causeOfDeath

P144
predicate

Indicates the specific factor, event, or condition that directly resulted in an entity’s death.

All labels observed (92)

Label Occurrences
causeOfDeath canonical 20,973
mannerOfDeath 4,213
deathCause 1,836

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: causeOfDeath
Generated description
Indicates the specific factor, event, or condition that directly resulted in an entity’s death.

Sample triples (27,597)

Subject Object
Franklin D. Roosevelt cerebral hemorrhage ⓘ
Edwin H. Armstrong suicide ⓘ
J. C. R. Licklider complications from asthma ⓘ
Herbert Hoover internal bleeding ⓘ
William Barton Rogers natural causes via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath" ⓘ
James Roosevelt I natural causes via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath" ⓘ
Winston Churchill stroke ⓘ
Carl Sagan pneumonia ⓘ
Carl Sagan myelodysplastic syndrome ⓘ
Norman Borlaug lymphoma ⓘ
J. Robert Oppenheimer throat cancer ⓘ
Robert McNamara heart failure ⓘ
Edward M. Kennedy brain cancer ⓘ
John Harvard tuberculosis ⓘ
Eleanor Roosevelt tuberculosis ⓘ
Eleanor Roosevelt aplastic anemia ⓘ
Joseph Stalin natural causes via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath" ⓘ
Joseph Stalin stroke ⓘ
Salem witch trials pressing via predicate surface "causeOfDeathOfGilesCorey" ⓘ
Abraham Lincoln assassination via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath" ⓘ
Abraham Lincoln gunshot wound ⓘ
Detlev W. Bronk heart attack ⓘ
John F. Kennedy assassination by firearm ⓘ
Ruth Bader Ginsburg complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer ⓘ
John Adams natural causes via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath" ⓘ
Albert Einstein abdominal aortic aneurysm ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. assassination ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. gunshot wound ⓘ
Charles Darwin heart disease (probable) ⓘ
John Nash traffic collision ⓘ
Julius Robert Oppenheimer
linked to: Julius
throat cancer ⓘ
Chappaquiddick incident death of Mary Jo Kopechne ⓘ
Dwight D. Eisenhower congestive heart failure ⓘ
Charles Lindbergh lymphoma ⓘ
Henry Hudson presumed death after mutiny via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath" ⓘ
Henry Hudson exposure and starvation (presumed) ⓘ
Paul A. Volcker prostate cancer ⓘ
Celeste Holm heart attack ⓘ
Celeste Holm congestive heart failure ⓘ
John Hancock natural causes ⓘ
John Bardeen heart disease ⓘ
Richard Feynman abdominal cancer ⓘ
Mark Twain heart disease ⓘ
Charles I of England execution by beheading via predicate surface "mannerOfDeath" ⓘ
Bertrand Russell influenza ⓘ
John Stafford Smith natural causes ⓘ
Whitney Houston drowning ⓘ
Whitney Houston atherosclerotic heart disease ⓘ
Whitney Houston cocaine use ⓘ
Jesus Christ crucifixion via predicate surface "deathCause" ⓘ