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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Lang. 2010 Jan 6;114(2):72–79. doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2009.11.006

Table 1.

Examples of Stimuli used in the Sentence Verification Task during functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Sentence condition Syntactic constructions included, using terminology from the Test of Reception of Grammar-2 Examples
Short/easy

  • Reversible in and on

  • Three elements

  • Reversible subject-verb-object

  • The cup is in the box.

  • The dog stands on the table.

  • The man is chasing the dog.
Short/hard

  • Reversible passive

  • Pronoun gender/number

  • Singular/plural inflection

  • The sheep is pushed by the boy.

  • The lady is pointing at them.

  • The cows are under the tree.
Long/easy

  • Four elements

  • Relative clause in subject

  • Not only X but also Y

  • The horse sees the cup and the book.

  • The man that is eating looks at the cat

  • The man is not only running but also pointing
Long/hard

  • Pronoun binding

  • Relative clause in object

  • Center-embedded sentence

  • The man sees that the boy is pointing at him

  • The girl chases the dog that is jumping

  • The scarf the book is on is blue