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
Jewish–Roman conflicts in Alexandria political unrest in Roman Egypt
Jewish–Roman conflicts in Alexandria competition for civic rights and privileges
Jewish–Roman conflicts in Alexandria religious and cultural antagonism
Jewish–Roman conflicts in Alexandria local power struggles within Alexandria
Reagan Doctrine perception of Soviet expansionism
Reagan Doctrine U.S. desire to move from containment to rollback
Rif War Spanish colonial expansion in Morocco
Rif War resistance to European colonial rule
Second Liberian Civil War continuation of instability from the First Liberian Civil War
Second Liberian Civil War authoritarian rule of Charles Taylor
Second Liberian Civil War regional spillover from conflicts in Sierra Leone and Guinea
British occupation of New York City British victory in the New York and New Jersey campaign
British occupation of New York City Battle of Long Island
British occupation of New York City Battle of White Plains
British occupation of New York City British occupation of New York City self-linksurface differs
surface form: British capture of Manhattan
Ethiopian Traps volcanism mantle plume activity
Ethiopian Traps volcanism East African Rift
surface form: Afar plume
August Spies struggle for the eight-hour workday
Trail of Tears Indian Removal policy of the United States
surface form: Indian Removal Act of 1830
Revolutions of 1989 economic stagnation in Eastern Bloc
Revolutions of 1989 political repression in communist states
Revolutions of 1989 rise of opposition movements
Revolutions of 1989 policies of Mikhail Gorbachev
Revolutions of 1989 Gorbachev's policy of glasnost
Revolutions of 1989 Gorbachev's policy of perestroika
Revolutions of 1989 weakening of Soviet control over Eastern Europe
Littorina Sea post-glacial isostatic rebound
Littorina Sea eustatic sea-level rise
An Gorta Mór potato blight via predicate surface "mainCause"
An Gorta Mór Phytophthora infestans via predicate surface "mainCause"
Operation Wetback nativist sentiment in the United States
Operation Wetback anti-immigrant policies in mid-20th-century United States
Operation Wetback concerns about unauthorized immigration from Mexico
Operation Wetback pressure from Southwestern agricultural interests
Second Seminole War resistance to forced relocation of Seminoles
Second Seminole War Indian Removal policy of the United States
Second Seminole War Treaty of Payne’s Landing
Second Seminole War U.S. efforts to enforce removal to Indian Territory
Second Seminole War disputes over land rights in Florida
Second Seminole War U.S. desire to end Seminole harboring of escaped enslaved people
Berchtesgaden meeting of 1938 Nazi Germany’s expansionist policy
Berchtesgaden meeting of 1938 Hitler’s aim to incorporate Austria into the Third Reich
Carl Sagan Productions science literacy promotion via predicate surface "hasMotive"
Carl Sagan Productions public understanding of science via predicate surface "hasMotive"
Rosetta (album) space exploration via predicate surface "hasMotive"
Rosetta (album) comet exploration via predicate surface "hasMotive"
Anthropocene industrialization via predicate surface "hasMainCause"
Anthropocene fossil fuel combustion via predicate surface "hasMainCause"
Anthropocene large-scale land-use change via predicate surface "hasMainCause"
Anthropocene intensive agriculture via predicate surface "hasMainCause"