Table 1.

Examples of the stimuli (SC=Strongly Constraining, WC=Weakly Constraining).

	Sentence Frame	Expected	Unexpected
SC	He bought her a pearl necklace for her	birthday.	collection.
WC	He looked worried because he might have broken his	arm.	collection.
SC	The construction worker had developed very powerful arms from unloading bags of cement from the	truck.	dock.
WC	The county decided to tear down the gas station by the	park.	dock.
SC	Sam could not believe her story was	true.	published.
WC	I was impressed by how much he	knew.	published.
SC	The child was born with a rare	disease.	gift.
WC	Mary went into her room to look at her	clothes.	gift.
SC	He was cold most of the night and finally got up to get another	blanket.	log.
WC	He fell on the floor after tripping on the	crack.	log.