motive
P6699
predicate
Indicates the underlying reason, intention, or driving force that explains why an entity performs or is associated with a particular action or event.
Observed surface forms (12)
- hasMotivation ×13
- hasMotiveForce ×5
- allegedMotive ×3
- associatedMotive ×3
- hasMotiveForceInPlot ×3
- motivationOfSide ×3
- teleology ×3
- associatedWithMotive ×2
- drivingMotivation ×1
- featuresMotive ×1
- isMotivatedBy ×1
- motivationOfKrikkit ×1
Sample triples (114)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
| 1968 Mexico City Olympics Black Power salute | protest against racial discrimination → |
| 1968 Mexico City Olympics Black Power salute | support for human rights → |
| 1968 Mexico City Olympics Black Power salute | support for the Olympic Project for Human Rights → |
| 2013 Boston Marathon bombing | Islamist extremism → |
| 2017 Manchester Arena bombing | Islamist extremism → |
| Al-Anfal campaign | Arabization of Kurdish areas → |
| Al-Anfal campaign | suppression of Kurdish resistance → |
| Assassination of Abraham Lincoln | opposition to abolition of slavery → |
| Assassination of Abraham Lincoln | support for the Confederacy → |
| Babi Yar massacre | Nazi racial policy → |
| Babi Yar massacre | antisemitism → |
| Babi Yar massacre | political repression → |
|
Beaver
surface form:
Beaver (Caltech mascot)
|
highlight engineering focus of Caltech → |
| Bedivere | duty via predicate surface "associatedWithMotive" → |
| Bedivere | honor via predicate surface "associatedWithMotive" → |
| Birmingham pub bombings | republican paramilitary campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland → |
| Bloody Sunday (1920) | disruption of British intelligence operations in Ireland → |
| Bloody Sunday (1920) | reprisal for IRA assassinations → |
| Centennial Olympic Park bombing | anti-abortion extremism → |
| Centennial Olympic Park bombing | anti-government extremism → |
| Central Legislative Assembly bombing | propaganda of the deed → |
| Central Legislative Assembly bombing | protest against repressive colonial laws → |
| Ceyx | sea voyage gone wrong via predicate surface "associatedMotive" → |
| David Caravaggio | quest for truth via predicate surface "hasMotivation" → |
|
Docklands bombing in London in 1996
surface form:
Docklands bombing
|
pressure UK government over Northern Ireland → |
|
Eleanor Lance in "The Haunting"
surface form:
Eleanor Lance
|
desire for belonging via predicate surface "associatedMotive" → |
|
Eleanor Lance in "The Haunting"
surface form:
Eleanor Lance
|
escape from oppressive past via predicate surface "associatedMotive" → |
| February 26 Incident | establish a more radical militarist regime → |
| February 26 Incident | purge government and military leadership → |
| Fifth Crusade (planning phase) | control of key routes to the Holy Land through Egypt via predicate surface "isMotivatedBy" → |
| First Crusade | aid to Byzantine Empire → |
| First Crusade | reconquest of Jerusalem → |
| Garibaldi Battalion | fight against fascism in Europe → |
| George Vavasor | personal vindication via predicate surface "hasMotivation" → |
| George Vavasor | political advancement via predicate surface "hasMotivation" → |
|
Gilgul (reincarnation)
surface form:
Gilgul
|
completion of a soul’s mission via predicate surface "teleology" → |
|
Gilgul (reincarnation)
surface form:
Gilgul
|
fulfillment of mitzvot via predicate surface "teleology" GENERATED → |
|
Gilgul (reincarnation)
surface form:
Gilgul
|
repair of past spiritual failures via predicate surface "teleology" → |
|
Grand Cross
surface form:
Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty
|
services to democracy → |
|
Grand Cross
surface form:
Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty
|
services to freedom → |
| Greek Revival architecture | admiration for ancient Greek democracy via predicate surface "hasMotivation" → |
| Greek Revival architecture | association with classical ideals via predicate surface "hasMotivation" → |
| Illuminati (fictional depiction) | promotion of science over dogma → |
| Illuminati (fictional depiction) | revenge for historical persecution by the Church → |
| Iranian Embassy siege | autonomy for Khuzestan (Arabistan) → |
| Iranian Embassy siege | support for Arab Iranian separatism → |
| Irish National Liberation Army | class struggle → |
| Irish National Liberation Army | national liberation → |
| Jack Ruby | avenging the death of President John F. Kennedy via predicate surface "allegedMotive" → |
| Jack Ruby | desire to spare Jacqueline Kennedy the ordeal of a trial via predicate surface "allegedMotive" → |