Assertion: pekingese | /r/CapableOf | become in the early
Facets:
value: to mid-twentieth century
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: However, the breed lived on because of Cixi's gifts to the westerners - as souvenirs of a vanished world, the Pekingese became a favorite lapdog and show-dog in both Great Britain and the United States in the early to mid-twentieth century.