Assertion: elephant | /r/ObjectUse | used in battle
Facets:
value: historically
type: TEMPORAL
value: widely
type: DEGREE
value: by the 6th century bc
type: TEMPORAL
value: in china
type: LOCATION
value: by the later vedic period
type: TEMPORAL
value: a few centuries ago
type: TEMPORAL
value: as the ultimate beasts of burden
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Until as recently as 1960, elephants were being used in war either in battle or as the ultimate beasts of burden.
text: Elephants were used for warfare in China by a small handful of southern dynasties.
text: A few centuries ago elephants were used as war weapons.
text: Elephants were widely utilized in warfare by the later Vedic period by the 6th century BC.
text: Historically, elephants have also been used on the battlefield.