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
Profumo affair national security concerns about possible Soviet links ⓘ
November 2019 Spanish general election political deadlock after April 2019 Spanish general election ⓘ
Crossing of the Belts harsh winter that froze the Danish straits ⓘ
Black Friday gold panic of 1869 attempt to corner the gold market ⓘ
Black Friday gold panic of 1869 speculative bubble in gold prices ⓘ
Beeldenstorm Reformation ⓘ
surface form: Protestant Reformation
Beeldenstorm Calvinist preaching ⓘ
Beeldenstorm religious tensions between Catholics and Protestants ⓘ
Beeldenstorm opposition to Catholic Church practices ⓘ
Beeldenstorm economic hardship in the Low Countries ⓘ
Beeldenstorm political discontent with Habsburg rule ⓘ
Siege of Derry Glorious Revolution ⓘ
Siege of Derry deposition of James II of England ⓘ
Siege of Derry accession of William III and Mary II ⓘ
Loray Mill strike of 1929 wage cuts ⓘ
Loray Mill strike of 1929 speedup of work ⓘ
Loray Mill strike of 1929 poor working conditions ⓘ
Loray Mill strike of 1929 long working hours ⓘ
Loray Mill strike of 1929 anti-union policies of mill management ⓘ
Mfecane competition over land and resources via predicate surface "mainCause" ⓘ
Mfecane state formation processes via predicate surface "mainCause" ⓘ
Mfecane expansion of powerful chiefdoms via predicate surface "mainCause" ⓘ
Mfecane population pressures via predicate surface "mainCause" ⓘ
Mfecane shifts in trade routes via predicate surface "mainCause" ⓘ
Mfecane access to Delagoa Bay trade via predicate surface "mainCause" ⓘ
Mongolian Revolution of 1921 Chinese occupation of Outer Mongolia after 1919 ⓘ
Mongolian Revolution of 1921 Mongolian desire for independence from China ⓘ
Mongolian Revolution of 1921 Russian Civil War spillover into Mongolia ⓘ
Spanish conquest of Honduras expansion of the Spanish Empire ⓘ
Spanish conquest of Honduras search for gold and other resources ⓘ
Spanish conquest of Honduras desire to control Caribbean and Pacific routes ⓘ
Golden Age of Radio widespread adoption of radio receivers ⓘ
Golden Age of Radio development of national radio networks ⓘ
Golden Age of Radio advances in radio technology ⓘ
Drake–Norris Expedition Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) ⓘ
Counter-Armada English desire to exploit Spanish weakness after the 1588 Armada ⓘ
Counter-Armada ongoing Anglo-Spanish War ⓘ
The Duel examination of human weakness via predicate surface "hasMotive" ⓘ
The Duel depiction of moral regeneration via predicate surface "hasMotive" ⓘ
Stalinization of Poland Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland ⓘ
surface form: Soviet military occupation of Poland
Stalinization of Poland Yalta Conference ⓘ
surface form: Yalta Conference agreements
Stalinization of Poland Potsdam Conference decisions ⓘ
Stalinization of Poland expansion of Soviet influence in Eastern Europe ⓘ
Stalinization of Poland imposition of communist rule by the USSR ⓘ
British colonial period European overseas expansion ⓘ
British colonial period mercantilism ⓘ
British colonial period industrialization in Britain ⓘ
Ottoman army caught while crossing the Tisa River army engaged in river crossing via predicate surface "hasCauseOfVulnerability" ⓘ
Ottoman army caught while crossing the Tisa River lack of prepared defensive positions via predicate surface "hasCauseOfVulnerability" ⓘ
rescuing Andromeda
surface form: Rescuing Andromeda
hubrisOfCassiopeia ⓘ