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 |
|---|---|
| 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 ⓘ |