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
French conquest of Algeria French desire for Mediterranean influence ⓘ
French conquest of Algeria French domestic political considerations under Charles X ⓘ
Affair of the Placards spread of radical Protestant ideas in France ⓘ
Affair of the Placards opposition to the Catholic Mass ⓘ
Massacre of Vassy tensions between French Catholics and Huguenots ⓘ
Japanese occupation of Hong Kong Battle of Hong Kong ⓘ
German occupation of Dunkirk defeat of Allied forces in the Battle of France ⓘ
German occupation of Dunkirk Allied evacuation from Dunkirk ⓘ
The Zahir protagonist searches for missing wife via predicate surface "hasMotive" ⓘ
War of the Three Henrys French Wars of Religion ⓘ
War of the Three Henrys Catholic–Huguenot religious conflict ⓘ
War of the Three Henrys dynastic rivalry for the French throne ⓘ
War of the Three Henrys opposition to the succession of Henry of Navarre ⓘ
Sarah Wildes witchcraft accusations in Salem ⓘ
British sector of Berlin defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II ⓘ
British sector of Berlin Allied occupation of Germany ⓘ
Amelia Boynton Robinson voting rights ⓘ
Amelia Boynton Robinson racial equality ⓘ
Amelia Boynton Robinson desegregation ⓘ
2001 fall of Kabul September 11 attacks ⓘ
2001 fall of Kabul Operation Enduring Freedom ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Operation Enduring Freedom
Decembrist revolt opposition to autocracy ⓘ
Decembrist revolt desire for constitutional reform ⓘ
Decembrist revolt influence of Enlightenment ideas ⓘ
Decembrist revolt discontent among noble officers ⓘ
Decembrist revolt Occupation of France (1815–1818) ⓘ
surface form: aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars
Decembrist revolt uncertainty over succession between Constantine and Nicholas ⓘ
Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition 1857 Victorian interest in art and culture ⓘ
James Caldwell British Army gunfire ⓘ
Transvaal Trek annexation and administration of the Cape by Britain ⓘ
Transvaal Trek Boer dissatisfaction with British legal and land policies ⓘ
Transvaal Trek Boer opposition to British policies on slavery and labor ⓘ
Warring States period decline of Zhou royal authority ⓘ
Warring States period fragmentation of Zhou feudal system ⓘ
Malcolm Kirk pre-existing heart condition ⓘ
Anti-British National Liberation War opposition to British colonial rule ⓘ
Anti-British National Liberation War desire for national self-determination in Malaya ⓘ
Chicano movement racial discrimination against Mexican Americans ⓘ
Chicano movement educational inequality ⓘ
Chicano movement labor exploitation of farmworkers ⓘ
Chicano movement political disenfranchisement of Mexican Americans ⓘ
Chicano movement cultural assimilation pressures ⓘ
1946 Passive Resistance Campaign Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act ⓘ
Defiance Campaign apartheid laws ⓘ
Defiance Campaign racial segregation ⓘ
Defiance Campaign pass laws ⓘ
Defiance Campaign Group Areas Act ⓘ
Defiance Campaign Suppression of Communism Act ⓘ
Defiance Campaign Bantu Authorities Act ⓘ
Jewish–Roman conflicts in Alexandria ethnic tensions between Jews and Greeks in Alexandria ⓘ