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
Melancton Smith limiting centralized federal power ⓘ
Flag of Guadeloupe heraldic fleurs-de-lis via predicate surface "hasMotive" ⓘ
Flag of Guadeloupe sun over sugarcane via predicate surface "hasMotive" ⓘ
Adolf Lüderitz German colonial rule in South West Africa ⓘ
Third Silesian Uprising dispute over the division of Upper Silesia after World War I ⓘ
Third Silesian Uprising results of the 1921 Upper Silesia plebiscite ⓘ
Third Silesian Uprising ethnic and national tensions between Poles and Germans in Upper Silesia ⓘ
Assam Movement perceived large-scale illegal immigration from East Pakistan ⓘ
Assam Movement perceived large-scale illegal immigration from Bangladesh ⓘ
Assam Movement fear of becoming a minority in own state among Assamese people ⓘ
Assam Movement inclusion of alleged illegal immigrants in electoral rolls ⓘ
Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy proposal to construct a bridge from Goolwa to Hindmarsh Island ⓘ
War of the Rough Wooing English attempt to secure a marriage between Mary, Queen of Scots, and Edward, Prince of Wales ⓘ
War of the Rough Wooing Anglo-Scottish tensions following the death of James V of Scotland ⓘ
War of the Rough Wooing Henry VIII’s desire to dominate Scotland ⓘ
Calydonian Boar Hunt wrath of Artemis ⓘ
Calydonian Boar Hunt Oeneus neglecting Artemis in sacrifices ⓘ
Congress of Berlin Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) campaigns ⓘ
surface form: Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
Congress of Berlin Treaty of San Stefano ⓘ
Holy League
surface form: Holy League (1684)
Great Turkish War ⓘ
Morean War Venetian attempt to expand influence in the Peloponnese ⓘ
Morean War Ottoman–Venetian wars ⓘ
surface form: Ottoman–Venetian rivalry
Morean War Great Turkish War escalation ⓘ
Portugal campaign of the Seven Years' War Spanish-French attempt to invade Portugal ⓘ
Portugal campaign of the Seven Years' War Portugal's alliance with Great Britain ⓘ
Bosnian Crisis decline of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Bosnian Crisis Austro-Hungarian expansionism in the Balkans ⓘ
Bosnian Crisis Serbian nationalism ⓘ
Bosnian Crisis Russian support for Slavic states ⓘ
Liège Revolution Enlightenment ideas ⓘ
Liège Revolution French Revolution ⓘ
Liège Revolution opposition to ecclesiastical rule ⓘ
Liège Revolution demands for political reform ⓘ
Liège Revolution social and economic grievances ⓘ
Cauqui language shift to Spanish via predicate surface "hasEndangermentCause" ⓘ
Polish–Czechoslovak War territorial dispute over Cieszyn Silesia ⓘ
Polish–Czechoslovak War competing Polish and Czechoslovak claims after the collapse of Austria-Hungary ⓘ
Polish–Czechoslovak War disagreement over control of coal-rich areas ⓘ
Polish–Czechoslovak War dispute over control of key railway lines ⓘ
Treaty of London (1641) Scottish resistance to Charles I’s religious policies ⓘ
Treaty of London (1641) Bishops' Wars ⓘ
surface form: First Bishops’ War
Treaty of London (1641) Bishops' Wars ⓘ
surface form: Second Bishops’ War
Great Upheaval Seven Years' War context ⓘ
Great Upheaval French and Indian War context ⓘ
Expulsion of the Acadians French and Indian War (as part of British America) ⓘ
surface form: French and Indian War
Expulsion of the Acadians Seven Years' War ⓘ
Expulsion of the Acadians British concerns about Acadian neutrality ⓘ
Expulsion of the Acadians British desire to secure control of Nova Scotia ⓘ
Eastern Crisis of 1875–1878 nationalist uprisings in the Balkans ⓘ
Eastern Crisis of 1875–1878 weakening of Ottoman rule ⓘ