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
Baron Wester Wemyss death of the 1st Baron without surviving male issue
Masset dialect historical assimilation policies in Canada via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Masset dialect residential school system via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Masset dialect language shift to English via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Placodermi Late Devonian biotic crisis via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Archi language shift to Russian via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Archi language small speaker population via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford death of last holder without male heirs
St. Helena olive habitat loss via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
St. Helena olive introduced species via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
St. Helena olive small population size via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Jangil language loss of Jangil population and culture
Aka-Bea language population decline of Great Andamanese via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Aka-Bea language colonial impact via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Aka-Bea language language shift to other languages via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Earls of Oxford failure of male heirs via predicate surface "titleExtinctionReason"
Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne lack of male heirs in the senior line
Caspian tiger habitat loss via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Caspian tiger overhunting via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Caspian tiger prey depletion via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Saklan language language shift to Spanish via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Saklan language missionization in Alta California via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Saklan language population decline from disease and colonization via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Javan tiger habitat loss via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Javan tiger hunting via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Javan tiger human activities via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Aka-Jeru language population decline of Aka-Jeru people via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Aka-Jeru language language shift to other Andamanese languages via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Aka-Jeru language contact with outside populations via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Miluk language language shift to English via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Miluk language colonial assimilation policies via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Bali tiger hunting via predicate surface "causeOfExtinction"
Bali tiger habitat loss via predicate surface "causeOfExtinction"
Marquess of Buckingham
surface form: Marquess of Buckingham (first creation)
lack of male heirs
Patwin language language shift to English via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Nomlaki language language shift to English via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Hill Patwin language shift to English via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Nisenan language language shift to English via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Duke of Buckingham and Chandos death of the 3rd Duke without male heirs
Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages language shift to Russian via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Caithness Norn language shift to Scots via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Caithness Norn language shift to Scottish English via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Multnomah dialect language shift to English via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Coast Salish languages colonial language policies via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Coast Salish languages residential and boarding school systems via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Nanticoke language language shift to English via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Nanticoke language population decline of Nanticoke people via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Pictish language language shift to Gaelic and Old English via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Huave of San Dionisio del Mar language shift to Spanish via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Huave of San Francisco del Mar language shift to Spanish via predicate surface "endangermentCause"