Assertion: contest | /r/CapableOf | bring european neighbours
Facets:
value: in the spirit of harmless fun
type: PURPOSE
value: together
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Modelled on Italy’s Sanremo Music Festival – inaugurated in 1951 and held in Liguria every year since – the contest was intended to serve as a bonding exercise in the difficult post-war years, bringing European neighbours together in the spirit of harmless fun while testing the capabilities of live broadcast television to the limit.