Runners, some in costume, in a St Paddy's day Marathon run in the streets as people watch.
The runners are almost finished with the St. Patrick's Day race.
It cannot be inferred that the runners are almost finished with a race.
exists e1 x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 x6 x7 x8 x9 x10 x11.(n_street(x10) & a_topic(x1) & in(e1,x7) & as(x7,x11) & n_people(x11) & in(x7,x10) & n_run(x7) & (x7 = x9) & ne_tim_marathon(x9) & of(x7,x8) & n_day(x8) & of(x7,x5) & ne_org_paddy(x5) & (x5 = x6) & ne_org_st(x6) & Theme(e1,x4) & Actor(e1,x2) & v_watch(e1) & (x1 = x4) & in(x2,x3) & n_costume(x3) & n_thing(x2) & n_runner(x1))
exists e1 s1 s2 x1 x2 x3 x4.(n_race(x2) & (x2 = x4) & ne_tim_day(x4) & a_'s(s1) & Theme(s1,x2) & ne_geo_patrick(x2) & (x2 = x3) & ne_geo_st.(x3) & n_runner(x1) & a_almost(s2) & Manner(e1,s2) & with(e1,x2) & Theme(e1,x1) & v_finish(e1))