Assertion: sponge | /r/HasProperty | big help
Facets:
value: by the 1900s sponging
type: TEMPORAL
value: in the u.s.
type: LOCATION
value: in maintaining the coral reefs
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: A single hawksbill can eat an average of 1,200 sponges a year, which is a big help in maintaining the coral reefs as the sponges compete with coral.
text: For a while sponges were only harvested and distributed locally, but by the 1900s sponging was big business in the U.S., and Tarpon Springs, Florida had become the new 'capital' in the sponge harvesting industry.