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 |
| causedBy | 131 |
| hasEndangermentCause | 69 |
| hasMainCause | 39 |
| declineCausedBy | 35 |
| startCause | 20 |
| hasHistoricalCause | 16 |
| hasEndCause | 13 |
| hasReason | 13 |
| attributedCause | 12 |
| hasOriginReason | 9 |
| hasImmediateCause | 7 |
| hasKeyCause | 7 |
| isCausedBy | 6 |
| hasCauseOfLoss | 4 |
| hasMajorEarlyCause | 4 |
| foundCause | 3 |
| hasCauseOfDisruption | 3 |
| hasCausalFactor | 2 |
| hasCauseOfAcidity | 2 |
| hasCauseOfLean | 2 |
| hasCauseOfMutation | 2 |
| hasCauseOfVulnerability | 2 |
| hasColorCause | 2 |
| hasParticularCause | 2 |
| hasProblemCause | 2 |
| hasTypicalCause | 2 |
| causeOfEventOnboard | 1 |
| causeOfPattern | 1 |
| hasAsymmetryCause | 1 |
| hasCauseOfEvent | 1 |
| hasDamageCause | 1 |
| hasDisturbanceCause | 1 |
| hasFailureReason | 1 |
| hasScarCause | 1 |
| identifiedCause | 1 |
| interruptionCause | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction era | secession of Southern states ⓘ |
| Reconstruction era | defeat of the Confederacy ⓘ |
| Reconstruction era | emancipation of enslaved people ⓘ |
| Haymarket affair | labor protest for the eight-hour workday ⓘ |
| Haymarket affair | police attempt to disperse a workers’ rally ⓘ |
| Bore War | strategic stalemate on Western Front ⓘ |
| Bore War | limited offensive operations ⓘ |
| Free Speech Movement | university ban on on-campus political tables ⓘ |
| Free Speech Movement | enforcement of rules against political advocacy at Sproul Plaza ⓘ |
| Free Speech Movement | administrative restrictions on student organizations ⓘ |
| Great Migration of Puritans | religious persecution of Puritans in England via predicate surface "mainCause" ⓘ |
| Great Migration of Puritans | political tensions between Parliament and the English monarchy via predicate surface "mainCause" ⓘ |
| Great Migration of Puritans | desire for religious freedom via predicate surface "mainCause" ⓘ |
| Great Migration of Puritans | desire to establish a godly commonwealth via predicate surface "mainCause" ⓘ |
| Montgomery bus boycott | racial segregation on Montgomery city buses ⓘ |
| Montgomery bus boycott | arrest of Rosa Parks ⓘ |
| Dust Bowl | severe drought ⓘ |
| Dust Bowl | poor farming practices ⓘ |
| Dust Bowl | overplowing of prairie grasslands ⓘ |
| Dust Bowl | overgrazing ⓘ |
| Dust Bowl | soil erosion ⓘ |
| Dust Bowl | high winds ⓘ |
| Roaring Twenties | post–World War I economic recovery ⓘ |
| Roaring Twenties | technological progress ⓘ |
| Roaring Twenties | mass production techniques ⓘ |
| Roaring Twenties | rising consumer credit ⓘ |
| Beaver | protest against taxation without representation via predicate surface "causeOfEventOnboard" ⓘ |
| Stumptown | rapid 19th-century growth of Portland, Oregon via predicate surface "hasOriginReason" ⓘ |
| Stumptown | large number of tree stumps left in Portland, Oregon via predicate surface "hasOriginReason" ⓘ |
| Soviet–Finnish negotiations of 1938–1939 | Soviet security concerns about Leningrad ⓘ |
| Soviet–Finnish negotiations of 1938–1939 | growing tension in Europe before World War II ⓘ |
| Marco Polo Bridge Incident | Japanese military exercises near Marco Polo Bridge ⓘ |
| Marco Polo Bridge Incident | disappearance of a Japanese soldier ⓘ |
| Marco Polo Bridge Incident | escalation of a search operation into armed confrontation ⓘ |
| Greek Civil War | political polarization in Greece after World War II ⓘ |
| Greek Civil War | power vacuum after Axis occupation of Greece ⓘ |
| Greek Civil War | conflict between communist and anti-communist forces in Greece ⓘ |
| Luftbrücke | Berlin Blockade ⓘ |
| Industrial Revolution | advances in technology ⓘ |
| Industrial Revolution | agricultural revolution ⓘ |
| Industrial Revolution | growth of trade ⓘ |
| Industrial Revolution | availability of coal and iron ⓘ |
| Industrial Revolution | development of financial institutions ⓘ |
| Spanish Civil War | political polarization in Spain ⓘ |
| Spanish Civil War | social inequality in Spain ⓘ |
| Spanish Civil War | military coup against the Second Spanish Republic ⓘ |
| Yiddish | Holocaust via predicate surface "declineCausedBy" ⓘ |
| Yiddish | language shift to Hebrew via predicate surface "declineCausedBy" ⓘ |
| Yiddish | language shift to local majority languages via predicate surface "declineCausedBy" ⓘ |
| Jewish diaspora | Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel via predicate surface "hasMajorEarlyCause" ⓘ |