Table 3.
The speech materials collected from each talker in the NSP corpus
| Materials set | Number of tokens | Examples | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Words | hVd words | 10 | heed, hid, head |
| CVC words | 76 | mice, dome, bait | |
| Multi-syllabic words | 112 | alfalfa, nectarine | |
| Sentences | High probability sentences | 102 | Ruth had a necklace of glass beads The swimmer dove into the pool |
| Low probability sentences | 52 | Tom has been discussing the beads She might consider the pool |
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| Anomalous sentences | 52 | Bill knew a can of maple beads The jar swept up the pool |
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| Passages | Rainbow passage | 1 | When sunlight strikes the raindrops in the air … |
| Goldilocks passage | 1 | Once upon a time, there were three bears … | |
| Interview speech | Interview speech | (5 min) | hometown, travel experiences |
| Targeted interview speech | 10 | sleep, shoes, math |