mainConflict

P5022
predicate

Indicates the primary opposing force, problem, or struggle that drives tension and narrative progression between entities or sides.

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All labels observed (29)

Label Occurrences
centralConflict 1,288
primaryConflict 172
mainConflict canonical 93

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: mainConflict
Generated description
Indicates the primary opposing force, problem, or struggle that drives tension and narrative progression between entities or sides.

Sample triples (1,873)

Subject Object
Presidency of William McKinley Spanish–American War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Presidency of William McKinley Philippine–American War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Poppy Parnell in Truth Be Told
surface form: Poppy Parnell
whether her reporting helped wrongfully convict Warren Cave via predicate surface "centralConflict" ⓘ
S. (novel) protagonist’s break from conventional marriage via predicate surface "centralConflict" ⓘ
S. (novel) search for spiritual fulfillment via predicate surface "centralConflict" ⓘ
Ylla Ylla’s inner desires versus her constrained marriage via predicate surface "centralConflict" ⓘ
The Third Expedition humans versus Martian telepaths via predicate surface "centralConflict" ⓘ
—And the Moon Be Still as Bright conflict between preservation of Martian culture and human colonization via predicate surface "centralConflict" ⓘ
The Million-Year Picnic survival versus complicity in Earth’s destruction via predicate surface "centralConflict" ⓘ
The Dutch Courtesan tension between lust and moral restraint via predicate surface "centralConflict" ⓘ
Embassytown disruption of Ariekei Language by human intervention via predicate surface "hasMainConflict" ⓘ
The Parasite struggle with an alien psychic parasite via predicate surface "centralConflict" ⓘ
Bodas de sangre clash between personal desire and social norms via predicate surface "dramaticConflict" ⓘ
Bodas de sangre family vendetta via predicate surface "dramaticConflict" ⓘ
Yerma desire for motherhood versus social norms via predicate surface "centralConflict" ⓘ
No Particular Night or Morning protagonist's doubt about the existence of external reality via predicate surface "centralConflict" ⓘ
No Particular Night or Morning tension between rationality and paranoia via predicate surface "centralConflict" ⓘ
Marionettes, Inc. humans versus their robotic doubles via predicate surface "centralConflict" ⓘ
The City city versus human visitors via predicate surface "centralConflict" ⓘ
Zero Hour parents' skepticism versus children's secretive game via predicate surface "centralConflict" ⓘ
Superman vs. Muhammad Ali boxing match between Superman and Muhammad Ali ⓘ
Watership Down rabbits fleeing destruction of their warren via predicate surface "centralConflict" ⓘ
Watership Down establishing a new warren at Watership Down via predicate surface "centralConflict" ⓘ
Lawrence Breavman tension between love and artistic freedom via predicate surface "centralConflict" ⓘ
Lawrence Breavman struggle to integrate art and ordinary life via predicate surface "centralConflict" ⓘ
Roy McAvoy quest for redemption via predicate surface "centralConflict" ⓘ
Roy McAvoy pursuit of golf glory via predicate surface "centralConflict" ⓘ
Rhinoceros individual versus collective via predicate surface "dramaticConflict" ⓘ
Rhinoceros reason versus irrationality via predicate surface "dramaticConflict" ⓘ
Jerry is a disaffected, isolated man
surface form: Jerry (The Zoo Story)
desire for authentic contact versus inability to connect via predicate surface "centralConflict" ⓘ
Helly R. rebellion against Lumon Industries via predicate surface "primaryConflict" ⓘ
Helly R. opposition to the severance procedure via predicate surface "primaryConflict" ⓘ
Rain clash between religious zeal and human desire via predicate surface "centralConflict" ⓘ
High Druid of Shannara power struggles within the Druid order via predicate surface "centralConflict" ⓘ
Orgon Tartuffe via predicate surface "centralConflictWith" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mariane forced engagement to Tartuffe via predicate surface "centralConflict" ⓘ
Brand all-or-nothing ethics versus human compromise via predicate surface "centralConflict" ⓘ
Rosmersholm tension between personal freedom and inherited duty via predicate surface "dramaticConflict" ⓘ
Rosmersholm clash between progressive and reactionary ideologies via predicate surface "dramaticConflict" ⓘ
Sheriff Sam Galt upholding justice on the frontier via predicate surface "primaryConflict" ⓘ
Mr. Sammler’s Planet protagonist’s struggle to understand contemporary American culture via predicate surface "centralConflict" ⓘ
Mr. Sammler’s Planet tension between Old World values and 1960s radicalism via predicate surface "centralConflict" ⓘ
Seize the Day Tommy Wilhelm’s struggle with failure and responsibility via predicate surface "centralConflict" ⓘ
The Pedestrian individual versus society via predicate surface "centralConflict" ⓘ
Corrin torn between Hoshido and Nohr via predicate surface "centralConflict" ⓘ
Sonnet 138 tension between truth and comforting lies via predicate surface "centralConflict" ⓘ
Amelia Vanek grief over husband’s death via predicate surface "primaryConflict" ⓘ
Amelia Vanek strained relationship with her son via predicate surface "primaryConflict" ⓘ
Vicki Anderson duty as investigator versus attraction to Thomas Crown via predicate surface "centralConflict" ⓘ
The Dark Legacy of Shannara emerging threats to the Four Lands via predicate surface "centralConflict" ⓘ