Assertion: silicon | /r/HasProperty | important
Facets:
value: in high-tech devices
type: LOCATION
value: in steel
type: LOCATION
value: very
type: DEGREE
value: for plant growth
type: PURPOSE
value: in the electrical industry
type: LOCATION
value: in biological systems
type: LOCATION
value: in biology
type: LOCATION
value: to the construction industry
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: for plant
type: PURPOSE
value: for animal life
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Silicon is important to plant and animal life.
text: Silicon is a very important element for plant and animal life.
text: Silicon is essential in biological systems as it affects both morphological development and metabolic processes.
text: Silicon is an important ingredient in steel.
text: Silicon is the second most abundant element in the earth’s crust and is vital to the construction industry.
text: Silicon is an essential element in biology, although only traces are required by animals.
text: It doesn’t conduct electricity very well, yet it is an important component in high-tech devices.
text: Silicon can enhance iron’s magnetic properties; it is also an important component of steel, which it toughens.
text: Silicon is important to plant and animal life.
text: Therefore, silicon is very important in the electrical industry.
text: Because silicon is an important element in high-technology semiconductor devices, many places in the world bear its name.
text: Because silicon is an important element in semiconductor and high-tech devices, the high-tech region of Silicon Valley, California, is named after this element.
text: Silicon is also essential for plant growth.
text: Silicon is an important ingredient in steel; silicon carbide is one of the most important abrasives and has been used in lasers to produce coherent light of 4560 A. Silcones are important products of silicon.