A man is holding yarn or string.
A man getting ready to knit.
Just because the man is holding string, does not mean that he will knit.
exists e1 x1 x2.(Theme(e1,x2) & Actor(e1,x1) & v_hold(e1) & (n_yarn(x2) | n_string(x2)) & n_man(x1))
exists e1 p1 x1 x2.(a_topic(x1) & exists p2 s1.(Topic(s1,p2) & Actor(s1,x2) & a_ready(s1) & exists e2.(Actor(e2,x2) & v_knit(e2))) & Topic(e1,p1) & Actor(e1,x2) & v_get(e1) & (x1 = x2) & n_man(x1))