Abdul Galeel Nazeer Karori, a leading Islamist and member of Sudan's ruling National Congress party, said in Khartoum, "We will not allow any arrest or trial of a Sudanese official, unless they will arrest the 30 million Sudanese people and try them." Is Abdul Galeel Nazeer Karori a member of the Sudanese National Congress Party? http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/5325919.html Yes No Don't know Abdul Galeel Nazeer Karori, a leading Islamist and member of Sudan's ruling National Congress party, said in Khartoum, "We will not allow any arrest or trial of a Sudanese official, unless they will arrest the 30 million Sudanese people and try them." Is Abdul Galeel Nazeer Karori the leader of the Sudanese National Congress Party? http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/5325919.html Yes Yes Implicature. If Karori were the leader, he would have been called a leader of the party, not a "leading Islamist and member of the party" Yes Lt. Gen. Umar Hasan Ahmad al-BASHIR is the president of Sudan's National Congress party. No Don't know No Implicature. If Karori were the leader, he would have been called a leader of the party, not a "leading Islamist and member of the party" Don't know Implicature. If Karori were the leader, he would have been called a leader of the party, not a "leading Islamist and member of the party" No Lt. Gen. Umar Hasan Ahmad al-BASHIR is the president of Sudan's National Congress party. Puerto Rican legislators who want their island to become a state said Monday they would try to override a veto of a bill they believe will help resolve the territory's relationship to the United States. Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila on Sunday vetoed the bill, which would have asked Washington to honor any eventual decision for the island to become a state, increase its autonomy or become independent. Do Puerto Rico lawmakers aim to override the governor's veto? http://24hour.startribune.com/24hour/nation/story/2303304p-10504917c.html Yes Yes report Yes Implicature. Grice's maxim of quality says "do not say what you believe to be false" Yes People that say they will try to do something might aim to do that thing. No Don't know No report Don't know report No Implicature. Grice's maxim of quality says "do not say what you believe to be false" Don't know Implicature. Grice's maxim of quality says "do not say what you believe to be false" No People that say they will try to do something might aim to do that thing. Luigi Accattoli, one of the most senior and respected Vatican beat reporters, wrote in Corriere della Sera that a petition has already been circulated among the cardinals seeking signatures for a fast-track canonization process for John Paul. Did the cardinals in Vatican sign a petition asking a future pope to "accelerate" the beatification of John Paul II? http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/12/international/worldspecial2/13saintcnd.html Yes Yes If a petition has been signed, it generally needs to have been circulated. Implicature: If the petition had been signed and not just circulated, the speaker would have said so. No Don't know No If a petition has been signed, it generally needs to have been circulated. Implicature: If the petition had been signed and not just circulated, the speaker would have said so. Cardinals meeting daily in Rome to discuss the main issues facing the Roman Catholic Church ahead of a conclave next week to elect a pope have signed a petition asking a future pope to "accelerate" the beatification of John Paul II. Has a petition already been circulated among the cardinals seeking signatures for a fast-track canonization process for John Paul? http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1688760,00.html Yes Yes If a petition has been signed, it generally needs to have been circulated. Yes If a petition has been signed, it needs to have been circulated. No Don't know No If a petition has been signed, it generally needs to have been circulated. No If a petition has been signed, it needs to have been circulated. Several cardinals confirmed that the idea of rapid canonization was discussed the day after the pope's funeral, at their daily meeting. According to several cardinals, will Pope John Paul soon be canonized? http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/12/international/worldspecial2/13saintcnd.html Yes No Don't know America's new deputy secretary of state, Robert Zoellick, attended a conference in Norway this week at which 60 nations pledged some $4.5 billion for rebuilding war-torn southern Sudan, where a separate 21-year conflict ended in January. Did an international donors' conference in Norway pledge the $3.5 billion target to help southern Sudan recover after two decades of civil war? http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0413/p07s01-woaf.html Yes Yes Such conferences are usually donors' conferences. A long conflict in a country might be a civil war. Yes A conference in which many nations donate money is an international donors' conference. The long conflict in Sudan is a civil war. No Don't know No Such conferences are usually donors' conferences. A long conflict in a country might be a civil war. No A conference in which many nations donate money is an international donors' conference. The long conflict in Sudan is a civil war. China's Premier told Japan today to "face up to history" by admitting the suffering it caused in World War II, and seriously reconsider its bid for a UN Security Council seat after protests in China and elsewhere. Did the Chinese Premier say the protests should give Tokyo serious pause for thought about its bid for the UNSC? http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050413/asp/foreign/story_4608872.asp Yes No Don't know Premier Wen Jiabao told Japan yesterday to "face up to history" and admit to the tremendous suffering it inflicted on people in China, Asia and the rest of the world during World War II. Did Japan admit to the suffering it caused in World War II? http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050413/asp/foreign/story_4608872.asp Yes Yes Implicature: If person X asks entity Y to admit statement Z, then it might be because Y has not admitted Z yet. Yes Japan has not admitted to the suffering it caused in World War II. No Don't know No Implicature: If person X asks entity Y to admit statement Z, then it might be because Y has not admitted Z yet. Don't know Implicature: If person X asks entity Y to admit statement Z, then it might be because Y has not admitted Z yet. No Japan has not admitted to the suffering it caused in World War II. Marburg virus is a highly fatal pathogen spread through direct body contact. It attacks the gastrointestinal tract and kills rapidly. It has an incubation period of three to nine days with most deaths occurring within one week after the onset of symptoms. Does Marburg hemorrhagic fever spread through contact with bodily fluids and kill rapidly, usually by three days after the first symptoms? http://www.medpagetoday.com/tbindex.cfm?tbid=873 Yes No Don't know The U.N. health agency says suspected cases of the Ebola-like Marburg virus in Angola must be detected and isolated sooner if the disease is to be brought under control. Could the outbreak of Marburg virus be stopped if infected people were isolated sooner? http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/13/content_2821597.htm Yes Yes The U.N. health agency is an authority on disease and health matters. "Stopped" might mean 'stopped from spreading rapidly', which is similar to the meaning of 'brought under control'. No Don't know No The U.N. health agency is an authority on disease and health matters. "Stopped" might mean 'stopped from spreading rapidly', which is similar to the meaning of 'brought under control'. Apple has declared that Mac OS X version 10.4 "Tiger" will go on sale Friday, 29 April 2005, beginning at 6:00 p.m. during special events at Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. Did Apple announce that the Mac operating system, OS X Tiger, will be available beginning of April 2005? http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=4352 Yes No Don't know Apple has declared that Mac OS X version 10.4 "Tiger" will go on sale Friday, 29 April 2005, beginning at 6:00 p.m. during special events at Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. Did Apple announce that the Mac operating system, OS X Tiger, will be available by the end of April 2005? http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=4352 Yes No Don't know Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel urged President Bush to step up pressure on Iran to give up all elements of its nuclear program. Did Sharon urge the US leader to keep pressing Iran to give up its nuclear program altogether? http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/13/international/middleeast/13nuke.html?oref=login Yes Yes President Bush is the US President. Presidents are usually leaders in their country. Yes President Bush is the US leader. No Don't know No President Bush is the US President. Presidents are usually leaders in their country. No President Bush is the US leader. The United States and Israel have both accused Iran of using its atomic energy program as cover for a plan to develop nuclear arms. Is Iran running a secret weapons program under the cover of plans to build nuclear power plants for electricity? http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=30884&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs Yes No Don't know A northern Indiana businessman has been kidnapped in Iraq and shown on a video broadcast Wednesday by the Al-Jazeera television station. Has Al-Jazeera television broadcasted a video that showed an American who had been kidnapped? http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-050413kidnapping,1,6667705.story?coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true Yes Yes Indiana is a state of the United States. An Indiana businessman might be a US citizen, and hence an American. Yes Indiana is a state of the United States. A person doing business in Indiana might be considered American. No Don't know No Indiana is a state of the United States. An Indiana businessman might be a US citizen, and hence an American. No Indiana is a state of the United States. A person doing business in Indiana might be considered American. Clutching rosaries, medals and flowers, thousands of people filed past the simple white marble tomb of Pope John Paul II on Wednesday, as the Vatican reopened the grottoes beneath St. Peter's Basilica for the first time since the pope died. Did thousands of pilgrims flock to Pope John Paul II's tomb on Wednesday after the Vatican opened it to the public? http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Pope.html Yes Yes Tombs of popes are generally in the grottoes beneath a church. St. Peter's Basilica is a church. Yes The tomb of Pope John Paul II is in the grottoes beneath St. Peter's Basilica. No Don't know No Tombs of popes are generally in the grottoes beneath a church. St. Peter's Basilica is a church. No The tomb of Pope John Paul II is in the grottoes beneath St. Peter's Basilica. Prosecutors investigating an Iranian man who abducted four schoolgirls at knifepoint said on Wednesday they would petition the court to commit the man to a psychiatric institute. Did prosecutors say on Wednesday that the Iranian who kidnapped four schoolgirls would be taken to a psychiatric clinic for treatment? http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=52&story_id=19054&name=Child+abductor+may+be+committed+to+institute Yes Yes Implicature: If prosecutors knew that the Iranian man will be taken to a psychiatric clinic, they would have said this instead of the more complex statement that they would "petition the court". No Don't know No Implicature: If prosecutors knew that the Iranian man will be taken to a psychiatric clinic, they would have said this instead of the more complex statement that they would "petition the court". Don't know Implicature: If prosecutors knew that the Iranian man will be taken to a psychiatric clinic, they would have said this instead of the more complex statement that they would "petition the court". Four girls who had been taken hostage at knife point by an Iranian man were rescued by police in western Germany on Tuesday. Were the four girls who had been kidnapped by an Iranian man freed by police? http://english.people.com.cn/200504/13/eng20050413_180852.html Yes No Don't know German police commandos slipped into a house where a knife-wielding man was holding four schoolgirls hostage Tuesday, surprising the suspect and taking him into custody while rescuing his captives after a five-hour standoff. Did German police overpower a man who was holding four schoolgirls at knifepoint for several hours on Tuesday? http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4932315,00.html Yes No Don't know Australian police have seized more than five million ecstasy tablets hidden inside a shipping container that arrived in Melbourne from Europe. Did the Australian Federal Police say that the five million ecstasy tablets seized in Melbourne was the largest seizure of street-ready tablets in the world? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4447521.stm Yes No Don't know The head of Germany's spy agency says the U-S made a mistake by letting Afghan militias chase after Osama bin Laden. Does the head of German intelligence believe the United States made errors in hunting Osama bin Laden? http://www.whotv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3203932 Yes Yes The US might have been letting Afghan militias chase after Osama bin Laden because they were trying to hunt (find) him. Implicature: Grice's maxim of quality says "Do not say what you believe to be false". No Don't know No The US might have been letting Afghan militias chase after Osama bin Laden because they were trying to hunt (find) him. Implicature: Grice's maxim of quality says "Do not say what you believe to be false". The Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America on Wednesday separately will file lawsuits against college students that are allegedly using an Internet2 peer-to-peer service for illegal file trading. Do record label and movie studio investigators plan to sue college students who used a special high-speed network to copy songs and movies? http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,120425,00.asp Yes Yes The Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America are record label and movie studio associations. A peer-to-peer service generally provides a high-speed network. Yes The Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America are record label and movie studio associations. The Internet2 peer-to-peer service constitutes a high-speed network. No Don't know No The Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America are record label and movie studio associations. A peer-to-peer service generally provides a high-speed network. No The Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America are record label and movie studio associations. The Internet2 peer-to-peer service constitutes a high-speed network. Designed for academic research, Internet2's extremely fast speed allows users to download a movie in five minutes or a song in less than 20 seconds. Has Internet2 been designed to allow users to download movies or songs? http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050414/asp/foreign/story_4613533.asp Yes Yes Implicature. If "academic research" were not an exhaustive list of the design purpose, the speaker would have added the other purposes. Yes Academic research generally does not consist of downloading movies or songs. Yes Academic research does not consist of downloading movies or songs. No Don't know No Implicature. If "academic research" were not an exhaustive list of the design purpose, the speaker would have added the other purposes. Don't know Implicature. If "academic research" were not an exhaustive list of the design purpose, the speaker would have added the other purposes. No Academic research generally does not consist of downloading movies or songs. No Academic research does not consist of downloading movies or songs. Outside the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, at least nine police officers were killed and three were wounded when a bomb detonated on an oil pipeline as they were trying to defuse it. Did the bursting of an oil pipeline kill nine Iraqi officers? http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/13/international/middleeast/13cnd-iraq.html Yes Yes If a bomb detonates on an oil pipeline, it might burst. Implicature: If the detonation was not the cause of the deaths, the speaker would have mentioned the actual cause instead of the detonation to denote the event of the killing; Grice's maxims: "Make your contribution as informative as is required", "Be relevant". Yes If a bomb detonates and people are killed, they might have been killed directly due to the bomb, and not because of the consequences of the detonation. The bursting of the pipeline here is a consequence of the detonation of the bomb. No Don't know No If a bomb detonates on an oil pipeline, it might burst. Implicature: If the detonation was not the cause of the deaths, the speaker would have mentioned the actual cause instead of the detonation to denote the event of the killing; Grice's maxims: "Make your contribution as informative as is required", "Be relevant". No If a bomb detonates and people are killed, they might have been killed directly due to the bomb, and not because of the consequences of the detonation. The bursting of the pipeline here is a consequence of the detonation of the bomb. Kenya's 1500m star Bernard Lagat, bronze medallist at the 2000 Olympics and silver medal winner in Athens, has taken out US citizenship. Did runner Lagat become an American citizen? http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=6&click_id=174&art_id=qw1113398462140S163 Yes Yes A US citizen is an American citizen. A 1500m star who competes at the Olympics might be a runner. Yes A US citizen is an American citizen. Kenya is famous for long-distance runners (as opposed to long-distance swimmers). A 1500m event is a kind of race. No Don't know No A US citizen is an American citizen. A 1500m star who competes at the Olympics might be a runner. No A US citizen is an American citizen. Kenya is famous for long-distance runners (as opposed to long-distance swimmers). A 1500m event is a kind of race. More than 25,000 residents have been evacuated as a rumbling volcano on Indonesia's Sumatra island sent out fire, smoke and ash. Mount Talang's violent awakening has coincided with a string of earthquakes on Sumatra and comes as another volcano on neighbouring Java, Tangkuban Perahu, has sprung to life and been declared off-limits. Have more than 25,000 residents been evacuated from the slopes of the volcano Tangkuban Perahu? http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12846760%255E2703,00.html Yes No Don't know A snarling volcano spewing smoke and ash has forced the evacuation of 26,000 frightened residents on the troubled Indonesian island of Sumatra. Have more than 25,000 panicked residents been evacuated from the slopes of a volcano on Indonesia's Sumatra island? http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,12847175%255E663,00.html Yes Yes A volcano has slopes. An evacuation due to a volcano is from the neighborhood of the volcano. No Don't know No A volcano has slopes. An evacuation due to a volcano is from the neighborhood of the volcano. Three dozen women in Western-style business suits crowded into the office of the man who would soon be Iraq's prime minister, Ibrahim al-Jaafari. Is Ibrahim al-Jaafari scheduled to be Iraq's prime minister? http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/13/international/middleeast/13women.html Yes No Don't know Theologians in Spain and elsewhere say Opus Dei is well ensconced in Rome and will probably emerge unscathed from the conclave, although this is far from certain. Is it certain that Opus Dei, well ensconced in Rome, will emerge unscathed from the conclave? http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2005-04-12-pope-opus-dei_x.htm Yes No Don't know