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
Siege of Khartoum Mahdist revolt against Egyptian and British rule ⓘ
Siege of Khartoum British decision to evacuate Egyptian garrisons from Sudan ⓘ
August General Uprising collapse of Japanese rule in Indochina ⓘ
August General Uprising weakening of French colonial administration in Indochina ⓘ
August General Uprising power vacuum after Japan’s surrender in World War II ⓘ
Sino–Soviet border conflict territorial dispute ⓘ
Sino–Soviet border conflict Sino–Soviet split ⓘ
Sino–Soviet border conflict border demarcation disagreements ⓘ
Sino–Soviet border conflict ideological tensions between USSR and PRC ⓘ
Patriot Day terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 ⓘ
Townshend Acts era British need for revenue after the Seven Years' War ⓘ
Townshend Acts era British desire to assert parliamentary authority over the colonies ⓘ
War of the First Coalition French Revolution ⓘ
War of the First Coalition execution of Louis XVI ⓘ
War of the First Coalition fear of revolutionary ideas spreading in Europe ⓘ
War of the First Coalition French declaration of war on Austria in April 1792 ⓘ
War of the First Coalition Brunswick Manifesto ⓘ
Kabuliwala Kabuliwala via predicate surface "hasMotive" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kabuliwala wants to earn money for his daughter in Afghanistan
1848 revolutions liberal demands for constitutional government ⓘ
1848 revolutions nationalist movements in multiethnic empires ⓘ
1848 revolutions economic crisis of the 1840s ⓘ
1848 revolutions widespread rural poverty ⓘ
1848 revolutions urban unemployment ⓘ
1848 revolutions influence of the French Revolution of 1789 ⓘ
1848 revolutions opposition to conservative monarchies ⓘ
1848 revolutions demands for civil liberties ⓘ
1848 revolutions demands for expanded suffrage ⓘ
1848 revolutions demands for freedom of the press ⓘ
1848 revolutions demands for freedom of assembly ⓘ
1848 revolutions demands for national self‑determination ⓘ
Dresden uprising of 1849 dissolution of the Frankfurt Parliament ⓘ
Dresden uprising of 1849 refusal of Saxon king to accept the Frankfurt Constitution ⓘ
Dresden uprising of 1849 demands for a liberal constitution ⓘ
Dresden uprising of 1849 demands for German national unification ⓘ
Dresden uprising of 1849 demands for expanded civil rights ⓘ
Dresden uprising of 1849 reactionary policies of the Saxon monarchy ⓘ
Saffron Revolution democratic reform via predicate surface "hasMotive" ⓘ
Saffron Revolution improvement of living conditions via predicate surface "hasMotive" ⓘ
Saffron Revolution political liberalization via predicate surface "hasMotive" ⓘ
The Open Window window motif in modern art via predicate surface "hasMotive" ⓘ
Anthony McAuliffe Battle of the Bulge ⓘ
surface form: World War II German offensive in Ardennes
Conscription Crisis of 1917 introduction of compulsory military service ⓘ
Conscription Crisis of 1917 manpower shortages in the Canadian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Conscription Crisis of 1917 heavy Canadian casualties in World War I ⓘ
Conscription Crisis of 1917 Prime Minister Robert Borden’s commitment to support Britain in World War I ⓘ
Battle of Benghazi 2011 Libyan uprising against Muammar Gaddafi ⓘ
Battle of Benghazi Gaddafi government attempt to retake Benghazi ⓘ
Wrangel government in Crimea collapse of Denikin’s forces ⓘ
Wrangel government in Crimea Russian Civil War ⓘ
Wild West United States territorial expansion ⓘ
surface form: Manifest Destiny ideology