causeOfShipwreck

P27489
predicate

Indicates the factor, event, or condition that directly led to a shipwreck occurring.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
sinkingCause 29
causeOfWreck 8
causeOfShipwreck canonical 5

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: causeOfShipwreck
Generated description
Indicates the factor, event, or condition that directly led to a shipwreck occurring.

Sample triples (46)

Subject Object
The Wreck of the Hesperus storm ⓘ
The Wreck of the Hesperus captain's pride ⓘ
USS Walke (DD-416) Japanese naval gunfire via predicate surface "sinkingCause" ⓘ
USS Walke (DD-416) underwater explosion, likely a torpedo or mine via predicate surface "sinkingCause" ⓘ
RMS Titanic collision with iceberg via predicate surface "sinkingCause" ⓘ
Japanese cruiser Kako torpedoes via predicate surface "sinkingCause" ⓘ
Chuck Noland plane crash via predicate surface "causeOfStranding" ⓘ
Zhiyuan combat action via predicate surface "sinkingCause" ⓘ
Taiho torpedo damage via predicate surface "sinkingCause" ⓘ
Taiho internal gasoline vapor explosion via predicate surface "sinkingCause" ⓘ
HMS Galatea (sunk 1941) torpedoes via predicate surface "sinkingCause" ⓘ
Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano torpedo damage and uncontrolled flooding via predicate surface "sinkingCause" ⓘ
SMS Blücher
linked to: Blücher
gunfire from British battlecruisers via predicate surface "sinkingCause" ⓘ
HMS Sirius grounded on reef via predicate surface "causeOfWreck" ⓘ
Giulio Cesare explosion under the hull via predicate surface "sinkingCause" ⓘ
SS Maheno separated from towing ship in a cyclone via predicate surface "causeOfWreck" ⓘ
shipwreck of the Peter Iredale running aground ⓘ
HMS Hermione torpedo via predicate surface "sinkingCause" ⓘ
USS Hatteras naval gunfire via predicate surface "sinkingCause" ⓘ
MV Goya torpedo attack via predicate surface "sinkingCause" ⓘ
Terra Nova ice damage via predicate surface "sankCause" ⓘ
SS Politician ran aground ⓘ
Great Phoenix torpedo attack via predicate surface "sinkingCause" ⓘ
Great Phoenix subsequent internal explosions via predicate surface "sinkingCause" ⓘ
RMS Lancastria German air attack via predicate surface "sinkingCause" ⓘ
RMS Lancastria Luftwaffe bombing via predicate surface "sinkingCause" ⓘ
SS Central America hurricane via predicate surface "causeOfWreck" ⓘ
HMS Dunedin Torpedo attack via predicate surface "sinkingCause" ⓘ
Calypso
linked to: ship Calypso
collision with barge via predicate surface "sinkingCause" ⓘ
I-19 depth charges via predicate surface "sinkingCause" ⓘ
Pearl (whaling ship) grounding on reef via predicate surface "causeOfWreck" ⓘ
Hermes (whaling ship) grounding on reef via predicate surface "causeOfWreck" ⓘ
French frigate Méduse grounding on sandbank via predicate surface "shipwreckCause" ⓘ
SMS Ariadne naval gunfire via predicate surface "sinkingCause" ⓘ
SS Empress of Asia Japanese air attack via predicate surface "sinkingCause" ⓘ
SS Californian torpedoed by German submarine U-35 via predicate surface "sinkingCause" ⓘ
SS Henry B. Smith wreck severe storm conditions via predicate surface "causeOfWreck" ⓘ
SS Henry B. Smith wreck high winds and heavy seas via predicate surface "causeOfWreck" ⓘ
SS Chicora
linked to: SS Chicora wreck
unknown via predicate surface "sinkingCause" ⓘ
SS Hamonic wreck catastrophic fire via predicate surface "causeOfWreck" ⓘ
Spanish ship Santísima Trinidad damage sustained in battle via predicate surface "sinkingCause" ⓘ
HMS Sussex severe storm off Gibraltar via predicate surface "shipwreckCause" ⓘ
Batavia shipwreck running aground on a reef ⓘ
Solen scuttling with explosives via predicate surface "sinkingCause" ⓘ
Solen to avoid capture by Swedish forces via predicate surface "sinkingCause" ⓘ
Solen explosion of gunpowder magazine via predicate surface "sinkingCause" ⓘ