arguesThat

P2397
predicate

Indicates that one entity presents reasons or justification in support of a specific claim, position, or proposition held about another entity or topic.

All labels observed (32)

Label Occurrences
arguesThat canonical 838
claims 510
argument 270

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: arguesThat
Generated description
Indicates that one entity presents reasons or justification in support of a specific claim, position, or proposition held about another entity or topic.

Sample triples (1,816)

Subject Object
GB core grammar is universal via predicate surface "claims"
The Economics and Ethics of Private Property ethical justification of private property based on argumentation ethics via predicate surface "makesArgument"
The Economics and Ethics of Private Property economic superiority of private property over collective ownership via predicate surface "makesArgument"
The Economics and Ethics of Private Property incompatibility of state and secure property rights via predicate surface "makesArgument"
American Capitalism large corporations are balanced by other organized groups
American Capitalism trade unions can act as countervailing power
American Capitalism government can act as countervailing power
American Capitalism retail chains and cooperatives can act as countervailing power
The Many Faces of Realism internal realism via predicate surface "philosophicalPositionDefended"
Neo-Colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism formal political independence can coexist with economic dependence
Neo-Colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism control is exercised through economic and financial means rather than direct rule
Neo-Colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism aid and investment can function as instruments of control
Neo-Colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism neocolonialism undermines genuine sovereignty
The Primitive and Apostolical Order of the Church of Christ Presbyterian church government is most faithful to the New Testament model
Brunswick County, Virginia original home of Brunswick stew via predicate surface "claims"
Spinoza, Ethics, Part III emotions follow from the laws of human nature via predicate surface "claims"
Spinoza, Ethics, Part III emotions can be understood through reason via predicate surface "claims"
Ukraine (as third party in other disputes citing DS512) security exceptions must be interpreted in light of the object and purpose of the WTO agreements
Ukraine (as third party in other disputes citing DS512) members cannot unilaterally and conclusively determine the scope of security exceptions
Ukraine (as third party in other disputes citing DS512) security exceptions are subject to good‑faith review by WTO adjudicators
Speech on the nature of love not all forms of love are equally noble
Speech on the nature of love the value of love depends on its aims and objects
conformal cyclic cosmology the universe undergoes an infinite sequence of aeons via predicate surface "claims"
Orch-OR theory of consciousness microtubules support coherent quantum states in the brain via predicate surface "claims"
Orch-OR theory of consciousness orchestrated objective reduction events correspond to discrete conscious moments via predicate surface "claims"
Orch-OR theory of consciousness gravitational effects play a role in quantum state reduction in the brain via predicate surface "claims"
Spinoza, Ethics, Part IV virtue consists in living according to the guidance of reason
Spinoza, Ethics, Part IV a free person is led by reason rather than by passions
Spinoza, Ethics, Part IV human beings are naturally subject to passions
Spinoza, Ethics, Part IV understanding our affects increases our power over them
Everybody’s Protest Novel protest novels can oversimplify complex social realities
Everybody’s Protest Novel sentimental fiction can obscure genuine moral complexity
Everybody’s Protest Novel socially conscious fiction may fail to confront deeper issues of race
Everybody’s Protest Novel literature should confront ambiguity and complexity
Spinoza, Ethics, Part V the mind can form adequate ideas that diminish the power of the passions via predicate surface "claims"
Spinoza, Ethics, Part V the more the mind understands things by the second and third kinds of knowledge, the less it suffers from passive affects via predicate surface "claims"
Spinoza, Ethics, Part V love toward God cannot be turned into hatred via predicate surface "claims"
Spinoza, Ethics, Part V the intellectual love of God is eternal via predicate surface "claims"
Spinoza, Ethics, Part V the human mind is eternal in a certain respect via predicate surface "claims"
Spinoza, Ethics, Part V blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself via predicate surface "claims"
Spinoza, Ethics, Part V the free person thinks of nothing less than of death via predicate surface "claims"
Spinoza, Ethics, Part V the free person’s wisdom is a meditation on life via predicate surface "claims"
Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt: A Study in Classical African Ethics Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt: A Study in Classical African Ethics self-linksurface differs
surface form: Maat is a classical African ethical tradition
Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt: A Study in Classical African Ethics Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt: A Study in Classical African Ethics self-linksurface differs
surface form: Maat provides a framework for contemporary African ethics
A Summary View of the Slave Trade and of the Probable Consequences of Its Abolition the slave trade is morally indefensible via predicate surface "argument"
A Summary View of the Slave Trade and of the Probable Consequences of Its Abolition the slave trade has harmful economic effects via predicate surface "argument"
A Summary View of the Slave Trade and of the Probable Consequences of Its Abolition the slave trade has harmful social effects via predicate surface "argument"
The True Law of Free Monarchies kings derive their authority directly from God via predicate surface "argument"
The True Law of Free Monarchies subjects owe unconditional obedience to their king via predicate surface "argument"
The True Law of Free Monarchies parliaments and subjects may not lawfully resist the king via predicate surface "argument"