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
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Catholic charity
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop care for the poor
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop care for the sick
Plymouth Colony military history competition over land and resources with Native peoples
Plymouth Colony military history expansion of English settlement into Native territories
Kulturkampf fear of ultramontanism
Kulturkampf Papal infallibility doctrine of 1870
Adolph Ochs acquired The New York Times in 1896 financial difficulties at The New York Times in the 1890s
Neuchâtel Crisis of 1856–1857 dispute over sovereignty of Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel Crisis of 1856–1857 dual status of Neuchâtel as Swiss canton and Prussian principality
Basuto Wars land disputes via predicate surface "mainCause"
Basuto Wars political control via predicate surface "mainCause"
Ellenton massacre white supremacist efforts to suppress Black civil rights
Ellenton massacre attempts to suppress Black voting rights
Ellenton massacre political intimidation during the 1876 election campaign
Ellenton massacre restoration of white Democratic control in South Carolina via predicate surface "hasMotive"
Ellenton massacre overthrow of Reconstruction government via predicate surface "hasMotive"
Ellenton massacre racial terror via predicate surface "hasMotive"
Cummeragunja walk-off oppressive government control
Cummeragunja walk-off poor living conditions
Cummeragunja walk-off denial of Aboriginal rights
Cummeragunja walk-off mismanagement of Cummeragunja Mission
Cummeragunja walk-off Aboriginal Protection Board policies
Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine Zionist aspiration for Jewish independence
Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine British restrictions on Jewish immigration
Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine 1939 White Paper on Palestine
surface form: British White Paper of 1939
Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine aftermath of the Holocaust
Portuguese conquest of Malacca Portuguese search for direct access to Asian spice markets
Portuguese conquest of Malacca competition with Muslim and Asian trading networks
Elective Affinities gardens and landscape design via predicate surface "hasMotive"
Elective Affinities architecture via predicate surface "hasMotive"
Elective Affinities education and upbringing via predicate surface "hasMotive"
Warlord Era death of Yuan Shikai
Warlord Era collapse of centralized authority in the Republic of China
Indochina conflicts decolonization of French Indochina
Indochina conflicts Cold War rivalry
Indochina conflicts regional power competition
Sinai insurgency security vacuum after 2011 Egyptian revolution
Sinai insurgency longstanding Bedouin grievances in Sinai
Sinai insurgency Islamist militancy
Thin Red Line Russian advance toward Balaclava
bombing of Wuppertal Allied strategic bombing policy
Aliyah Bet persecution of Jews in Europe
Aliyah Bet rise of Nazism
Aliyah Bet Holocaust
Toussaint Rouge Algerian War of Independence
surface form: Algerian struggle for independence
May 1958 crisis in France Algerian War of Independence via predicate surface "mainCause"
surface form: Algerian War
May 1958 crisis in France opposition to French government policy in Algeria via predicate surface "mainCause"
Algiers putsch of 1961 opposition to negotiations with the FLN
Algiers putsch of 1961 fear of loss of French Algeria