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
Anglo-Dutch Wars maritime supremacy
Anglo-Dutch Wars control of trade routes
Anglo-Dutch Wars competition over colonial possessions
Taiwan under Japanese rule Treaty of Shimonoseki
Barbenheimer phenomenon simultaneous theatrical release of Barbie and Oppenheimer
Bishops' Wars attempt to impose Anglican religious practices in Scotland via predicate surface "mainCause"
Bishops' Wars resistance to Charles I's religious policies via predicate surface "mainCause"
Bishops' Wars introduction of the 1637 Scottish Prayer Book
Bishops' Wars opposition to episcopacy in the Church of Scotland
Age of Imperialism industrialization
Age of Imperialism demand for raw materials
Age of Imperialism search for new markets
Age of Imperialism strategic military interests
Age of Imperialism national rivalries
Age of Imperialism belief in cultural superiority
Global War on Terrorism September 11 attacks
White Nights high latitude of Saint Petersburg
White Nights Earth axial tilt
Compromise of 1877 Compromise of 1877 self-linksurface differs
surface form: disputed 1876 United States presidential election
Redemption (end of Reconstruction governments) white resistance to Black political power
Redemption (end of Reconstruction governments) opposition to federal intervention in Southern politics
Redemption (end of Reconstruction governments) economic and social anxieties of white Southerners after the Civil War
Great Holland Fire of 1871 dry conditions in 1871 Midwest fire season
Great Holland Fire of 1871 strong winds
Sitzkrieg declaration of war by United Kingdom on Germany
Sitzkrieg declaration of war by France on Germany
Sitzkrieg Invasion of Poland
surface form: German invasion of Poland
King Philip's War tensions over land ownership
King Philip's War expansion of English settlements
King Philip's War breakdown of earlier treaties
King Philip's War execution of three Wampanoag men by Plymouth Colony
King Philip's War growing dependence of Native Americans on colonial trade
Selma to Montgomery marches voter suppression of African Americans in the U.S. South
Selma to Montgomery marches systemic disenfranchisement of Black voters in Alabama
Renaissance economic growth of Italian city-states
Renaissance increased trade with the Eastern Mediterranean
Renaissance fall of Constantinople
Renaissance migration of Greek scholars to Western Europe
Renaissance patronage by wealthy families
Renaissance rise of urban merchant classes
Diplomatic Revolution of 1756 Austrian desire to recover Silesia from Prussia
Diplomatic Revolution of 1756 British concern over French colonial expansion
Diplomatic Revolution of 1756 breakdown of traditional Habsburg–Bourbon rivalry pattern
Partition of Bengal 1905 administrative reorganization of Bengal Presidency
Partition of Bengal 1905 British colonial policy of divide and rule
Atlantic slave trade European demand for labor in the Americas
Atlantic slave trade development of sugar plantations
Atlantic slave trade development of tobacco plantations
Atlantic slave trade development of cotton plantations
Atlantic slave trade European colonial empires
surface form: European colonial expansion