causeOfShipwreck

P27489
predicate

Indicates the factor, event, or condition that directly led to a shipwreck occurring.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
sinkingCause 29
causeOfWreck 8
causeOfShipwreck canonical 5

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: causeOfShipwreck
Generated description
Indicates the factor, event, or condition that directly led to a shipwreck occurring.

Sample triples (46)

Subject Object
The Wreck of the Hesperus storm
The Wreck of the Hesperus captain's pride
USS Walke (DD-416) Japanese naval gunfire via predicate surface "sinkingCause"
USS Walke (DD-416) underwater explosion, likely a torpedo or mine via predicate surface "sinkingCause"
RMS Titanic collision with iceberg via predicate surface "sinkingCause"
Japanese cruiser Kako torpedoes via predicate surface "sinkingCause"
Chuck Noland plane crash via predicate surface "causeOfStranding"
Zhiyuan combat action via predicate surface "sinkingCause"
Taiho torpedo damage via predicate surface "sinkingCause"
Taiho internal gasoline vapor explosion via predicate surface "sinkingCause"
HMS Galatea (sunk 1941) torpedoes via predicate surface "sinkingCause"
Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano torpedo damage and uncontrolled flooding via predicate surface "sinkingCause"
Blücher
surface form: SMS Blücher
gunfire from British battlecruisers via predicate surface "sinkingCause"
HMS Sirius grounded on reef via predicate surface "causeOfWreck"
Giulio Cesare explosion under the hull via predicate surface "sinkingCause"
SS Maheno separated from towing ship in a cyclone via predicate surface "causeOfWreck"
shipwreck of the Peter Iredale running aground
HMS Hermione torpedo via predicate surface "sinkingCause"
USS Hatteras naval gunfire via predicate surface "sinkingCause"
MV Goya torpedo attack via predicate surface "sinkingCause"
Terra Nova ice damage via predicate surface "sankCause"
SS Politician ran aground
Great Phoenix torpedo attack via predicate surface "sinkingCause"
Great Phoenix subsequent internal explosions via predicate surface "sinkingCause"
RMS Lancastria German air attack via predicate surface "sinkingCause"
RMS Lancastria Luftwaffe bombing via predicate surface "sinkingCause"
SS Central America hurricane via predicate surface "causeOfWreck"
HMS Dunedin Torpedo attack via predicate surface "sinkingCause"
ship Calypso
surface form: Calypso
collision with barge via predicate surface "sinkingCause"
I-19 depth charges via predicate surface "sinkingCause"
British whaling ships Pearl and Hermes
surface form: Pearl (whaling ship)
grounding on reef via predicate surface "causeOfWreck"
British whaling ships Pearl and Hermes
surface form: Hermes (whaling ship)
grounding on reef via predicate surface "causeOfWreck"
French frigate Méduse grounding on sandbank via predicate surface "shipwreckCause"
SMS Ariadne naval gunfire via predicate surface "sinkingCause"
SS Empress of Asia Japanese air attack via predicate surface "sinkingCause"
SS Californian torpedoed by German submarine U-35 via predicate surface "sinkingCause"
SS Henry B. Smith wreck severe storm conditions via predicate surface "causeOfWreck"
SS Henry B. Smith wreck high winds and heavy seas via predicate surface "causeOfWreck"
SS Chicora wreck
surface form: SS Chicora
unknown via predicate surface "sinkingCause"
SS Hamonic wreck catastrophic fire via predicate surface "causeOfWreck"
Spanish ship Santísima Trinidad damage sustained in battle via predicate surface "sinkingCause"
HMS Sussex severe storm off Gibraltar via predicate surface "shipwreckCause"
Batavia shipwreck running aground on a reef
Solen scuttling with explosives via predicate surface "sinkingCause"
Solen to avoid capture by Swedish forces via predicate surface "sinkingCause"
Swedish ship Solen was destroyed
surface form: Solen
explosion of gunpowder magazine via predicate surface "sinkingCause"