From SIGSEM
"As the 3 guns of Turret 2 were being loaded, a crewman who was operating the center gun yelled into the phone, ``I have
a problem here. I am not ready yet.''"
((GUN001 INSTANCE-OF GUN#1)
(TURRET-2001 INSTANCE-OF PERSON#1)
(TURRET-2001 ACTOR-NAME "Turret 2")
(TURRET-2001 ACTOR-GENDER NEUTER)
(CREWMAN001 INSTANCE-OF CREWMAN#1)
(CENTER-GUN001 INSTANCE-OF CENTER-GUN#0)
(PROBLEM001 INSTANCE-OF PROBLEM#1)
(UNKNOWN-AGENT LOADING GUN001)
(GUN001 RANGE-OF TURRET-2001)
(GUN001 NUMERIC-QUANTITY 3)
(TIME-PERIOD LOADING PAST-PROGRESSIVE)
(CREWMAN001 OPERATING CENTER-GUN001)
(TIME-PERIOD OPERATING PAST-PROGRESSIVE)
(PROBLEM001 BEING READY)
(DURATION BEING YET)
(POLARITY BEING NEGATIVE))
"Then the propellant exploded."
((PROPELLANT001 INSTANCE-OF PROPELLANT#1)
(PROPELLANT001 EXPLODING INTRANSITIVE-ARGUMENT)
(TIME-PERIOD EXPLODING PAST))
"When the gun crew was killed they were crouching unnaturally, which suggested that they knew that an explosion would ha
ppen."
((GUN-CREW001 INSTANCE-OF GUN-CREW#0)
(EXPLOSION001 INSTANCE-OF EXPLOSION#1)
(UNKNOWN-AGENT KILLING GUN-CREW001)
(TIME-PERIOD KILLING PAST)
(GUN-CREW001 CROUCHING INTRANSITIVE-ARGUMENT)
(DURATION CROUCHING UNNATURALLY)
(TIME-PERIOD CROUCHING PAST-PROGRESSIVE)
(SINGLE-NEUTER-REFERENT SUGGESTING KNOWING-THAT)
(TIME-PERIOD SUGGESTING PAST)
(PLURAL-THIRD-PERSON-REFERENT KNOWING-THAT HAPPENS)
(TIME-PERIOD KNOWING-THAT PAST)
(HAPPENS EXPLOSION001 INTRANSITIVE-ARGUMENT)
(MODALITY HAPPENS DEONTIC-WOULD))
"The propellant that was used was made from nitrocellulose chunks that were produced during World War II and were repack
aged in 1987 in bags that were made in 1945."
((PROPELLANT001 INSTANCE-OF PROPELLANT#1)
(CHUNK001 INSTANCE-OF CHUNK#1)
(PROPELLANT001 INSTANCE-OF PROPELLANT#1)
(WORLD-WAR-II001 INSTANCE-OF PERSON#1)
(WORLD-WAR-II001 ACTOR-NAME "World War II")
(WORLD-WAR-II001 ACTOR-GENDER NEUTER)
(DATE17 INSTANCE-OF DATE)
(DATE17 HAS-YEAR 1987)
(BAG001 INSTANCE-OF BAG#1)
(DATE18 INSTANCE-OF DATE)
(DATE18 HAS-YEAR 1945)
(UNKNOWN-AGENT MAKING PROPELLANT001)
(SOURCE MAKING CHUNK001)
(CHUNK001 CHARACTERISTICS NITROCELLULOSE)
(CHUNK001 NUMBER-OF-UNITS MORE-THAN-ONE)
(TIME-PERIOD MAKING PAST)
(UNKNOWN-AGENT USING PROPELLANT001)
(TIME-PERIOD USING PAST)
(UNKNOWN-AGENT PRODUCING INTRANSITIVE-ARGUMENT)
(DURING PRODUCING WORLD-WAR-II001)
(TIME-PERIOD PRODUCING PAST)
(UNKNOWN-AGENT REPACKAGING INTRANSITIVE-ARGUMENT)
(TIME-IN REPACKAGING DATE17)
(REPACKAGING LOCATION-IN BAG001)
(BAG001 NUMBER-OF-UNITS MORE-THAN-ONE)
(TIME-PERIOD REPACKAGING PAST)
(UNKNOWN-AGENT MAKING BAG001)
(BAG001 NUMBER-OF-UNITS MORE-THAN-ONE)
(TIME-IN MAKING DATE18)
(TIME-PERIOD MAKING PAST))
"Initially it was suspected that this storage might have reduced the powder's stability."
((STORAGE001 INSTANCE-OF STORAGE#1)
(STABILITY001 INSTANCE-OF STABILITY#1)
(POWDER001 INSTANCE-OF PERSON#1)
(POWDER001 ACTOR-NAME "powder")
(POWDER001 ACTOR-GENDER NEUTER)
(UNKNOWN-AGENT SUSPECTING REDUCING)
(STORAGE001 REDUCING STABILITY001)
(TIME SUSPECTING INITIALLY)
(TIME-PERIOD REDUCING PRESENT-PERFECT)
(MODALITY REDUCING MODAL-MIGHT)
(TIME-PERIOD SUSPECTING PAST))
