Figure 1 A processor session when the input sentence has ambiguous auxiliary meaning

Sentence:  Jim can run in the race
Response:  Do you mean
               Jim is able to run, or
               Jim is permitted to run

Sentence:  Jim could have run in the race
Response:  Do you mean
               Jim was able to run, or
               Jim was permitted to run

Sentence:  Jim may run in the race
Response:  Do you mean
               Jim will be permitted to run, or
               Jim will possibly run

Sentence:  Jim will run in the race
Response:  Do you mean
               Jim is willing to run, or
               Jim is intending to run, or
               You insist Jim will run, or
               You predict Jim will run