hasCause

P708
predicate

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

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All labels observed (39)

Label Occurrences
hasCause canonical 9,297
hasMotive 635
mainCause 213

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

Sample triples (10,564)

Subject Object
Arab Winter authoritarian regime resilience ⓘ
Arab Winter regional power competition ⓘ
Arab Winter weak state institutions ⓘ
Arab Winter militarization of uprisings ⓘ
Arrest of Jesus betrayal by Judas Iscariot ⓘ
Werner Mölders air accident during transport flight ⓘ
Peasants’ War feudal oppression ⓘ
Peasants’ War economic hardship of peasants ⓘ
Peasants’ War rising taxes and dues ⓘ
Peasants’ War restrictions on common rights such as hunting and fishing ⓘ
Peasants’ War desire for social reform ⓘ
Peasants’ War religious grievances ⓘ
Twelve Years' Truce Eighty Years' War ⓘ
Tuscarora War encroachment on Tuscarora lands ⓘ
Tuscarora War slave raiding against Tuscarora people ⓘ
Tuscarora War trade disputes ⓘ
Tuscarora War abuse by colonial traders ⓘ
Women’s March on Versailles bread shortage in Paris ⓘ
Women’s March on Versailles high price of bread ⓘ
Women’s March on Versailles economic hardship among Parisian working class ⓘ
Women’s March on Versailles popular discontent with the monarchy ⓘ
Feuillants rise of republican movement via predicate surface "declineCausedBy" ⓘ
Feuillants fall of the monarchy in 1792 via predicate surface "declineCausedBy" ⓘ
siege of Grave (1674) in the Franco-Dutch War
surface form: siege of Grave (1674)
French occupation of Grave during the Franco-Dutch War ⓘ
siege of Grave (1794) in the French Revolutionary Wars
surface form: siege of Grave (1794)
French Republican offensive against the Dutch Republic ⓘ
Japanese occupation of Malaya Battle of Malaya ⓘ
surface form: Japanese invasion of Malaya
Spanish conquest of Guatemala expansion of Spanish colonial rule ⓘ
Spanish conquest of Guatemala search for wealth and resources ⓘ
Spanish conquest of Guatemala religious motives of Christianization ⓘ
Syrian Civil War Arab Spring ⓘ
surface form: Arab Spring protests
Syrian Civil War authoritarian governance in Syria ⓘ
Syrian Civil War political repression ⓘ
Syrian Civil War socioeconomic grievances ⓘ
Yemeni Revolution of 2011 public discontent with Ali Abdullah Saleh’s rule ⓘ
Yemeni Revolution of 2011 corruption in government ⓘ
Yemeni Revolution of 2011 high unemployment ⓘ
Yemeni Revolution of 2011 economic inequality ⓘ
Yemeni Revolution of 2011 lack of political freedoms ⓘ
September Massacres fear of foreign invasion ⓘ
September Massacres fear of internal counter-revolution ⓘ
September Massacres radicalization of Parisian sans-culottes ⓘ
September Massacres fall of the monarchy on 10 August 1792 ⓘ
September Massacres Brunswick Manifesto ⓘ
September Massacres panic over possible prison uprisings ⓘ
Counter-Reformation Reformation ⓘ
surface form: Protestant Reformation
Thirty Years' War religious tensions between Protestants and Catholics ⓘ
Thirty Years' War political rivalry among European powers ⓘ
Thirty Years' War Habsburg attempts at centralization ⓘ
Thirty Years' War Defenestration of Prague (1618) ⓘ
surface form: Bohemian Revolt
Italian invasion of France Italy’s entry into World War II ⓘ