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
Józef Piłsudski liver cancer
David Ben-Gurion cerebral hemorrhage
Marian Smoluchowski dysentery
Robert Koch heart disease
Johann Sebastian Bach complications from eye surgery
William Shockley prostate cancer
Mitsuo Fuchida diabetes
Jo Jo White dementia
Goodwin Knight heart attack
Charles Taze Russell cystitis
Jean Perrin natural causes
Larry King sepsis
Friedrich Engels throat cancer
Willem Kieft died in shipwreck via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Willem Kieft shipwreck of the Princess Amelia
Ludwig Wittgenstein prostate cancer
Bartolomeu Dias death at sea via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Bartolomeu Dias shipwreck
Henry Ford cerebral hemorrhage
Ricky Nelson airplane crash
Tiberius natural causes (disputed in ancient sources)
John Proctor execution by hanging via predicate surface "deathCause"
H. R. Haldeman stomach cancer
Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma natural causes
Babe Ruth cancer
Julia Ward Howe pneumonia
Mel Blanc natural causes via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Mel Blanc heart disease
Princess Margaret complications following a stroke
Anne Spencer Lindbergh homicide
Anne Spencer Lindbergh head trauma
Anne Spencer Lindbergh violent death via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Benedict Arnold complications from dropsy
Alfred North Whitehead pneumonia
D. W. Griffith cerebral hemorrhage
Mother Teresa heart failure
Gabriele D'Annunzio intracerebral hemorrhage
Gabriel Narutowicz assassination
Gabriel Narutowicz homicide via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
Ludwig Boltzmann suicide
Jackson Pollock car accident
Ginger Rogers heart failure
Lancelot "Capability" Brown stroke
John Galsworthy brain tumor
Pope Benedict XVI age-related health complications
John Singer Sargent natural causes via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"
George Best multiple organ failure
George Best alcohol-related liver disease
Francisco Goya stroke
James Longstreet natural causes via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath"