Assertion: newfoundland | /r/ObjectUse | used as a training ground
Facets:
value: for its naval officers
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Keeping Newfoundland’s population flexible and transitory was in the best interest of the British Crown and its merchants as it could be used as a training ground for its naval officers, they owed little responsibility to those who visited the island and migratory fishing had already proven profitable.