Assertion: great auk | /r/CapableOf | become extinct
Facets:
value: in the mid-19th century
type: TEMPORAL
value: due to over-hunting
type: CAUSE
value: by 1844
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: The great auk (Pinguinus impennis) is a species of flightless alcid that became extinct in the mid-19th century.
text: The Great auk was a flightless bird that became extinct in the middle of the nineteenth century.
text: The great auk, Pinguinus impennis, was a species of flightless seabird native to the North Atlantic, becoming extinct by 1844 due to over-hunting.
text: The Great auk, (Pinguinus impennis), was a large, flightless bird of the alcid family that became extinct in the mid-19th century.
text: Great auk became extinct in the mid-19th century.
text: The Great Auk, flightless rails, and the moa of New Zealand, for example, all became extinct due to human influence.
text: The exhibition explains why the Great Auk became extinct - and howit inspired the fledgling conservation movement in Victorian times.