Assertion: maltese | /r/CapableOf | serve as early warning system
Facets:
value: in case of invasion
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Its background dates back to 1416, when the Maltese petitioned their king, Alfonso V of Aragon, to build a tower on Comino to serve as an early warning system in case of invasion, and to deter marauding Turks, pirates, smugglers and corsairs from using Comino as a hiding place and staging ground for devastating sorties onto the sister islands of Malta and Gozo.