Assertion: ballad | /r/HasProperty | composed
Facets:
value: collectively
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: How ballads are composed and set afloat in tradition has been the subject of bitter quarrels among scholars.
text: The so-called communal school, which was led by two American scholars F.B. Gummere (1855–1919) and G.L. Kittredge (1860–1941), argued at first that ballads were composed collectively during the excitement of dance and song festivals.
text: Some ballads seem to have been composed to promote a particular point of view about an historical event.