These data can be systematized into a lexicon for SIPs, with each entry specifying the factual value assigned to the embedded event by both the anchor and the cognizer, relative to the polarity and modality values of the SIP context. The structure of lexical entries is as shown in Table 4, where each predicate has the information distributed in two different rows: one for the anchor (a), and another for the cognizer (c). For instance, the factuality value of event die in Example (19a) can be found in the 1st column of the rows for know, whereas the value for die in Example (19b) is in the 2nd column of the same rows.

Table 4

Lexicon fragment for SIPs. Entries: know and say.



Contextual factuality


mod = ct
mod < ct
mod = u


+

u
+

u
+

u
know (a) ctctctctctctctctct
(c) ctuuuuuuuu
say (a) uuuuuuuuu
(c) ctuuuuuuuu


Contextual factuality


mod = ct
mod < ct
mod = u


+

u
+

u
+

u
know (a) ctctctctctctctctct
(c) ctuuuuuuuu
say (a) uuuuuuuuu
(c) ctuuuuuuuu

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