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
Wild West Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
Wild West California Gold Rush ⓘ
Wild West Homestead Act of 1862 ⓘ
Wild West Transcontinental railroad construction ⓘ
Islamization of North Africa Early Muslim conquests ⓘ
surface form: Arab-Muslim conquests
Islamization of North Africa expansion of the Rashidun Caliphate ⓘ
Islamization of North Africa expansion of the Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Third Fitna succession disputes in the Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Third Fitna tribal rivalries between Qays and Kalb factions ⓘ
Third Fitna opposition to Umayyad rule ⓘ
Les Cent-Jours Napoleon’s return from Elba ⓘ
surface form: Napoleon's escape from Elba
Second Bourbon Restoration Napoleon’s defeat at the Battle of Waterloo ⓘ
Second Bourbon Restoration Allied occupation and settlement after the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Death in Venice travel via predicate surface "hasMotive" ⓘ
Death in Venice artistic crisis via predicate surface "hasMotive" ⓘ
2021 Myanmar anti-coup protests 2021 Myanmar military coup d’état ⓘ
Parkinson's disease loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta ⓘ
Parkinson's disease dopamine deficiency in the striatum ⓘ
Era of Good Feelings aftermath of War of 1812 ⓘ
Era of Good Feelings collapse of Federalist Party ⓘ
Era of Good Feelings rise of American nationalism ⓘ
Era of Good Feelings economic expansion after 1815 ⓘ
Siege of Constantinople 1422 Ottoman expansion into Byzantine territories ⓘ
Siege of Constantinople 1422 Murad II’s attempt to capture the Byzantine capital ⓘ
Little War (Cuba) Spanish colonial rule in Cuba ⓘ
Little War (Cuba) unfulfilled aims of the Ten Years' War ⓘ
Grito de Baire Cuban struggle for independence from Spain ⓘ
Battle of the Great Swamp colonial–Native American tensions in New England ⓘ
Battle of the Great Swamp English–Pequot conflict over trade and territory ⓘ
Epic of Gilgamesh search for meaning in life via predicate surface "hasMotive" ⓘ
Epic of Gilgamesh fear of death via predicate surface "hasMotive" ⓘ
Strange Meeting to expose the pity and waste of war via predicate surface "hasMotive" ⓘ
Ice March advance of Bolshevik forces in southern Russia ⓘ
Ice March defeat of White forces in the Don region ⓘ
Fall of the Western Roman Empire internal political instability ⓘ
Fall of the Western Roman Empire economic decline ⓘ
Fall of the Western Roman Empire military weakness ⓘ
Fall of the Western Roman Empire barbarian invasions ⓘ
Fall of the Western Roman Empire civil wars ⓘ
Fall of the Western Roman Empire overreliance on barbarian foederati ⓘ
Fall of the Western Roman Empire loss of tax base ⓘ
Fall of the Western Roman Empire territorial losses ⓘ
Fall of the Western Roman Empire administrative corruption ⓘ
Fall of the Western Roman Empire demographic decline ⓘ
Fall of the Western Roman Empire pressure from the Huns ⓘ
Fall of the Western Roman Empire Vandal control of North Africa ⓘ
Sylvia Hall Indian conflicts on the American frontier ⓘ
1970 Polish protests sudden price increases of food and consumer goods ⓘ
1970 Polish protests economic hardship in communist Poland ⓘ
1970 Polish protests dissatisfaction with living standards ⓘ