DD 881118
last-modified: 13 May 1994
Translation
Tobishima Kensetsu on the 17th signed a contract in Tokyo establishing a technology tie-up with the major Canadian construction firm, Ellis Donne (headquarters London, Ontario), in the area of construction technology for large movable roof structures. Donne has been designated by the third sector business proprietors as the primary overall contractor for the design and construction of the Toronto Skydome presently under contruction in Toronto. In the future, the two companies will strengthen ((the structures')) earthquake resistance, wind resistance, and safety measures, and improve their conformity with ((Japanese)) law, and sell ((them)) to the Japanese market as sports and event facilities. A standard (53,000 seat) baseball stadium can be constructed for 35 billion yen.
The Kumagai Gumi just announced on the 15th that it signed a contract for exclusive rights in Japan to introduce design and construction management know-how for this four-panel movable roof skydome from the Canadian design enterprise body, RAN Consortium. There also is concern that, with two Canadian companies contracting to provide two Japanese companies with the same technology, licensing and know-how disputes will occur.
speech-acts statement_1
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%construct_3 %strengthen_1 %improve_1
%conform-with_1 %sell_1 %construct_4
%announce_1 %sign_1 %introduce_1 %create_2
%provide_1 %occur_1
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attitudes %attitude_1 %attitude_2 %attitude_3
temporal-relations %temp-rel_1 %temp-rel_2 %temp-rel_3
%temp-rel_4 %temp-rel_5 %temp-rel_6
%temp-rel_7
focus %focus_1 %focus_2 %focus_3 %focus_4 %focus_5
%focus_6
coreferences coreference_1 coreference_2 coreference_3
coreference_4 coreference_5 coreference_6
coreference_7
domain-relations %domain-rel_1 %domain-rel_2 %domain-rel_3
textual-relations
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statement_1
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%construct_3 %strengthen_1 %improve_1
%conform-with_1 %sell_1 %construct_4
%announce_1 %sign_1 %introduce_1 %create_2
%provide_1 %occur_1
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hearer *reader*
time %time_0
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%time_0
at 881118 ; pubdate
%attitude_1
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attributed-to *author*
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%construct_3 %strengthen_1 %improve_1
%conform-with_1 %sell_1 %construct_4
%announce_1 %sign_1 %introduce_1
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force 0.5
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Tobishima Kensetsu on the 17th signed a contract in Tokyo
establishing a technology tie-up with the major Canadian
construction firm, Ellis Donne (headquarters London, Ontario), in
the area of construction technology for large movable roof
structures.
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;;"Tobishima Kensetsu on the 17th signed a contract in Tokyo
establishing a technology tie-up with the major Canadian
construction firm, Ellis Donne (headquarters London, Ontario)..."
%sign_1
agent %company_1
theme %contract_1
accompanier %company_2
purpose %create_1
location $Tokyo
time %time_1
aspect %aspect_1
polarity positive
%company_1
name $"Tobishima Kensetsu"
%company_2
name $"Ellis Donne"
prod/svc %construct_1
prominence >0.8 ;"major"
headquarters $"Ontario (province1), London (city)"
nationality $Canada (country)
;tipster
notation
%time_1
at 881117
%aspect_1
phase end
iteration single
duration momentary
----
;;"...establishing a technology tie-up...in the area of
construction technology for large movable roof structures."
%create_1
agent %company_1
theme %tie-up_1
accompanier %company_2
time %time_2
aspect %aspect_2
polarity positive
%tie-up_1
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scope %technology_1
%technology_1
technology-type %construct_1
use %structure_1
%structure_1
structure-type $"movable-roof"
size >0.8
%aspect_2
phase end
iteration
duration prolonged
----
Donne has been designated by the third sector business
proprietors as the primary overall contractor for the design and
construction of the Toronto Skydome presently under construction
in Toronto.
----
;;"Donne has been designated by the third sector business
proprietors as the primary overall contractor for the design and
construction..."
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agent %proprietor_1
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purpose %set_1
time %time_3
aspect %aspect_3
focus %focus_2
polarity positive
proprietor_1
proprietor-type $"third sector business" ?? ;don't know
what third
sector
means
%contractor_1
contractor-type $primary
scope $overall
%company_3
name $Donne ;coreference with
%company_2
%set_1
cardinality 2
members
%design_1
%construct_2
%aspect_3
phase end
iteration
duration prolonged
%focus_2 ;;passive
scope %company_3
value 0.8
----
;;"...design...of the Toronto Skydome presently under
construction in Toronto."
%design_1
agent %contractor_1
theme %structure_2
time %time_4
aspect %aspect_4
polarity positive
%structure_2
name $"Toronto Skydome"
location $"Canada (country), Toronto (city)
;tipster
notation
%aspect_4
phase continue
iteration
duration prolonged
----
;;"...construction of the Toronto Skydome presently being
constructed in Toronto."
%construct_3
agent %contractor_1
theme %structure_2
time %time_5 ;"presently"
aspect %aspect_5
polarity positive
%aspect_5
phase continue
iteration
duration prolonged
-----
In the future, the two companies will strengthen ((the
structures')) earthquake resistance, wind resistance, and safety
measures, improve ((their)) conformity with ((Japanese)) laws,
and sell ((them)) to the Japanese market as sports and event
facilities.
------
;;"In the future, the two companies will strengthen ((the
structures')) earthquake resistance, wind resistance, and safety
measures . . . ."
%strengthen_1
agent %set_2
theme %set_3
focus %focus_3
time %time_6
aspect %aspect_6
polarity positive
%set_2
cardinality 2
members
%company_4 ;coreference
%company_1
%company_5 coreference
%company_2
%set_3
cardinality 3
members
%resistance_1
%resistance_2
%measure_1
%resistance_1
resistance-type $earthquake
%resistance_2
resistance-type $wind
%measure_1
measure-type $safety
%time_6 ;"In the future"
%focus_3
scope %set_2.cardinality ;Japanese
explicitly
says the
"two"
companies
value 1.0
%aspect_6
phase continue
iteration
duration prolonged
;;". . . improve ((the structures')) conformity with ((Japanese))
law. . . . ."
%improve_1
agent %set_2
theme %structure_3 ;inference
purpose %conform-with_1
time %time_7
aspect %aspect_7
polarity positive
%aspect_7
phase continue
iteration
duration prolonged
;;Conformity of the structures with Japanese law will be
improved.
%conform-with_1
theme %structure_3
cotheme %law_1
time %time_8
aspect %aspect_8
polarity positive
%law_1
jurisdiction $Japan (country) ;inference,
tipster
notation
%aspect_8
phase continue
iteration
duration prolonged
;;". . . sell ((structures)) to the Japanese market as sports
and event facilities . . ."
%sell_1
agent %set_2
theme %structure_3 ;inference
cotheme %facility_1
recipient %market_1 ;or
destination,
depending on
case role
inventory
time %time_9
aspect %aspect_9
polarity positive
%market_1
nationality $Japan (country) ;tipster
notation
%aspect_9
phase continue
iteration multiple
duration prolonged
%facility_1
use %set_4
%set_4
cardinality 2
members
%sports_1
%event_1
-----
A standard (53,000 seat) baseball stadium can be constructed for
35 billion yen.
-----
;;"A standard (53,000 seat) baseball stadium can be constructed
for 35 billion yen."
%construct_4
agent *unknown*
theme %stadium_1
attitude %attitude_2
time %time_10
focus %focus_4
aspect %aspect_10
polarity positive
%stadium_1
stadium-type $baseball
size 0.5
capacity %capacity_1
cost %cost_1
%capacity_1
quantity 53,000
unit seat
%cost_1
quantity 35000000000
unit JPY ;tipster number
notation
%focus_4
scope %cost_1
value >0.5
%aspect_10
phase continue
iteration
duration prolonged
------
The Kumagai Gumi just announced on the 15th that it signed a
contract for exclusive rights in Japan to introduce design and
construction management know-how for this four-panel movable roof
skydome from the Canadian design enterprise body, RAN Consortium.
------
;;"The Kumagai Gumi just announced on the 15th that it signed . .
."
%announce_1
agent %company_6
theme %sign_1
attitude %attitude_3
time %time_11
aspect %aspect_11
polarity positive
%company_6
name $"Kumagai Gumi"
%time_11
at 881115
%aspect_11
phase end
iteration single
duration momentary
;;". . . signed a contract . . . ."
%sign_1
agent %company_6
theme %contract_2
purpose %introduce_1
time %time_12
aspect %aspect_12
polarity positive
%aspect_12
phase end
iteration single
duration momentary
;;". . . for exclusive rights in Japan to introduce design and
construction management know-how for this four-panel movable roof
skydome from the Canadian design enterprise body, RAN
Consortium."
%introduce_1
agent %company_6
theme %know-how_1
source %company_7
location $Japan (country) ;tipster
notation
manner $exclusively ;exclusively
refers to
Kumagai Gumi's
rights, not to
the region
where know-how
is introduced.
time %time_13
aspect %aspect_13
polarity positive
%company_7
name $"RAN Consortium"
nationality $Canada (country) ;tipster
notation
prod/svc $design
%know-how_1
know-how type %set_5
use $"four-panel movable roof skydome"
%set_5
cardinality 2
members
$design
$"construction management" ;The phrase is
ambiguous. It could
also be read as
"design management
know-how and
construction
management know-
how."
%aspect_13
phase end
iteration multiple
duration prolonged
-----
There also is concern that, with two Canadian companies
having contracted to provide two Japanese companies with the same
technology, licensing and know-how disputes will occur.-----
;;". . . two Canadian companies having contracted to provide . .
. ."
%create_2 ;How many object and
event concepts do we
want that are
parallel? E.g.
agree/agreement, a
contract/to
contract, etc. We
are handling this
like "create a tie-
up."
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theme %contract_2
purpose %provide_1
time %time_14
focus %focus_5
aspect %aspect_14
polarity positive
%set_6
cardinality 2
nationality Canada (country) ;tipster
notation
members
%company_8
%company_9
%company_8
name *unknown* ;coreference
%company_2
%company_9 *unknown* :coreference
%company_7
%focus_5
scope %set_6.cardinality
value 1.0
%aspect_14
phase end
iteration
duration momentary
;;". . . provide two Japanese companies with the same technology
. . ."
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theme %technology_1
beneficiary %set_7
time %time_15
focus %focus_6
aspect %aspect_15
polarity positive
%set_7
cardinality 2
nationality Japan (country) ;tipster
notation
members
%company_10
%company_11
%company_10
name *unknown* ;coreference
%company_1
%company_11
name *unknown* ;coreference
%company_6
%focus_6
scope %set_7.cardinality
value 0.1
%technology_1
technology-type $same ;to be resolved
by discourse
analysis,
refers either
to
%technology_1
or %know-how_1
%aspect_15
phase end
iteration multiple
duration prolonged
;;"There is concern that . . . licensing and know-how disputes
will occur."
%occur_1
theme %dispute_1
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time %time_16
aspect %aspect_16
polarity positive
%set_8
cardinality 2
members
%attitude_4
%attitude_5
%aspect_16
phase end
iteration
duration prolonged
%dispute_1
dispute-type %set_9
%set_9
cardinality 2
members
%license_1
%know-how_1
--------
;;"A stadium can be constructed . . . ."
%attitude_2
type potential
attributed-to *author*
scope %construct_4
time %time_10
value 1.0
;;"Kumagai Gumi just announced . . . ."
%attitude_3
type epistemic
attributed-to %company_6
scope %announce_1
time %time_11
value 1.0
;;"There is concern that . . . ."
%attitude_4
type epistemic
attributed-to *author*
scope %occur_1
time %time_16
value >0.5
%attitude_5
type evaluative
attributed-to *author*
scope %occur_1
time %time_16
value <0.4 ;"osore" means
concern, danger, or
fear. We represent
it as an attitude of
positive expectation
and negative
evaluation.
----
;Tobishima Kensetsu established a tie-up (%time_2) when it signed
a contract (%time_1).
%temp-rel_1
type during ;(strong inference)
arg_1 %time_2
arg_2 %time_1
;Donne was designated the primary overall contractor (%time_3)
before the article was written (%time_0).
%temp-rel_2
type before ;(strong inference)
arg_1 %time_3
arg_2 %time_0
;;". . . the Toronto Skydome presently being constructed
(%time_5) . . ." at the time the text was written (%time_0).
%temp-rel_3
type during
arg_1 %time_5
arg_2 %time_0
;"In the future," the two companies will strengthen (%time_6)
after the article is written (%time_0).
%temp-rel_4
type after
arg_1 %time_6
arg_2 %time_0
;"In the future," the two companies will improve (%time_7) after
the article is written (%time_0).
%temp-rel_5
type after
arg_1 %time_7
arg_2 %time_0
;"In the future," the two companies will sell (%time_8) after the
article is written (%time_0).
%temp-rel_6
type after
arg_1 %time_8
arg_2 %time_0
;Kamagai Gumi "just" announced (%time_10) before the article was
written (%time_0).
%temp-rel_7
type before
arg_1 %time_10
arg_2 %time_0
value <0.2
----
coreference_1 %company_2 %company_3 %contractor_1
coreference_2 %company_4 %company_1 ;(strong
inference)
coreference_3 %company_5 %company_2 ;(strong
inference)
coreference_4 %company_8 %company_2 ;(strong
inference)
coreference_5 %company_9 %company_7 ;(strong
inference)
coreference_6 %company_10 %company_1 ;(strong
inference)
coreference_7 %company_11 %company_6 ;(strong
inference)
----
;" . . . strengthen ((the structures')) earthquake resistance,
wind resistance, and safety measures, and improve their
conformity with ((Japanese)) law, and sell ((them)) . . . ."
%domain-rel_1
type enumeration
arg_1 %strengthen_1
arg_2 %improve_1
arg_3 %sell_1 ;Links three
separate heads.
So, we used
domain-rel,
instead of set.
;"also"
%domain-rel_2
type addition
arg_1 %introduce_1
arg_2 %create_2
;providing the same technology may enable disputes to occur.
%domain-rel_3
type enablement
arg_1 %provide_1
arg_2 %occur_1
;;END