Table 1.

Examples of stimuli and summary characteristics (mean, and standard deviation in parentheses) for the six 50-item cloze probability bins described in the Materials and Methods section.

Cloze Bin	Sentence	Primary cloze	Alternate cloze	Sentence length	Kucera–Francis frequency	Number of letters
90–100	The little girl refused to go to sleep until he told her a story.	94.2% (2.7%)	2.6% (4.8%)	10.0 (3.4)	118.4 (111.8)	4.7 (1.2)
	Tricia had never seen a spider get tangled up in its own web.
	They saw the lightening and heard the thunder.
75–90	He was cold most of the night and finally got up to get another blanket.	83.2% (4.2%)	5.2% (3.7%)	10.2 (4.4)	110.8 (103.5)	4.7 (1.1)
	After two hours of hard work they decided to take a short break.
	I just had a new sound system installed in my car.
50–75	She pulled her head out from under the faucet and reached for a towel.	64.6% (8.2%)	9.7% (5.5%)	9.7 (4.3)	115.0 (131.2)	5.1 (1.3)
	Jim was saving boxes for a friend who was moving.
	Ida wanted to sing folk songs at the picnic, so she brought her guitar.
30–50	He was caught stealing a car.	38.8% (5.0%)	11.2% (4.8%)	9.6 (2.8)	110.0 (167.7)	4.8 (1.4)
	The technician never comes to work before noon.
	She wished she had brought something to eat.
10–30	It was time to hang the new pictures.	21.7% (5.5%)	8.3% (4.6%)	9.7 (3.1)	118.5 (180.0)	5.2 (1.7)
	They went to see the famous actor.
	The police had never seen a man so drunk.
Unexpected	The candidate had spent most of his funds on drugs.	1.4% (2.0%)	1.7% (2.8%)	10.1 (3.5)	113.1 (148.8)	5.4 (1.4)
	They waited a long time to see the grades.
	Rushing out he forgot to take his camera.