Assertion: living room | /r/CapableOf | start out as formal display spaces
Facets:
value: for welcoming guests
type: PURPOSE
value: according to joan dejean
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: According to Joan DeJean, writing for the New York Times, living rooms started out as formal display spaces for welcoming guests in the 17th century, but slowly morphed into the more casual gathering spaces that we know today.