Table 3.

Sample experimental stimuli.

Control sentences
Sentence frame		Supported	Unsupported
We had been watching the blue jay for days. The bird laid her eggs in the		nest	yard
The grade-schoolers stood on the corner and waited. They rode to school on the		bus	train
The vampire moved in. He bit his victim on the		neck	shoulder
For his second birthday, Leonard got a stuffed sheep. His mother baked him a big chocolate		cake	pie
The detective arrived at the office. Within minutes he spilled his thermos full of		coffee	tea
Alicia’s first client was a failure. But her second was a		success	triumph
HP sentences
Sentence frame	Supported	Related	Unrelated
There is one main bank in the wizarding world. It is run by	goblins	werewolves	Alohomora
Sybill Trelawney is a Hogwarts professor. She teaches	Divination	Transfiguration	basilisk
There is a branch of magic focused on changing the form of objects. It is called	Transfiguration	Divination	Alley
Ginny opens the Chamber of Secrets and unleashes an ancient monster. It turns out to be a	basilisk	diary	Shunpike
Professor McGonagall recruits Harry for the Gryffindor Quidditch team. She saw him save Neville’s	remembrall	broomstick	dog
Before Harry’s second year, he is rescued by Ron, Fred, and George Weasley. They pick him up in a flying	car	Dursleys	Draco