Assertion: horse | /r/HasProperty | gelded
Facets:
value: prior to
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: If a horse is not to be used for breeding, it can be gelded prior to reaching sexual maturity.
text: If both testicles are not descended, the horse may appear to be a gelding, but will still behave like a stallion.
text: However, recent studies have shown that this is not so: any apparent muscle mass gained solely from the presence of hormones will be lost over time after the horse is gelded, and in the meantime, the energy spent developing muscle mass may actually take away from the energy a young horse might otherwise put into skeletal growth; the net effect is that castration has no effect on rate of growth (although it may increase the amount of fat the horse carries).
text: The horse, now a gelding, is allowed to recover.