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
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