Assertion: maltese | /r/HasProperty | the progenitor of the bichons
Facets:
value: through its breeding with barbets
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: There is argument about whether the Tenerife is the original stock for all bichons, or whether the Maltese (which seems to be an old type found on the islands before even the Barbet was known) is the progenitor of the bichons, through its breeding with Barbets.