Assertion: pronoun's use | /r/HasProperty | optional
Facets:
value: for animals of known sex
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: They fear that including "preferred" in the name may cause some people to think that using an individual's PGPs is optional.
text: Whereas "he" and "she" are used for entities treated as people (including supernatural beings and, sometimes, sympathetic animals, especially pets), the pronoun "it" is normally used for entities not regarded as persons, though the use of "he" or "she" is optional for animals of known sex (and obligatory for animals referred to by a proper name).