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Published in final edited form as: J Mem Lang. 2010 Dec 17;64(2):153–170. doi: 10.1016/j.jml.2010.11.001

Table 4.

Sample set of sentences as used in Experiment 2.

Condition	Disambiguation	Critical Word	Example
A	Noun	Alternating	The brilliant^¹ abstract^² was accepted^³ at the prestigious^⁴ conference.
B	Noun	Non-alternating	The brilliant^¹ report^² was accepted^³ at the prestigious^⁴ conference.
C	Noun	Unambiguous	The brilliant^¹ paper^² was accepted^³ at the prestigious^⁴ conference.
D	Verb	Alternating	The brilliant^¹ abstract^² the best^³ ideas from the^⁴ things they read.
E	Verb	Non-alternating	The brilliant^¹ report^² the best^³ ideas from the^⁴ things they read.
F	Verb	Unambiguous	The brilliant^¹ suggest^² the best^³ ideas from the^⁴ things they read.