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
William Dean Howells pneumonia
Olivia Susan Clemens spinal meningitis
Stacker Pentecost heroic sacrifice via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Stacker Pentecost radiation sickness complications and self‑sacrifice in Jaeger detonation
Jacques Piccard heart failure
Muammar Gaddafi homicide
Muammar Gaddafi gunshot wound
Maksim Gorky pneumonia
Chadwick Boseman colon cancer
Yasser Arafat disputed via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
John Parker tuberculosis
Fannie Farmer stroke
Tyrone Power heart attack
Tyrone Power natural causes via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Prince George, Duke of Kent military air crash
Prince George, Duke of Kent accident via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
James Cook killed in action via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
James Cook stabbing
Apostle Peter crucifixion via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Henri Matisse heart attack
Salvador Dalí natural causes via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Will Rogers airplane crash via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Will Rogers aviation accident
James Callaghan pneumonia
Koos de la Rey gunshot
Koos de la Rey killed at a police roadblock via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Rabindranath Tagore kidney failure
Thomas Mann atherosclerosis
Mikhail Bakunin kidney disease
Fred Astaire pneumonia
David Douglas accident
Sir Matt Busby cancer
Nathanael Greene heat stroke
Nathaniel Hawthorne natural causes via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Samuel
surface form: Samuel Langhorne Clemens
heart disease
Ann Dunham ovarian cancer
Ann Dunham uterine cancer
Elsa Einstein kidney disease
Coretta Scott King ovarian cancer
Emma Darwin heart failure
Alexander Graham Bell complications of diabetes
Andrew S. Grove Parkinson's disease
Patricia Kennedy Lawford pneumonia
Vera Rubin natural causes
Chuichi Nagumo suicide
Chuichi Nagumo seppuku via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Svetlana Alliluyeva colon cancer
Governor William Phips
surface form: William Phips
natural causes via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Jim Loscutoff complications from pneumonia
Washington Roebling natural causes via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"