Assertion: great auk | /r/HasProperty | hunted to extinction
Facets:
value: in the mid-19th century
type: TEMPORAL
value: for food
type: PURPOSE
value: due to extreme
type: CAUSE
value: for bait
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Great auks were hunted to extinction for food and bait.
text: The Great Auk was once to be found in great numbers on islands off eastern Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Ireland and Britain, but it was eventually hunted to extinction.
text: In the past, the Great Auk was found in great numbers on islands off eastern Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Ireland and Great Britain, but it was eventually hunted to extinction.
text: In the past, the Great Auk was found in great numbers on islands off eastern Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Ireland and Great Britain, but it was eventually hunted to extinction.
text: Due to extreme over-hunting by Europeans, the Great Auk was eventually hunted to extinction in the mid-19th century.