Assertion: gauss | /r/CapableOf | speak russian
Facets:
value: to follow the controversy
type: PURPOSE
value: fluently
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: He learned to read and speak Russian fluently, apparently first attracted by Lobachevsky but soon extending his reading as widely as permitted by the limited material available.
text: Gauss taught himself enough Russian to follow the controversy and proposed Lobachevsky for the Göttingen Academy of Sciences.