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
Second Cold War Soviet–Afghan War
surface form: Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Second Cold War collapse of détente
Second Cold War renewed nuclear arms race
Second Cold War ideological confrontation between capitalism and communism
Alexander Antonov peasant grievances against Bolshevik policies
Joe McDonnell campaign for political status for IRA prisoners
Eureka Stockade gold mining licence fees
Eureka Stockade perceived government corruption
Eureka Stockade harsh policing of miners
Eureka Stockade lack of political representation
Sétif and Guelma massacre of 1945 repression of Algerian nationalist demonstrations
Sétif and Guelma massacre of 1945 French colonial rule in Algeria
Sétif and Guelma massacre of 1945 demonstrations for Algerian independence
Sétif and Guelma massacre of 1945 celebrations of Allied victory in World War II
First Silesian Uprising national self-determination demands of Poles in Upper Silesia
second abdication of Napoleon defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo
second abdication of Napoleon military defeat of France by the Seventh Coalition
Insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia ethnic tensions between Macedonians and Albanians
Insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia demands for greater rights for ethnic Albanians
Armed Forces Unification Day federal decree unifying the armed forces of the emirates
Papal conclave, 1799–1800 death of Pope Pius VI
Restoration period in Europe Napoleonic Wars
Restoration period in Europe fall of Napoleon
Swedish–Novgorodian conflicts control of trade routes via predicate surface "mainCause"
Swedish–Novgorodian conflicts territorial disputes via predicate surface "mainCause"
Tyrolean Rebellion annexation of Tyrol by Bavaria
Tyrolean Rebellion Napoleonic reorganization of Central Europe
Tyrolean Rebellion introduction of Bavarian reforms
Tyrolean Rebellion conscription policies
Tyrolean Rebellion religious grievances
Tyrolean Rebellion loss of traditional Tyrolean privileges
Partition of Bengal 1947 Mountbatten Plan
Partition of Bengal 1947 Indian Independence Act 1947
Partition of Bengal 1947 communal tensions between Hindus and Muslims
Partition of Bengal 1947 demand for Pakistan
Partition of Bengal 1947 Two-Nation Theory
Zaolzie annexation of 1938 Munich Agreement
Zaolzie annexation of 1938 Polish territorial claims to Zaolzie
Zaolzie annexation of 1938 weakening of Czechoslovakia after Munich Agreement
Zaolzie annexation of 1938 interwar Polish–Czechoslovak border dispute
Zaolzie annexation of 1938 ethnic tensions in Cieszyn Silesia
Zaolzie annexation of 1938 rise of revisionist policies in Central Europe
Pauli paramagnetism spin magnetic moments of conduction electrons
Pauli paramagnetism Fermi–Dirac statistics
surface form: Fermi–Dirac statistics of electrons
Bougainville Civil War dispute over Panguna copper mine
Bougainville Civil War environmental damage from mining
Bougainville Civil War Bougainvillean independence movement
Japanese occupation of Guam Japanese expansionism in the Pacific
Japanese occupation of Guam attack on Pearl Harbor
surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor
Battle of Kodziowce Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland
surface form: Soviet invasion of Poland