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
Jariri school lack of later followers
Jariri school absorption into other Sunni schools
House of Gorizia death of Leonhard of Gorizia without male heirs
Earl of Avon no male heir
Mlahsô language shift to Arabic via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Mlahsô language shift to Turkish via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Mlahsô displacement of speakers via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Mlahsô assimilation policies via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Shom Peng small speaker population via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Shom Peng isolation of Shompen communities via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Cowlitz Coast Salish colonial language policies via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Cowlitz Coast Salish English language dominance via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Cowlitz Coast Salish residential school system in the region via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Kubachi language shift to Russian via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Kubachi increasing use of standard Dargwa in education via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Chimakuan languages colonialism via predicate surface "causeOfEndangerment"
Chimakuan languages language shift to English via predicate surface "causeOfEndangerment"
Chimakuan languages assimilation policies in the United States via predicate surface "causeOfEndangerment"
Modoc language language shift to English via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Modoc language forced assimilation policies via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Kootenay language language shift to English via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Yeniseian languages language shift to Russian via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Prince of Brazil elevation of Brazil to a constituent kingdom
St. John’s water dog crossbreeding with other dogs via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
St. John’s water dog government restrictions on dog ownership in Newfoundland via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Yola became extinct in the 19th century
surface form: Yola language
language shift to Hiberno-English via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Yola became extinct in the 19th century
surface form: Yola language
increasing dominance of Standard English via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Coeur d’Alene language English language shift via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Coeur d’Alene language boarding school policies via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Baron Jowitt death of only son without male heirs
Alsea
surface form: Alsea language
language shift to English via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Alsea
surface form: Alsea language
displacement and assimilation policies via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Ubykh language shift to Turkish via predicate surface "causeOfEndangerment"
Ubykh displacement from ancestral lands via predicate surface "causeOfEndangerment"
Wemba Wemba language colonization and language shift to English via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Tofa language language shift to Russian via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Tofa language assimilation policies in Soviet period via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Tambora language 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora via predicate surface "extinctionCause"
Tabari language shift to Persian via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Ishkashimi language shift to Tajik via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Ishkashimi language shift to Dari via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Vanji language language shift to Tajik
Baron Dorchester death of the 4th Baron without male heirs
Saxe-Weissenfels extinction of the ducal line in the male line
Kokni shift to dominant regional languages via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Ditidaht dialect historical assimilation policies via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Ditidaht dialect residential school system in Canada via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Tagabawa language shift to Cebuano via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Tagabawa language shift to Tagalog via predicate surface "endangermentCause"
Tagabawa language shift to English via predicate surface "endangermentCause"