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 |
| causedBy | 131 |
| hasEndangermentCause | 69 |
| hasMainCause | 39 |
| declineCausedBy | 35 |
| startCause | 20 |
| hasHistoricalCause | 16 |
| hasEndCause | 13 |
| hasReason | 13 |
| attributedCause | 12 |
| hasOriginReason | 9 |
| hasImmediateCause | 7 |
| hasKeyCause | 7 |
| isCausedBy | 6 |
| hasCauseOfLoss | 4 |
| hasMajorEarlyCause | 4 |
| foundCause | 3 |
| hasCauseOfDisruption | 3 |
| hasCausalFactor | 2 |
| hasCauseOfAcidity | 2 |
| hasCauseOfLean | 2 |
| hasCauseOfMutation | 2 |
| hasCauseOfVulnerability | 2 |
| hasColorCause | 2 |
| hasParticularCause | 2 |
| hasProblemCause | 2 |
| hasTypicalCause | 2 |
| causeOfEventOnboard | 1 |
| causeOfPattern | 1 |
| hasAsymmetryCause | 1 |
| hasCauseOfEvent | 1 |
| hasDamageCause | 1 |
| hasDisturbanceCause | 1 |
| hasFailureReason | 1 |
| hasScarCause | 1 |
| identifiedCause | 1 |
| interruptionCause | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Caroline War | breakdown of the Treaty of Brétigny ⓘ |
| Caroline War | renewed conflict between England and France over territorial control ⓘ |
| 1977 Egyptian Bread Riots | removal of food subsidies ⓘ |
| 1977 Egyptian Bread Riots | IMF-backed austerity measures ⓘ |
| 1977 Egyptian Bread Riots | price increases for basic foodstuffs ⓘ |
| 1977 Egyptian Bread Riots | economic hardship among low-income Egyptians ⓘ |
| 1977 Egyptian Bread Riots | attempt to shift from state-led economy to more open market policies ⓘ |
|
Indian Creek
surface form:
Indian Creek massacre
|
tensions between settlers and Native Americans ⓘ |
| Napoleon I abdication in 1814 | military defeat of Napoleon I ⓘ |
| Napoleon I abdication in 1814 | occupation of Paris by the Sixth Coalition ⓘ |
| Napoleon I abdication in 1814 | loss of political support in France ⓘ |
| Battle of Cable Street | rise of fascism in 1930s Britain ⓘ |
| Battle of Cable Street | planned march by British Union of Fascists through Jewish neighbourhoods ⓘ |
| Banda Islands massacre | desire to secure monopoly over nutmeg trade ⓘ |
| Banda Islands massacre | Dutch East India Company spice monopoly policy ⓘ |
| Banda Islands massacre | economic gain via predicate surface "hasMotive" ⓘ |
| Banda Islands massacre | control of nutmeg production via predicate surface "hasMotive" ⓘ |
| Austrian Partition of Poland | First Partition of Poland ⓘ |
| Austrian Partition of Poland | Second Partition of Poland ⓘ |
| Austrian Partition of Poland |
Third Partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
ⓘ
surface form:
Third Partition of Poland
|
| Mexican Expedition | Pancho Villa's raid on Columbus, New Mexico ⓘ |
| Mexican Expedition | U.S. desire to protect its border with Mexico ⓘ |
| Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948 | dispute over accession of Jammu and Kashmir via predicate surface "mainCause" ⓘ |
| Operation Maitri | 2015 Nepal earthquake ⓘ |
| Battle of San Juan (1595) | Anglo-Spanish rivalry ⓘ |
| Battle of San Juan (1595) | English attempts to disrupt Spanish treasure fleets ⓘ |
| Essex-Raleigh Expedition to the Azores |
Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)
ⓘ
surface form:
Anglo-Spanish rivalry
|
| Essex-Raleigh Expedition to the Azores | war between England and Spain ⓘ |
| Battle of Kinsale (1601) | Spanish attempt to support Irish rebellion against English rule ⓘ |
|
General Franciszek Kleeberg
surface form:
Franciszek Kleeberg
|
Polish independence ⓘ |
| Murder of Thomas Becket | dispute over clerical privilege ⓘ |
| Murder of Thomas Becket | conflict over church courts ⓘ |
| Murder of Thomas Becket | tensions over the Constitutions of Clarendon ⓘ |
| Kapalkundala | religious symbolism via predicate surface "hasMotive" ⓘ |
| Kapalkundala | nature imagery via predicate surface "hasMotive" ⓘ |
| parliamentary enclosure acts | demand for higher agricultural productivity ⓘ |
| parliamentary enclosure acts | rising population in 18th and 19th centuries ⓘ |
| parliamentary enclosure acts | interest of landlords in increasing rents ⓘ |
| Argonautic expedition | Pelias’s command to Jason ⓘ |
|
Andrew Wood
surface form:
Temple of the Dog
|
tribute to Andrew Wood ⓘ |
| War of the Brothers | intra-Lebanese factional rivalry ⓘ |
| War of the Brothers | power struggle among Lebanese militias ⓘ |
| The Eternal Husband | confrontation between past and present via predicate surface "hasMotive" ⓘ |
| The Eternal Husband | self-destructive jealousy via predicate surface "hasMotive" ⓘ |
| The Eternal Husband | moral ambiguity via predicate surface "hasMotive" ⓘ |
| Caucasian muhajirism | Russian imperial conquest of the Caucasus via predicate surface "mainCause" ⓘ |
| Caucasian muhajirism | Russian imperial repression of Muslim populations via predicate surface "mainCause" ⓘ |
| Anglo-Chinese War | British illegal opium trade in China ⓘ |
| Anglo-Chinese War | Qing dynasty attempts to suppress opium ⓘ |
| Anglo-Chinese War | trade imbalance between Britain and China ⓘ |