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
Congress of the Republic of Texas annexation of Texas by the United States via predicate surface "reasonForEnd"
Yellow Sea sediment from rivers via predicate surface "colourCausedBy"
Alcmene jealousy of Hera via predicate surface "causeOfConflict"
Elizabeth (Betty) Parris
surface form: Elizabeth Parris
her reported fits and afflictions helped spark witchcraft accusations via predicate surface "causeOfEvent"
Madame de Montespan Suspicions of involvement in black masses and poisonings via predicate surface "causeOfLossOfFavor"
Second Government Junta of Chile coup led by José Miguel Carrera via predicate surface "reasonForEnd"
Scottish Covenanters Covenanter persecution known as the Killing Times
Maurice Gamelin high command decisions during the 1940 campaign via predicate surface "causeOfNotability"
Eleusis Christianization of the Roman Empire via predicate surface "declineCause"
Mount Tambora Year Without a Summer via predicate surface "causedEvent"
Mount Tambora 1816 agricultural failures in Europe and North America via predicate surface "causedEvent"
Southern Oscillation shifts in tropical rainfall belts via predicate surface "causes"
Southern Oscillation anomalies in surface air temperature patterns via predicate surface "causes"
Hurricane Katrina storm surge via predicate surface "primaryCauseOfDamage"
Hurricane Katrina levee failures via predicate surface "primaryCauseOfDamage"
Hurricane Katrina freshwater flooding via predicate surface "primaryCauseOfDamage"
Hurricane Katrina high winds via predicate surface "primaryCauseOfDamage"
Helen of Troy Trojan War
surface form: Trojan War (in myth)
Coinage Act of 1853 to address disappearance of silver coins from circulation via predicate surface "reason"
Coinage Act of 1853 to correct the overvaluation of silver at the legal mint ratio via predicate surface "reason"
Ophiostoma novo-ulmi Ulmus via predicate surface "pathogenicTo"
surface form: Ulmus (elm trees)
Ophiostoma novo-ulmi Dutch elm disease via predicate surface "causes"
Roman Kingdom expulsion of the last king via predicate surface "causeEnd"
French campaign in Syria heavy French casualties from combat and disease
French campaign in Syria outbreaks of plague among French troops
Murad Bey leadership during the French invasion of Egypt via predicate surface "causeOfNotability"
Persephone winter through her absence from Demeter
Persephone spring through her return to Demeter
ALS muscle weakness via predicate surface "causes"
ALS muscle atrophy via predicate surface "causes"
ALS spasticity via predicate surface "causes"
ALS paralysis via predicate surface "causes"
ALS respiratory failure via predicate surface "causes"
People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada military invasion via predicate surface "reasonForEnd"
People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada internal power struggle via predicate surface "reasonForEnd"
Hawking radiation black hole mass loss via predicate surface "causes"
Hawking radiation black hole evaporation via predicate surface "causes"
Operation Barkhane deterioration of relations between France and Malian authorities via predicate surface "reasonForEnd"
Operation Barkhane strategic reorientation of French military presence in the Sahel via predicate surface "reasonForEnd"
Operation Anthropoid Lidice massacre
Operation Anthropoid Ležáky massacre
Treaty of Nymphenburg (1741) expansion of the War of the Austrian Succession
Luna most of the variation in Earth’s tides via predicate surface "causes"
Luna solar eclipses via predicate surface "causes"
Luna lunar eclipses via predicate surface "causes"
Hyas grief of the Hyades
French First Republic proclamation of the First French Empire via predicate surface "reasonForEnd"
German Empire defeat in World War I and German Revolution of 1918–1919 via predicate surface "reasonForEnd"
Man in the Iron Mask mystery surrounding his identity via predicate surface "causeOfNotability"
Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia younger son of Emperor Alexander III of Russia via predicate surface "causeOfNotability"