Assertion: lemming | /r/CapableOf | jump off cliff
Facets:
value: to ensure
type: PURPOSE
value: in large numbers
type: MANNER
value: in order to let
type: PURPOSE
value: occasionally
type: DEGREE
value: consciously
type: MANNER
value: during reproduction
type: TEMPORAL
value: above him
type: LOCATION
value: really
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Do Lemmings Really Jump Off Cliffs?
text: White Wilderness, the infamous 1958 Disney documentary on lemmings that won the Academy Award for footage of the furry creatures "jumping off" cliffs that was later found out to be completely staged (edited version just showing the fake footage).
text: When together yearly for migration, which is actually a short time, lemmings do occasionally fall off cliffs or get drowned, but not en masse.
text: But of the many amazing lemming facts Smith described, he didn’t include lemmings leaping off cliffs.
text: Lemmings jump over cliffs but man entertains a more subtle form of suicide.
text: Man fishing while holding an umbrella to protect himself from lemmings jumping off the cliff above him
text: Perhaps one of the most influential factors in this misconception was the Academy Award-winning Disney film White Wilderness, which showed staged footage of lemmings jumping off a cliff during reproduction.
text: The theory that older lemmings consciously jump off cliffs in large numbers in order to let the younger lemming generations have full access to food and shelter etc is a myth.
text: The theory was that older Lemmings would jump off cliffs to ensure that there was enough food and resources for the younger generation of Lemmings.