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
Imo Incident mutiny of Korean soldiers ⓘ
Imo Incident grievances over pay and treatment among Korean soldiers ⓘ
Imo Incident resentment toward military reforms favoring newly trained units ⓘ
Imo Incident economic hardship among traditional army units ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian intervention dynastic crisis in Russia ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian intervention Time of Troubles ⓘ
surface form: Time of Troubles in Russia
Polish–Lithuanian intervention death of Tsar Feodor I ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian intervention extinction of the Rurikid dynasty ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian intervention internal turmoil in Russia ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian intervention Polish–Lithuanian territorial ambitions ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian intervention Polish–Lithuanian dynastic ambitions ⓘ
Zemsky Sobor of 1613 political instability in Russia ⓘ
Zemsky Sobor of 1613 dynastic crisis of the Rurikid dynasty ⓘ
Bolotnikov Rebellion social tensions in early 17th-century Russia ⓘ
Bolotnikov Rebellion peasant discontent ⓘ
Bolotnikov Rebellion Cossack discontent ⓘ
Bolotnikov Rebellion noble opposition to Tsar Vasili IV Shuisky ⓘ
Bolotnikov Rebellion aftermath of the death of Tsar Boris Godunov ⓘ
Bolotnikov Rebellion dynastic crisis in Russia ⓘ
Bolotnikov Rebellion economic hardship of peasants ⓘ
Bolotnikov Rebellion serfdom expansion in Russia ⓘ
Smutnoye vremya dynastic crisis in Russia ⓘ
Smutnoye vremya death of Tsar Feodor I without an heir ⓘ
Smutnoye vremya end of the Rurik dynasty ⓘ
Smutnoye vremya famine in Russia (1601–1603) ⓘ
Smutnoye vremya social unrest ⓘ
Smutnoye vremya foreign intervention in Russia ⓘ
July Days discontent with the Russian Provisional Government ⓘ
July Days continuation of Russia’s participation in World War I ⓘ
July Days economic hardship in Petrograd ⓘ
July Days land and food shortages ⓘ
World War I home front in the Russian Empire outbreak of World War I ⓘ
Italian Civil War armistice of Cassibile ⓘ
Italian Civil War collapse of the Fascist regime in Italy ⓘ
Italian Civil War German occupation of Italy ⓘ
Italian Civil War creation of the Italian Social Republic ⓘ
Catalan diaspora economic migration via predicate surface "hasHistoricalCause" ⓘ
Catalan diaspora political exile via predicate surface "hasHistoricalCause" ⓘ
Catalan diaspora civil war exile via predicate surface "hasHistoricalCause" ⓘ
Catalan diaspora Francoist Spain via predicate surface "hasHistoricalCause" ⓘ
surface form: Francoist repression
Catalan diaspora labor migration via predicate surface "hasHistoricalCause" ⓘ
Catalan diaspora academic mobility via predicate surface "hasHistoricalCause" ⓘ
John Hudson set adrift mutiny against Henry Hudson ⓘ
John Hudson set adrift crew dissatisfaction with conditions ⓘ
Bloodless Revolution opposition to James II's Catholicism ⓘ
Bloodless Revolution fear of a Catholic dynasty in England ⓘ
Bloodless Revolution conflict between monarchy and Parliament ⓘ
Bombing of Wieluń German decision to invade Poland ⓘ
Coxey's Army march of 1894 Panic of 1893 ⓘ
Coxey's Army march of 1894 economic depression in the United States ⓘ