Table 3.

Example of the Material. Critical sentence is boldfaced. Alternative verbs separated by /. Analysis regions delimited by ~. Extended ambiguity region noted by { } Relevant differences are italicized. Common ending to all texts appears at the bottom.

Preferred Context: Mr. John is the president of our local association for animal rights. He is responsible for fund raising activities and promoting the contributions of members and non-members to support the activities of the association. Last year, some questions were raised about the honesty of Mr. John and how he dealt with the money collected. Many people began to talk about serious charges against him. Over Mr. John’s opposition and his suspicious resistance, an independent judicial inspector was appointed to investigate the whole issue.

Conflicted Context: Mr. John is the president of our local association for animal rights. He is responsible for fund raising activities and promoting the contributions of members and non-members to support the activities of the association. Last year, some questions were raised about the honesty of Mr. John and how he dealt with the money he collected. Many people began to talk about serious charges against him. Whether he was honest or not was a serious controversial issue. In search for the truth, an independent judicial inspector was appointed to investigate the whole issue.

Unpreferred Context: Mr. John is the president of our local association for animal rights. He is responsible for fund raising activities and promoting the contributions of members and non-members to support the activities of the association. Last year, some questions were raised about the honesty of Mr. John and how he dealt with the money collected. Many people began to talk about serious charges against him. As a result of Mr. John’s confident insistence on proving his innocence, an independent judicial inspector was appointed to investigate the whole issue.

Common Ending: Finally, ~ the independent inspector proved/supported ~ the charges against Mr. John ~{that were being investigated~} and issued his final report accordingly.~ Mr. John is about to resign~ and may be sued. Many of his advocates were astonished to learn that. Others, though, were skeptical about this conclusion.

Question:

The inspector found Mr. John is guilty? True False