usedToExplain

P3638
predicate

Indicates that one entity serves as an explanation or clarification for another entity.

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All labels observed (35)

Label Occurrences
usedToExplain canonical 101
helpsExplain 24
explainedBy 20

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: usedToExplain
Generated description
Indicates that one entity serves as an explanation or clarification for another entity.

Sample triples (262)

Subject Object
Bose–Einstein statistics Planck radiation law ⓘ
Bose–Einstein statistics photon bunching ⓘ
Bose–Einstein statistics Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect ⓘ
Fermi–Dirac statistics electron distribution in metals ⓘ
Fermi–Dirac statistics electronic heat capacity of metals ⓘ
Fermi–Dirac statistics degeneracy pressure in white dwarfs ⓘ
Fermi–Dirac statistics degeneracy pressure in neutron stars ⓘ
U.S. Board on Geographic Names
linked to: U.S. Board on Geographic Names as having no official standing
does not control unofficial or colloquial place names via predicate surface "clarification" ⓘ
U.S. Board on Geographic Names
linked to: U.S. Board on Geographic Names as having no official standing
does not regulate non-federal use of geographic names via predicate surface "clarification" ⓘ
Meissner effect London theory of superconductivity via predicate surface "explainedBy" ⓘ
Eddington–Finkelstein coordinates one-way nature of classical black hole event horizons via predicate surface "helpsExplain" ⓘ
Eddington–Finkelstein coordinates infall of light and matter across the event horizon via predicate surface "helpsExplain" ⓘ
Maxwell's demon thought experiment relationship between information and thermodynamics via predicate surface "usedToDiscuss" ⓘ
Maxwell's demon thought experiment limits of computation via predicate surface "usedToDiscuss" ⓘ
Maxwell's demon thought experiment foundations of the second law of thermodynamics via predicate surface "usedToDiscuss" ⓘ
Gilgul
linked to: Gilgul (reincarnation)
Isaac Luria via predicate surface "expoundedBy" ⓘ
Gilgul
linked to: Gilgul (reincarnation)
Hayyim Vital via predicate surface "expoundedBy" ⓘ
Southern Oscillation Index interannual climate variability via predicate surface "helpsExplain" ⓘ
Big Bang nucleosynthesis
linked to: big bang nucleosynthesis
primordial helium via predicate surface "explainsAbundanceOf" ⓘ
Big Bang nucleosynthesis
linked to: big bang nucleosynthesis
primordial deuterium via predicate surface "explainsAbundanceOf" ⓘ
Big Bang nucleosynthesis
linked to: big bang nucleosynthesis
primordial lithium via predicate surface "explainsAbundanceOf" ⓘ
Poisson spot Huygens–Fresnel principle via predicate surface "isExplainedBy" ⓘ
Fraunhofer diffraction spectral line dispersion by gratings ⓘ
Mulliken electronegativity scale direction of electron flow in reactions ⓘ
Mulliken electronegativity scale relative acidity and basicity trends ⓘ
Kepler’s laws of planetary motion Newton’s law of universal gravitation via predicate surface "explainedBy" ⓘ
Eightfold Way classification mass patterns of hadrons ⓘ
Eightfold Way classification charge patterns of hadrons ⓘ
Gell-Mann–Nishijima formula charge patterns of hadron multiplets via predicate surface "helpsExplain" ⓘ
Gell-Mann–Nishijima formula structure of isospin multiplets via predicate surface "helpsExplain" ⓘ
Form of the Good
linked to: the Good (Form of the Good)
Sun analogy via predicate surface "explainedUsing" ⓘ
Form of the Good
linked to: the Good (Form of the Good)
Divided Line analogy via predicate surface "explainedUsing" ⓘ
Form of the Good
linked to: the Good (Form of the Good)
Allegory of the Cave via predicate surface "explainedUsing" ⓘ
linked to: Republic, Book VII (Allegory of the Cave)
Zeeman effect Hendrik Lorentz via predicate surface "explainedBy" ⓘ
Brillouin zone Umklapp scattering ⓘ
Brillouin zone band folding ⓘ
Brillouin zone energy band gaps at zone boundaries ⓘ
Ship of the Imagination scale of the universe ⓘ
Ship of the Imagination relativity ⓘ
Ship of the Imagination evolution of stars and galaxies ⓘ
Ship of the Imagination history of the cosmos ⓘ
Scottish Vowel Length Rule difference between Scots and Southern British English vowel systems via predicate surface "isUsedToExplain" ⓘ
Q source hypothesis similarities between Matthew and Luke ⓘ
Q source hypothesis order and wording agreements in double tradition ⓘ
Fermi gas electronic heat capacity of metals ⓘ
Fermi gas stability of white dwarfs and neutron stars via degeneracy pressure ⓘ
Brocken spectre wave optics of light scattering via predicate surface "isExplainedBy" ⓘ
UFOs misidentified aircraft via predicate surface "commonlyExplainedAs" ⓘ
UFOs planets or stars via predicate surface "commonlyExplainedAs" ⓘ
UFOs meteors via predicate surface "commonlyExplainedAs" ⓘ