Assertion: pangolin | /r/CapableOf | act as the intermediary
Facets:
value: for the novel coronavirus
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: in spreading the virus
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: The Chinese research suggests that bats passed the virus to pangolins, which acted as the intermediary in spreading the virus to humans.
text: Researchers at South China Agricultural University said at a press conference on February 7, 2020, that the pangolin could be an intermediary host for the novel coronavirus.
text: If pangolins did act as an intermediary host, a link that researchers insist hasn’t been firmly established, the illegal trade in pangolins could have heightened the risk of the outbreak and would make it trickier for researchers and officials to nail down how it started.
text: If pangolins did serve as an intermediary host, the illicit trade in these shy, solitary animals could have played a part in the crisis.