hasCause

P708
predicate

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

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
Reduction of the Swedish nobility’s estates extensive aristocratic land grants in earlier reigns
Great Reduction (stora reduktionen)
surface form: Great Reduction
fiscal crisis after Swedish wars of expansion
Great Reduction (stora reduktionen)
surface form: Great Reduction
need to stabilize state finances
Great Reduction (stora reduktionen)
surface form: Great Reduction
royal ambition to curb noble power
Poisson spot wave diffraction via predicate surface "causedBy"
The Cocktail Party exploration of the possibility of sainthood in the modern world via predicate surface "hasMotive"
The Cocktail Party examination of the breakdown and reconstruction of marriage via predicate surface "hasMotive"
Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) French opposition to Habsburg encirclement
Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) Habsburg–Bourbon dynastic rivalry
Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) competition for European hegemony
Lausanne Conference of 1932 Great Depression
Lausanne Conference of 1932 German economic crisis
Lausanne Conference of 1932 political instability in Weimar Germany
Holodomor Memorial Day Holodomor
surface form: Holodomor famine
Holodomor Memorial Day man-made famine policies in Soviet Ukraine
Stamp Act 1765 British government debt after the Seven Years' War
Stamp Act 1765 costs of stationing British troops in North America
spinal muscular atrophy mutation in SMN1 gene
spinal muscular atrophy deficiency of survival motor neuron protein
Portuguese reconquest of Recife Portuguese efforts to restore sovereignty over Brazil
Portuguese reconquest of Recife Luso-Brazilian resistance to Dutch rule in Pernambuco
Great Kanto earthquake subduction of the Philippine Sea Plate beneath the Okhotsk Plate via predicate surface "causedBy"
Tapani Incident resistance to Japanese colonial rule in Taiwan
Tapani Incident opposition to Japanese land and tax policies
Tapani Incident religious millenarian beliefs
Tapani Incident local grievances against Japanese authorities
The Price exploration of how economic pressures shape personal relationships via predicate surface "hasMotive"
The Price examination of moral responsibility within a family via predicate surface "hasMotive"
Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) religious tensions between Protestant England and Catholic Spain
Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) English support for the Dutch Revolt
Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) English privateering against Spanish shipping
Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) political rivalry between Elizabeth I and Philip II
Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) competition for control of Atlantic trade routes
Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) conflict over colonies in the Americas
Julian D. King Gift Foundation honoring the memory of Julian D. King via predicate surface "hasMotive"
Opium Wars British opium trade in China
Opium Wars trade imbalance between Britain and China
Opium Wars Qing dynasty restrictions on foreign trade
Opium Wars Chinese efforts to suppress opium
Gordon Riots opposition to the Papists Act 1778
Gordon Riots anti-Catholic sentiment in Britain
Gordon Riots fears of Catholic emancipation
Gordon Riots political agitation by Lord George Gordon
Agricultural Revolution in Britain Agricultural Revolution in Britain self-linksurface differs
surface form: enclosure movement
Agricultural Revolution in Britain population growth in early modern Britain
Agricultural Revolution in Britain rising grain prices in early modern period
Agricultural Revolution in Britain investment by landowners in improvement
Irish Rebellion of 1798 influence of the American Revolution
Irish Rebellion of 1798 influence of the French Revolution