Assertion: insect | /r/CapableOf | play important role
Facets:
value: in preserving the ecological balance
type: PURPOSE
value: in the development of ecosystems
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: in biological research
type: LOCATION
value: in these myths
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: In contrast to earth-diver myths are stories that speak of the celestial origin of the earth—as in the Indonesian and Micronesian cosmogonies—and in these myths, too, insects play an important role.
text: Insects thereby play an important part in the development of ecosystems as an important source of abundant protein.
text: Insects play important roles in biological research.
text: Insects like the wasps are natural scavengers of flies among other insects, or the scavenging beetles that contribute towards producing topsoil, play an important role in preserving the ecological balance.