Assertion: elk | /r/HasProperty | extinct
Facets:
value: due to british
type: CAUSE
value: in much
type: LOCATION
value: due to dutch
type: CAUSE
value: due to destruction of its habitat
type: CAUSE
value: due to french
type: CAUSE
value: due to colonial era overhunting
type: CAUSE
value: due to colonial sources
type: CAUSE
value: for as long as 150 years
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Had the elk not been remarkably adaptable, it might now be extinct.
text: The moose has been extinct in much of the eastern U.S. for as long as 150 years, due to colonial era overhunting and destruction of its habitat: Dutch, French, and British colonial sources all attest to its presence in the mid 17th century from Maine south to areas within a hundred miles of present-day Manhattan.