Assertion: sponge | /r/HasProperty | plant
Facets:
value: for years
type: TEMPORAL
value: at one point in history
type: TEMPORAL
value: because of their shape
type: CAUSE
value: because of lack of apparent movement
type: CAUSE
value: because of sedentary lives
type: CAUSE
value: because of their appearance
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: and it wasn't up until 1765 that sponges were thought to be a plant.
text: 2000 years ago, sponges were considered plants.
text: They think that Sponges are plants and not animals.
text: For a long time people thought sponges were plants.
text: Some of the first naturalists like Aristotle mistakenly thought sponges were plants because they do not move and can regenerate.
text: Aristotle thought sponges were plants because of their appearance and lack of apparent movement.
text: Grant’s work definitively proved that sponges are animals, not plants or simple celled organisms.
text: They appear to be plants but are in fact invertebrate animals.
text: Some people think that sponges, and other immobile organisms like corals, that live on the bottom of the sea floor are plants.
text: Early naturalists considered sponges to be plants since they looked like a plant and did not move.
text: At one point in history, they were considered plants because of their shape and sedentary lives.
text: For years sponges were considered plants, but after actually looking at them, any biologist could tell you that they are nothing like them.