Assertion: octopus | /r/HasProperty | alien
Facets:
value: basically
type: DEGREE
value: from another planet
type: LOCATION
value: metaphorically
type: DEGREE
value: not literally
type: DEGREE
value: at the same time
type: TEMPORAL
value: as any extraterrestrial
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: At the same time, octopuses are as alien as any extraterrestrial you might dream up.
text: One article on the subject was titled “Don’t freak out, but scientists think octopuses ‘might be aliens’ after DNA study“:
text: Octopuses are aliens living on Earth.
text: The late British zoologist Martin Wells said the octopus is an alien.
text: The late British zoologist Martin Wells said the octopus is an alien.
text: It was clear that Ragsdale meant that the octopus was an alien metaphorically, not literally.
text: Obviously no one thinks the octopus is an “alien” from another planet.
text: Not to send you into a meltdown or anything but octopuses are basically ‘aliens