If 'and' is polysemous between a collective-forming and a distributive-forming operator, speakers can pragmatically resolve each conjunct independently, preserving felicity in mixed readings.

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collective-forming operator(one of the two main ways 'and' can work in sentences): A way of combining things where they're treated as a single group working together (like 'Alice and Bob went to the store together' means they went as one group).
conjunct(logic and philosophy of language): One part of a statement that's connected to another part using 'and.' In this case, the two conjuncts are 'it is raining' and 'I do not know that it is raining.'
distributive-forming operator(the other main way 'and' can work in sentences): A way of combining things where you treat each item separately (like 'Alice and Bob are tall' means each of them individually is tall).
felicity(Al-Farabi's political philosophy): The state of happiness or flourishing that constitutes the end goal of human life, attainable in principle by all members of society.

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