Assertion: sponge | /r/CapableOf | occupy isolated position
Facets:
value: in the animal kingdom
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Zoologists imagined that sponges occupied an isolated position in the animal kingdom, but molecular testing has since proved that sponges and more complex animals (like humans) developed from a common ancestor; sponges also possess many of the qualities biologists use to distinguish people from plants.