second decision. For example, for the sentence [*John tried not to go to NY*]{}, the annotator first identifies [*go*]{} as the target of a modality and then chooses [*try*]{} as the modality. Finally, the annotator chooses [*false*]{} as the polarity of the target.

-   H requires \[P to be true/false\]

-   H permits \[P to be true/false\]

-   H succeeds in \[making P true/false\]

-   H does not succeed in \[making P true/false\]

-   H is trying \[to make P true/false\]

-   H is not trying \[to make P true/false\]

-   H intends \[to make P true/false\]

-   H does not intend \[to make P true/false\]

-   H is able \[to make P true/false\]

-   H is not able \[to make P true/false\]

-   H wants \[P to be true/false\]

-   H firmly believes \[P is true/false\]

-   H believes \[P may be true/false\]

The third simplification relates to entailments between modalities. Many words have complex meanings that include components of more than one modality. For example, if one managed to do something, one tried to do it and one probably wanted to do it. Thus, annotators were provided a specificity-ordered modality list in Figure \[13-menu-choices-for-modality\], and were asked to 