Assertion: japanese beetle | /r/HasProperty | discovered in new jersey
Facets:
value: before spreading like wildfire
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: First discovered on nursery stock from Japan nearly 100 years ago, Japanese beetles were first discovered in New Jersey before spreading like wildfire to almost all of the states east of the Mississippi River.
text: The Japanese beetle was first discovered in New Jersey, USA in 1916.