Assertion: sarcasm | /r/ObjectUse | used in the service
Facets:
value: so often
type: TEMPORAL
value: to ridicule
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: The reason verbal irony is so often confused with sarcasm is that irony is so often used in the service or sarcasm to ridicule.
text: Irony employed in the service of mocking or attacking someone is sarcasm.