Assertion: cassowary's wing | /r/HasProperty | useless
Facets:
value: for flight
type: PURPOSE
value: for aid in running
type: PURPOSE
value: quite
type: DEGREE
value: totally
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: The plumage in general consists of a mixture of brown and grey, and the feathers are somewhat curled or bent at the ends in the natural state: the wings are so very short as to be totally useless for flight, and indeed, are scarcely to be distinguished from the rest of the plumage, were it not for their standing out a little.
text: Like other ratite, or “wingless” birds, the wings are so reduced as to be bidden beneath the drooping plumage, except the ends of five stiff quills; these wings are quite useless for either flight, or aid in running, but are of some service as weapons.