Assertion: sword's value | /r/HasProperty | an issue of dispute
Facets:
value: in the years
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: The relative value of the lance and the sword as a principal weapon for mounted troops was an issue of dispute in the years immediately preceding World War I. Opponents of the lance argued that the weapon was clumsy, conspicuous, easily deflected, and of no use at close quarters in a melee.