Assertion: breed's dog | /r/HasProperty | functional
Facets:
value: primarily
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: In the 1950s and 1960s, dogs were kept outside more often than they tend to be today (the expression "in the doghouse" - recorded since 1932 - to describe exclusion from the group implies distance between the doghouse and the home) and were still primarily functional, acting as a guard, children's playmate, or walking companion.