causeOf

P694
predicate

Indicates that one entity brings about, produces, or is responsible for the occurrence or existence of another entity or event.

All labels observed (200)

Label Occurrences
declineCause 977
causeOf canonical 917
causes 809

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: causeOf
Generated description
Indicates that one entity brings about, produces, or is responsible for the occurrence or existence of another entity or event.

Sample triples (6,499)

Subject Object
Majapahit Empire shifts in maritime trade routes via predicate surface "declineCause"
Melba Phillips contributions to theoretical nuclear physics via predicate surface "causeOfNotability"
Melba Phillips prominent role in physics teaching and curriculum development via predicate surface "causeOfNotability"
Black Death labor shortages in Europe via predicate surface "caused"
Black Death decline of serfdom in Western Europe via predicate surface "caused"
Black Death wage increases for peasants and workers via predicate surface "caused"
Black Death social unrest via predicate surface "caused"
Black Death religious movements and flagellant processions via predicate surface "caused"
Black Death persecution of Jewish communities via predicate surface "caused"
Black Death changes in land use via predicate surface "caused"
Black Death urban depopulation via predicate surface "caused"
Black Death economic contraction via predicate surface "caused"
Black Death psychological trauma via predicate surface "caused"
Avignon Papacy Western Schism
Shokaku torpedoes from U.S. submarine USS Cavalla via predicate surface "causeOfSinking"
heavy cruiser Mikuma
surface form: Mikuma
air attack via predicate surface "causeOfSinking"
Operation Typhoon logistical overstretch via predicate surface "causeOfFailure"
Operation Typhoon Soviet resistance via predicate surface "causeOfFailure"
Operation Typhoon onset of winter weather via predicate surface "causeOfFailure"
HMS Sikh bombs and coastal artillery fire via predicate surface "causeOfLoss"
Second Spanish Republic defeat in the Spanish Civil War via predicate surface "reasonForEnd"
Oracle of Apollo
surface form: Oracle of Apollo at Delphi
rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire via predicate surface "declineCause"
Battle of Minden dismissal of Lord George Sackville from command
Tambov Rebellion resistance to forced grain requisitioning via predicate surface "reason"
Tambov Rebellion opposition to Bolshevik rural policies via predicate surface "reason"
SA
surface form: Sturmabteilung
Night of the Long Knives via predicate surface "declineCause"
surface form: Night of the Long Knives purge
Pony Express completion of the transcontinental telegraph via predicate surface "reasonForEnd"
Dutch Golden Age cartography rise of French cartography in the late 17th century via predicate surface "declineCause"
Dutch Golden Age cartography shifts in trade routes and political power in Europe via predicate surface "declineCause"
Nana Sahib annulment of his pension by the British via predicate surface "causeOfRebellion"
Nana Sahib doctrine of lapse policy via predicate surface "causeOfRebellion"
2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic via predicate surface "causativeAgent" self-linksurface differs
surface form: influenza A virus subtype H1N1
2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic novel swine-origin influenza A H1N1 virus via predicate surface "causativeAgent"
2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak Zaire ebolavirus via predicate surface "causativeAgent"
Nazism European theatre of World War II via predicate surface "causedEvent"
surface form: World War II in Europe
Nazism Holocaust via predicate surface "causedEvent"
Nazism systematic genocide of European Jews via predicate surface "causedEvent"
Nazism mass murder of Roma via predicate surface "causedEvent"
Nazism mass murder of disabled people via predicate surface "causedEvent"
Nazism mass political repression in Germany via predicate surface "causedEvent"
Pascual Cervera y Topete naval defeat against the United States Navy in 1898 via predicate surface "causeOfNotability"
Namib Desert Benguela Current via predicate surface "fogFormationCause"
surface form: cold Benguela Current
Kediri Kingdom Singhasari Kingdom via predicate surface "declineCause"
surface form: rise of Singhasari
Grand Tour rise of railways and mass tourism via predicate surface "declineCause"
Grand Tour political changes in Europe via predicate surface "declineCause"
Dead Sea upstream water diversion via predicate surface "causeOfIssue"
Dead Sea mineral extraction via predicate surface "causeOfIssue"
Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland establishment of the Irish Free State via predicate surface "reasonForEnd"
Yamato air attack by U.S. carrier-based aircraft via predicate surface "causeOfSinking"
Juan Sebastián Elcano global circumnavigation leadership via predicate surface "causeOfNotability"