Table 2.

Example of a conditional item with the different type of continuations, Experiment 2.

First line	Second line
(1-A) UE	(2-A) neutral continuation
Giovanni ha due macchine in garage e John has two cars in the garage and	parcheggia una motocicletta nel cortile esterno. he parks a motorcycle in the courtyard.
(1-B) DE	(2-B) positive continuation
Se Giovanni ha due macchine in garage If John has two cars in the garage	parcheggia una terza macchina nel cortile esterno. he parks a third car in the courtyard.
	(2-C) negative continuation
	non parcheggia una terza macchina nel cortile esterno. he doesn’t park a third car in the courtyard.

--note: boldfaced terms are the critical terms; they were not shown in boldface to the subjects in the experiment