift via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
his son John Hudson
surface form: John Hudson
exposure and starvation (presumed)
Baruch Spinoza tuberculosis
Valley Forge winter encampment disease via predicate surface "primaryCauseOfDeaths"
Valley Forge winter encampment exposure and malnutrition via predicate surface "otherCauseOfDeaths"
Henry Bessemer natural causes
Martin Luther (diplomat) heart attack
Primo Levi fall from stairwell
Primo Levi suspected suicide
Sophia of the Palatinate stroke
Robert Clive suicide (disputed, historically reported)
Jacques-Louis David natural causes via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Jacques-Louis David heart disease
Socrates execution by drinking hemlock
Socrates capital punishment via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Grover Cleveland (buried there)
surface form: Grover Cleveland
heart disease
George Boole pneumonia
John Stuart Mill erysipelas
Franz Boas stroke
Juan Ponce de León wounds from an indigenous attack in Florida
Kathleen Kennedy Cavendish plane crash
Kathleen Kennedy Cavendish accident via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Ruth
surface form: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
complications of pancreatic cancer
James Clerk Maxwell abdominal cancer
Hermann Minkowski appendicitis
Alexander von Humboldt stroke via predicate surface "hasCauseOfDeath"
John von Neumann cancer
Francis Scott Key pleurisy
Walter Chrysler cerebral hemorrhage
Nikola Tesla natural causes via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Nikola Tesla coronary thrombosis
Robert N. Noyce heart attack
Franklin
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
cerebral hemorrhage
Elliott Roosevelt heart failure
Alben W. Barkley heart attack
Alben W. Barkley natural causes via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Lord Randolph Churchill ill health
Margaret Thatcher stroke
Ronald Reagan Alzheimer's disease
Mikhail Gorbachev long illness
William Pitt the Younger natural causes via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
William Pitt the Younger peptic ulcer
Ivana Trump blunt impact injuries from a fall
Herbert von Karajan heart attack