Table 2.

Examples of the four sentence types of the 32-item GJT task, made equivalent in French, English, German, and Italian. There were 8 items per sentence type. Sentences appeared in a random order

	(a) grammatically correct, semantically appropriate	(b) grammatically incorrect, semantically appropriate	(c) grammatically correct, semantically odd	(d) grammatically incorrect, semantically odd
	G + S+	G- S+	G + S-	G- S-
English	Mark goes to the swimming pool with a friend.	Tonight there are clouds and stars in sky the.	The broom wakes up every morning.	The rain climb tonight in the sandbox.
French	Marc va à la piscine avec un ami.	La nuit il y a nuages des dans le ciel.	Le balai se réveille tous les matins.	La pluie grimpons ce soir dans le caillou.
German	Mark geht mit einem Freund ins Schwimmbad.	Es gibt in Nacht der Wolken am Himmel.	Der Besen wacht jeden Morgen auf.	Der Regen klettern heute Nacht in den Stein.
Italian	Marco va al mare con un amico.	Di notte sono stelle ci in cielo.	La scopa si sveglia la mattina.	La pioggia si arrampicare sul sasso