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
partition of Ireland unionist–nationalist conflict in Ireland ⓘ
Access Industries long-term value creation through diversified investments via predicate surface "hasMotive" ⓘ
Bohemian phase tensions between Protestant and Catholic estates in Bohemia ⓘ
Bohemian phase Habsburg attempts at re-Catholicization ⓘ
Bohemian phase limitation of Bohemian estates' political rights ⓘ
Palatinate phase religious tensions between Protestants and Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Palatinate phase dynastic and constitutional conflict within the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Palatinate phase election of Frederick V as King of Bohemia ⓘ
Franco-Swedish phase French opposition to Habsburg encirclement ⓘ
Franco-Swedish phase Swedish interest in Baltic dominance ⓘ
Franco-Swedish phase struggle for European political and territorial dominance ⓘ
Dunkirk pocket German breakthrough in the Ardennes ⓘ
Dunkirk pocket Allied forces pushed back to the Channel coast ⓘ
Second Washington Conference Need to coordinate Allied grand strategy in World War II ⓘ
Despenser War favoritism toward the Despenser family by Edward II ⓘ
Despenser War baronial resentment of royal favorites ⓘ
Despenser War disputes over lands in the Welsh Marches ⓘ
Despenser War perceived misgovernment by Edward II ⓘ
Despenser War Despensers’ accumulation of power and estates ⓘ
Invasion of England in 1326 opposition to the rule of Edward II of England ⓘ
Invasion of England in 1326 resentment of the Despenser favourites ⓘ
Invasion of England in 1326 breakdown of relations between Edward II and Isabella of France ⓘ
Invasion of England in 1326 exile of Roger Mortimer from England ⓘ
Siege of Tönning Great Northern War power struggle in Northern Europe ⓘ
Ordre du Mérite de la Résistance recognition of courage via predicate surface "hasMotive" ⓘ
Ordre du Mérite de la Résistance recognition of patriotic service via predicate surface "hasMotive" ⓘ
Tepehuán Revolt of the early 17th century resistance to Spanish colonial rule via predicate surface "mainCause" ⓘ
Tepehuán Revolt of the early 17th century resistance to Catholic missions via predicate surface "mainCause" ⓘ
Tepehuán Revolt of the early 17th century resistance to forced labor and exploitation via predicate surface "mainCause" ⓘ
Washington Tree fire via predicate surface "hasDamageCause" ⓘ
Seven Against Thebes dispute over the throne of Thebes ⓘ
Seven Against Thebes curse on the house of Oedipus ⓘ
abdication of Nicholas II
surface form: Abdication of Nicholas II
Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form: February Revolution
abdication of Nicholas II
surface form: Abdication of Nicholas II
mass protests in Petrograd ⓘ
abdication of Nicholas II
surface form: Abdication of Nicholas II
mutiny of Russian soldiers and garrison troops ⓘ
abdication of Nicholas II
surface form: Abdication of Nicholas II
loss of support from the army high command ⓘ
abdication of Nicholas II
surface form: Abdication of Nicholas II
pressure from the Duma leaders ⓘ
abdication of Nicholas II
surface form: Abdication of Nicholas II
military failures in World War I ⓘ
abdication of Nicholas II
surface form: Abdication of Nicholas II
economic crisis in the Russian Empire ⓘ
abdication of Nicholas II
surface form: Abdication of Nicholas II
food shortages in Russian cities ⓘ
abdication of Nicholas II
surface form: Abdication of Nicholas II
widespread public discontent with tsarist rule ⓘ
abdication of Nicholas II
surface form: Abdication of Nicholas II
loss of legitimacy of Nicholas II ⓘ
Regency period in Brazil abdication of Pedro I of Brazil ⓘ
Russification of Finland imperial centralization policies of the Russian Empire ⓘ
Russification of Finland fear of separatism in border regions ⓘ
Russification of Finland desire to unify laws and administration of the empire ⓘ
Georgy Gapon improvement of workers’ rights in the Russian Empire ⓘ
Year Without a Summer Mount Tambora ⓘ
surface form: 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora
Year Without a Summer volcanic aerosols in the stratosphere ⓘ
Year Without a Summer reduced solar radiation reaching Earth’s surface ⓘ