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
Herbert George Wells diabetes-related complications
Fred Rogers stomach cancer
Kenny Rogers natural causes
John Rogers
surface form: John Rogers (martyr)
execution by burning via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Samuel Pepys natural causes via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Alfred Nobel cerebral hemorrhage
Gabriel García Márquez pneumonia
Toni Morrison pneumonia
St George refusal to renounce Christian faith via predicate surface "martyrdomReason"
King Hussein of Jordan cancer
King Hussein of Jordan non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Lord Byron fever
Terence Rattigan bone cancer
Ian Fleming heart attack
Henry Luce myocardial infarction
Leo Tolstoy pneumonia
Nathuram Godse execution by hanging via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Nathuram Godse execution by hanging
Crispus Attucks gunshot wound
Vincent van Gogh gunshot wound
Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands lung cancer
Frederick Banting airplane crash via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Frederick Banting injuries from plane crash
Georg Stumme heart attack
Georg Stumme combat-related stress
Jawaharlal Nehru heart attack
T. S. Eliot emphysema
Mary Baker Eddy pneumonia
Edwin Booth heart failure
Cecil B. DeMille heart failure
Judy Garland barbiturate overdose
Judy Garland accidental death via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Anton Yelchin crush asphyxia
Anton Yelchin accident via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Dee Dee Ramone heroin overdose
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel gunshot wounds
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel homicide via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Maila Nurmi heart failure
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
surface form: Nicholas II of Russia
execution by firing squad
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
surface form: Nicholas II of Russia
extrajudicial killing via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Prince George of Denmark asthma (reported)
Republic of Texas annexation by the United States via predicate surface "demiseCause"
The Notorious B.I.G. homicide by gunshot
Arthur Miller heart failure
Robert E. Lee stroke
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln gunshot wound to the head
Boutros Boutros-Ghali leukemia
Naguib Mahfouz complications from a fall
Omar Sharif heart attack
John Perry Barlow heart-related complications