Assertion: japanese beetle | /r/CapableOf | hitch ride
Facets:
value: from japan
type: LOCATION
value: on a container of ornamental plants
type: LOCATION
value: aboard nursery stock
type: LOCATION
value: in 1916
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Japanese beetles have been one of the most troublesome backyard insect pests in the Eastern and Upper Midwest regions of the U.S. ever since 1916, when they hitched a ride on a container of ornamental plants from Japan.
text: Japanese beetles have been one of the most troublesome backyard insect pests in the Eastern and Upper Midwest regions of the U.S. since they hitched a ride on a container of ornamental plants from Japan in 1916.
text: Japanese beetles have been one of the most troublesome backyard insect pests in the Eastern and Upper Midwest regions of the U.S. since 1916 when they hitched a ride on a container of ornamental plants from Japan.
text: They first appeared in New Jersey when they hitched a ride aboard nursery stock from Japan.