hasCause

P708
predicate

Indicates that one entity is the reason for, or brings about, the occurrence or existence of another entity or event.

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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
Battle of Kiska Japanese occupation of Kiska in 1942 ⓘ
Vietnamese diaspora Vietnam War ⓘ
Vietnamese diaspora First Indochina War ⓘ
Vietnamese diaspora Fall of Saigon ⓘ
Vietnamese diaspora political persecution ⓘ
Vietnamese diaspora economic migration ⓘ
Vietnamese diaspora family reunification ⓘ
Vietnamese diaspora educational migration ⓘ
Columbia University protests of 1968 opposition to Columbia University’s involvement in the Vietnam War ⓘ
Columbia University protests of 1968 opposition to Columbia University’s affiliation with the Institute for Defense Analyses ⓘ
Columbia University protests of 1968 opposition to construction of a segregated gymnasium in Morningside Park ⓘ
Columbia University protests of 1968 demands for greater student participation in university governance ⓘ
Columbia University protests of 1968 solidarity with the New Left and antiwar movement ⓘ
Abraham Accords strengthening alliances against regional threats via predicate surface "hasMotive" ⓘ
Abraham Accords enhancing economic opportunities via predicate surface "hasMotive" ⓘ
Saffman–Taylor instability displacement of a more viscous fluid by a less viscous fluid ⓘ
Saffman–Taylor instability viscosity contrast between two immiscible fluids ⓘ
Disruption of 1843 state interference in church affairs ⓘ
Disruption of 1843 patronage in the Church of Scotland ⓘ
Disruption of 1843 dispute over the right of congregations to choose ministers ⓘ
Governor General of the Province of Quebec British campaign against New France ⓘ
surface form: British conquest of New France
Silesian Uprisings national self-determination claims of Poles in Upper Silesia ⓘ
Silesian Uprisings industrial and economic importance of Upper Silesia ⓘ
Arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald reports of a suspicious man entering the Texas Theatre without a ticket via predicate surface "hasImmediateCause" ⓘ
Arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald police manhunt in Oak Cliff after shooting of J.D. Tippit via predicate surface "hasImmediateCause" ⓘ
1968 Democratic National Convention protests opposition to the Vietnam War ⓘ
1968 Democratic National Convention protests opposition to the Democratic Party establishment ⓘ
1968 Democratic National Convention protests anger over the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
1968 Democratic National Convention protests anger over the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy ⓘ
1968 Democratic National Convention protests wider social unrest in the 1960s United States ⓘ
Ghazwat al‑Ahzab Meccan attempt to destroy the Muslim community in Medina ⓘ
Ghazwat al‑Ahzab continuation of conflict after Battle of Uhud ⓘ
Jens Oliver Lisberg promotion of Faroese national symbols ⓘ
Treaty of Hudaybiyyah Muslim attempt to perform Umrah ⓘ
Treaty of Hudaybiyyah Quraysh opposition to Muslim entry into Mecca ⓘ
Drafting of the Constitution of the French Fifth Republic political instability of the French Fourth Republic ⓘ
Drafting of the Constitution of the French Fifth Republic Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
surface form: Algerian War
Hubert-Joseph Henry anti-Dreyfusard political stance ⓘ
Jackie Robinson Day Jackie Robinson breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier ⓘ
Fuadaichean nan Gàidheal agrarian change ⓘ
Fuadaichean nan Gàidheal introduction of sheep farming ⓘ
Fuadaichean nan Gàidheal landlord estate reorganization ⓘ
Fuadaichean nan Gàidheal commercialization of agriculture ⓘ
Fuadaichean nan Gàidheal British economic and legal reforms ⓘ
Fuadaichean nan Gàidheal collapse of the clan system ⓘ
Fuadaichean nan Gàidheal aftermath of the Jacobite risings ⓘ
Japanese occupation of the Philippines Philippines campaign (1941–1942) ⓘ
surface form: Japanese invasion of the Philippines (1941–1942)
Siege of York (1644) English Civil War ⓘ
surface form: English Civil War between Royalists and Parliamentarians
Melancton Smith protection of individual rights ⓘ
Melancton Smith protection of states’ rights ⓘ