Assertion: basking shark | /r/HasProperty | hunted in shallow water
Facets:
value: off japan
type: LOCATION
value: off the u.s.
type: LOCATION
value: with harpoons
type: MANNER
value: before the 1930s
type: TEMPORAL
value: regularly
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Before the 1930s, basking sharks were regularly hunted in shallow water off the U.S. and Japan with harpoons, because their livers contained a large amount of valuable oil.