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
Storming of the Winter Palace social and economic crisis in 1917 Russia
Bacon's Rebellion tensions over frontier policy
Bacon's Rebellion conflict over Native American relations
Bacon's Rebellion class divisions in colonial Virginia
Bacon's Rebellion discontent among frontier settlers
Bacon's Rebellion perceived government corruption
Bacon's Rebellion Governor William Berkeley's Indian policy
Angolan Civil War power struggle after Angolan independence
Angolan Civil War rivalry among liberation movements
Angolan Civil War Cold War geopolitical competition
Space Race geopolitical rivalry between United States and Soviet Union
Space Race nuclear arms race
Space Race ideological competition between capitalism and communism
Rump Parliament Pride's Purge
Polish–Muscovite War Russian dynastic crisis
Polish–Muscovite War Time of Troubles
surface form: Time of Troubles in Russia
Polish–Muscovite War Polish–Lithuanian intervention
surface form: Polish–Lithuanian intervention in Russian succession
April Crisis of 1917 public outrage over continuation of World War I
April Crisis of 1917 publication of Pavel Milyukov’s note to the Allies
April Crisis of 1917 Provisional Government’s commitment to war aims of the Russian Empire
Yang Hucheng anti-Japanese resistance
German Customs Union need for removal of internal tariffs among German states
German Customs Union Prussian economic and political leadership ambitions
Coronation of George V accession of George V
Boiling Springs Lake volcanic gases via predicate surface "hasCauseOfAcidity"
Boiling Springs Lake sulfuric acid formation via predicate surface "hasCauseOfAcidity"
Pyrrhic War conflict between Tarentum and Rome
Pyrrhic War Roman intervention in Tarentum’s affairs
El Mozote massacre state counterinsurgency policy
trial of the Seven Bishops (1688) petition against the Declaration of Indulgence
trial of the Seven Bishops (1688) attempt by James II to enforce reading of the Declaration of Indulgence in churches
Empire Day promotion of imperial unity
Empire Day loyalty to the British monarch
Dryope unwitting offense against the divine via predicate surface "hasMotive"
German occupation of Denmark Operation Weserübung
surface form: German invasion of Denmark
Coronation of Queen Anne accession of Anne to the throne
German occupation of Norway Operation Weserübung
Quechan uprising of 1781 Quechan resistance to Spanish colonial encroachment
Quechan uprising of 1781 conflicts over land and resources along the Colorado River
Quechan uprising of 1781 tensions between Quechan people and Spanish missionaries and settlers
Aragonese Crusade War of the Sicilian Vespers
Aragonese Crusade Aragonese intervention in Sicily
Aragonese Crusade dynastic dispute over the Kingdom of Sicily
Aragonese Crusade conflict between the House of Aragon and the House of Anjou
Aragonese Crusade papal opposition to Peter III of Aragon
Andean orogeny subduction of oceanic plates beneath South America via predicate surface "causedBy"
Andean orogeny subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate via predicate surface "causedBy"
Andean orogeny subduction of the Antarctic Plate beneath the South American Plate via predicate surface "causedBy"
Andean orogeny subduction of the Caribbean Plate beneath northwestern South America via predicate surface "causedBy"
Henry Havelock remembered for decisive leadership under siege conditions