extinctionReason

P6998
predicate

Indicates the cause or factor responsible for an entity’s extinction.

All labels observed (25)

Label Occurrences
endangermentCause 315
extinctionCause 206
extinctionReason canonical 124

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: extinctionReason
Generated description
Indicates the cause or factor responsible for an entity’s extinction.

Sample triples (801)

Subject Object
Coahuiltecan languages language shift to Spanish via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Coahuiltecan languages language shift to English via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Chimariko language language shift to English via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Chimariko language population decline via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Esselen language colonialism in California via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Esselen language missionization by Spanish colonizers via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Esselen language language shift to Spanish via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Esselen language language shift to English via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Wipukpa dialect language shift to English via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Wipukpa dialect assimilation policies in the United States via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Pite Sámi language shift to Swedish via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Pite Sámi historical assimilation policies via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Totonac shift to Spanish via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Pochutec language shift to Spanish via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Pochutec assimilation policies in Mexico via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Ordovician Period global cooling via predicate surface "massExtinctionCauses"
Ordovician Period glaciation on Gondwana via predicate surface "massExtinctionCauses"
Ordovician Period sea-level fall via predicate surface "massExtinctionCauses"
Pucikwar language shift to other languages
Jeru language shift to Hindi via predicate surface "endangeredStatusReason"
Jeru small speaker population via predicate surface "endangeredStatusReason"
Kansa language language shift to English via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Saclan language shift to Spanish via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Saclan language shift to English via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Maiduan languages language shift to English via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Count of Dreux end of feudal nobility under French Revolution
Kawaiisu language language shift to English via predicate surface "endangeredStatusCause"
Western Neo-Aramaic language shift to Arabic via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Yola language shift to English via predicate surface "causeOfExtinction"
Tuscarora language colonial displacement via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Tuscarora language English language dominance via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Tuscarora language residential school policies via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Saka languages language shift to Turkic languages in Central Asia
Bilua language language shift to Solomon Islands Pijin via predicate surface "isEndangeredBecauseOf"
Bilua language language shift to English via predicate surface "isEndangeredBecauseOf"
Alanic language language shift to neighboring languages and Ossetian via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Continental Celtic languages language shift to Latin via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Continental Celtic languages Romanization via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Continental Celtic languages later replacement by Romance and Germanic languages via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Vegliot dialect language shift to Croatian via predicate surface "causeOfExtinction"
Vegliot dialect Venetian influence via predicate surface "causeOfExtinction"
Puquina language language shift to Spanish via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Puquina language language shift to Quechua via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Puquina language language shift to Aymara via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Kunza language shift to Spanish
Western Baltic languages Germanization via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Western Baltic languages Polonization via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Western Baltic languages Teutonic Order conquest and assimilation via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Tsouic languages language shift to Mandarin Chinese via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Tsouic languages language shift to Taiwanese Hokkien via predicate surface "endangermentCause"