Assertion: basketball | /r/CapableOf | become popular
Facets:
value: until world war ii
type: TEMPORAL
value: increasingly
type: DEGREE
value: in the united states
type: LOCATION
value: in the 1920s
type: TEMPORAL
value: among italians
type: OTHER
value: among french
type: OTHER
value: in black high schools
type: LOCATION
value: for a number of reasons
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: Basketball has become popular for a number of reasons:
text: Because basketball is less expensive than football and more centrally positioned in the academic year than baseball, it became popular in black high schools in the 1920s.
text: Basketball soon became popular among French and Italians.
text: It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, in large part via women's colleges.
text: Until World War II, basketball became increasingly popular in the United States especially at the high school and college levels.