Assertion: continent | /r/CapableOf | drift around the earth
Facets:
value: slowly
type: MANNER
value: (german: kontinentalverschiebung)
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: During his lifetime he was primarily known for his achievements in meteorology and as a pioneer of polar research, but today he is most remembered as the originator of the theory of continental drift by hypothesizing in 1912 that the continents are slowly drifting around the Earth (German: Kontinentalverschiebung).