Assertion: elephant seal | /r/HasProperty | extinct
Facets:
value: almost
type: DEGREE
value: by carole
type: OTHER
value: by phil adams
type: OTHER
value: by the late 1880s
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Many people believed that elephant seals were already extinct.
text: 11.—The National Forestry department has authorized the Zoological Society of San Diego, Calif., to try to capture two sea elephants, an almost extinct sea creature, in Mexican waters near Guadalupe Island.
text: Perhaps the most interesting specimens of animal life taken by the expedition were six sea elephants, an almost extinct species of giant seals, estimated to be worth $120,000.
text: By the late 1880s, they were thought to be extinct — until a tiny colony was discovered on Guadalupe Island off Baja, Mexico, according to the guidebook “Elephant Seals,” by Carole and Phil Adams.