Assertion: lantern | /r/ObjectUse | used as lamp
Facets:
value: before electricity
type: TEMPORAL
value: since antiquity
type: TEMPORAL
value: before the introduction of gas
type: TEMPORAL
value: functionally
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: With dragon and phoenix patterns on them, these lanterns were not only used as lamps but also as decorations in palaces.
text: Lanterns have been used functionally, for light rather than decoration, since antiquity.
text: Once used for lighting before the introduction of gas and then electricity, lanterns are now merely decorative or more significantly used during of the yearly Lantern Festival.
text: This lantern, another 200A from 1966 (month obscured by sticker), was used in the light-up.