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
Kurukshetra War dice game that deprived the Pandavas of their kingdom ⓘ
Auspicious Incident resistance of the Janissaries to military reforms ⓘ
31 March Incident opposition to Young Turk constitutional regime ⓘ
31 March Incident conservative reaction against secularizing reforms ⓘ
31 March Incident discontent within the Ottoman army ranks in Istanbul ⓘ
31 March Incident religious agitation by Islamist and conservative groups ⓘ
Burning of Moscow French occupation of Moscow ⓘ
Burning of Moscow Russian scorched earth strategy ⓘ
Burning of Moscow retreat of Russian forces from Moscow ⓘ
Israeli occupation of West Bank Six-Day War ⓘ
Antinomian Controversy in Massachusetts disputes over justification by faith alone ⓘ
Antinomian Controversy in Massachusetts disputes over the role of good works in salvation ⓘ
Antinomian Controversy in Massachusetts disputes over lay religious meetings ⓘ
Antinomian Controversy in Massachusetts conflict over clerical authority ⓘ
Antinomian Controversy in Massachusetts tensions between free grace advocates and legalist ministers ⓘ
Friday of Anger popular discontent with Hosni Mubarak’s rule ⓘ
Friday of Anger police brutality in Egypt ⓘ
Friday of Anger corruption in Egypt ⓘ
Friday of Anger economic grievances in Egypt ⓘ
Friday of Anger lack of political freedoms in Egypt ⓘ
Quiet Revolution election of Jean Lesage government ⓘ
Quiet Revolution defeat of Union Nationale in 1960 ⓘ
Quiet Revolution desire to modernize Quebec society ⓘ
Quiet Revolution perceived economic and social backwardness of Quebec ⓘ
Quiet Revolution declining authority of the Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
Quiet Revolution rise of a new francophone middle class ⓘ
Punakapina social tensions in Finland ⓘ
Punakapina class conflict in Finland ⓘ
Punakapina political polarization after Finnish independence ⓘ
Punakapina power vacuum after collapse of Russian Empire ⓘ
Seventh Syrian War dynastic conflict in the Seleucid Empire ⓘ
Seventh Syrian War Ptolemaic intervention in Seleucid succession ⓘ
Killing Times religious conflict between Covenanters and Stuart monarchy ⓘ
Killing Times attempts to impose episcopacy on the Church of Scotland ⓘ
Killing Times refusal of Covenanters to accept royal supremacy in church affairs ⓘ
Pentland Rising opposition to royal religious policies ⓘ
Pentland Rising enforcement of episcopacy in Scotland ⓘ
Pentland Rising persecution of Covenanters ⓘ
Covenanter persecution known as the Killing Times
surface form: Killing Times
imposition of episcopal church governance in Scotland ⓘ
Covenanter persecution known as the Killing Times
surface form: Killing Times
refusal of Covenanters to accept royal supremacy over the church ⓘ
Covenanter persecution known as the Killing Times
surface form: Killing Times
restoration religious settlement under Charles II ⓘ
Bloody Assizes Monmouth Rebellion ⓘ
Exclusion Parliaments fear of a Catholic succession ⓘ
War of the Two Kings Glorious Revolution ⓘ
War of the Two Kings deposition of James II ⓘ
War of the Two Kings succession dispute over the English throne ⓘ
War of the Two Kings religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants in Ireland ⓘ
Hospitality of King Keleos Demeter’s search for Persephone ⓘ
Hospitality of King Keleos abduction of Persephone by Hades ⓘ
Chechen conflict Chechen separatism via predicate surface "mainCause" ⓘ