MIKROKOSMOS

POTENTIAL Modalities

Examples from JJV TMRs -

JJV0002 %modality_11

"For example, if someone who subscribed at age 40 pays in, by payroll deduction, approximately 20,000 yen every month, and 12,000 yen at bonus times, **((he)) could receive** 84,000 yen every 3 months for 10 years, starting at age 60."

%modality_9
	type		potential
	attributed-to	???		;*author*
	scope		%receive_2
	time		%time_15
	value		1.0

"If ((a customer)) spends a night or makes purchases at a Tokyu Hotel, Tokyu Department Store, or any of the approximately 1200 stores throughout the country who accept [lit. "participate in"] credit 109, ((the customer)) **can pay** the charges by cashing in [lit. "surrendering"] PRC funds."

%modality_3
	type		potential
	attributed-to	???		;*author*
	scope		%pay_1
	time		%time_8
	value		1.0

"For example, if someone who subscribed at age 40 pays in, by payroll deduction, approximately 20,000 yen every month, and 12,000 yen at bonus times, **((he)) could receive** 84,000 yen every 3 months for 10 years, starting at age 60.

%modality_5
	type		epistemic
	attributed-to	*author*
	scope		%receive_2
	time		%time_15
	value		>0.7

"Up to now, industry major Tokyo Kaijo was wary of product tie-ups, but since a lot of ((insurance subscribers)) start long-term savings for education funds, and to provide for old age, ((Tokyo Kaijo)) **decided to try to incorporate** securities companies' products and absorb these funds."

Note: We represented "try" with the POTENTIAL, EPISTEMIC, and VOLITION Modalities.

%modality_9
	type		potential
	attributed-to	$"Tokyo Kaijo"
	scope		%incorporate_1
	time		%time_9
	value		>0.5

%modality_8 
	type 		epistemic
	attributed-to	$"Tokyo Kaijo" 
	scope		%incorporate_1 
	time		%time_9 
	value		0.6

%modality_10
        type		volition
	attributed-to   $"Tokyo Kaijo"
	scope		%incorporate_1
	time		%time_9
	value		>0.5

Examples of EJV TMRs -

Polymeric membranes **can** be used to separate gaseous mixtures by selective permeation.

modality_6                      
        type            potential
        value           1
        scope           %separate_1
        attribution     *author*
        time            time_6
        
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It added that the **proposed** transaction will require government clearance.

;; (note: There is an potential modality on the theme to indicate that we
;; are not 100% sure that the event %create_1 will happen.)


modality_101
     type     potential
     scope    %create_1
     value    1
     attribution  *author*

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"Also **angling** for a solid share in the Philippine rolled steel market is Nissho Iwai Corp.

;;    -> Nissho Iwai is attempting to attain a solid share in the...market

(note: "jockeying" is glossed as "attempt," which is represented with 
EPISTEMIC, VOLITIONAL AND POTENTIAL Modalities.)

modality_27
        type            epistemic
        value           1
        scope           %gain_1
        attribution     set_25
        time            time_

modality_28
        type            volitional
        value           1
        scope           %gain_1
        attribution     set_25
        time            time_

modality_28a
        type            potential
        value           1
        scope           %gain_1
        attribution     set_25
        time            time_
        
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"Beside the four firms, other major Japanese traders like Mitsui and Co. and Marubeni Corp. are **jockeying** for a big chunk of the lucrative market with ambitious coil center construction plans."

;;  gloss: -> other major traders are attempting to gain a large portion 
;;  of the market's sales

(note: "jockeying" is glossed as "attempt," which is represented with 
EPISTEMIC, VOLITIONAL AND POTENTIAL Modalities.)

modality_27
        type            epistemic
        value           1
        scope           %gain_1
        attribution     set_25
        time            time_

modality_28
        type            volitional
        value           1
        scope           %gain_1
        attribution     set_25
        time            time_

modality_28a
        type            potential
        value           1
        scope           %gain_1
        attribution     set_25
        time            time_

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Kawasaki Steel Corp. has reached agreement with Mitsubishi Corp. and CIA Vale Do Rio Doce, Brazil's state-run mining corporation, to set up a joint venture in Minas Gerais State in Brazil **possibly** this summer to produce ferrosilicon, reported Nikkan Kogyo.

modality_4 type potential value 1.0 scope %produce_1 attribution %company_11 time time_