Assertion: scurvy | /r/HasProperty | major problem
Facets:
value: to supplement their vitamin c levels
type: PURPOSE
value: for seafarers
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Scurvy was a major problem on nearly all of the 19th-century polar expeditions, and the tragic loss of John Franklin's third arctic expedition in 1847 has been partly attributed to the disease.
text: The disease was a major problem for seafarers, who would spend months at sea, and without a supply of fresh citrus fruit to supplement their vitamin C levels often succumbed to scurvy.
text: Do the lack of understanding and the preservation methods, scurvy was a major problem.