Assertion: typhoon's system | /r/CapableOf | surpass typhoon alice
Facets:
value: to become
type: PURPOSE
value: in 1979
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: At around 06:00 UTC on January 1, 2019, the system was upgraded to the first tropical storm of the 2019 typhoon season and named Pabuk by the JMA, surpassing Typhoon Alice in 1979 to become the earliest-forming tropical storm of the northwest Pacific Ocean on record.