Assertion: gopher | /r/CapableOf | come above ground
Facets:
value: seldom
type: DEGREE
value: to search for food
type: PURPOSE
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
value: to search for mates
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: The gophers spend 72% of their time in their nests, coming above ground to search for food or mates, and for young animals to establish new burrows.
text: The presence of green forage in the diet and the fact that owls sometimes feed on them show that the gophers do emerge above ground sometimes.
text: They seldom come above ground, though they may come out of their runnels at night and on cloudy days.