Separate claims, reports and intentions
Wer behauptet was — und wer hat etwas vor?
Interpret sollen and wollen with attention to source, time reference and the difference between a report and an assigned action.
Er will die Liste abgeschickt haben reports his own claim about a past action; it does not confirm it or describe an intention to change the past. Die Liste soll abgeschickt worden sein reports information from another source without identifying it precisely. Ich will sie heute schicken expresses a present intention. Sie soll den Eingang prüfen assigns a task in this context. Distancing from a claim does not itself prove deceit.
Der Kurator will die Liste gestern abgeschickt haben.
The curator claims to have sent the list yesterday.
Die Liste soll bereits abgeschickt worden sein.
The list is said to have already been sent.
Die Quelle wird in dieser Formulierung nicht genauer benannt.
This formulation does not specify the source more precisely.
Eine angekündigte Absicht ist noch kein abgeschlossener Vorgang.
An announced intention is not yet a completed action.
Die Assistentin soll den Eingang bis zum Nachmittag prüfen.
The assistant is to check receipt by the afternoon.
Die distanzierte Wiedergabe beweist für sich genommen keine Lüge.
Distanced reporting does not by itself prove a lie.
Er will die Liste abgeschickt haben reports his own claim about a past action; it does not confirm it or describe an intention to change the past. Die Liste soll abgeschickt worden sein reports information from another source without identifying it precisely. Ich will sie heute schicken expresses a present intention. Sie soll den Eingang prüfen assigns a task in this context. Distancing from a claim does not itself prove deceit.
Interpret sollen and wollen with attention to source, time reference and the difference between a report and an assigned action.
Do not treat a reported claim as a verified dispatch, infer the source’s identity from soll alone, or confuse a task with a completed check.
Own attributed claim: will + perfect infinitive. Reported information: soll + infinitive, including passive perfect abgeschickt worden sein. Distinguish these from contextual intention or instruction; no word alone is a lie detector.
Write a 250–300-word German protocol of the exhibition case. Separate the curator’s claim, the other-source report, his renewed intention and the assistant’s task; state what evidence is still missing.