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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 9.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Sci. 1995 May;6(3):165–169. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.1995.tb00326.x

Table 1.

Example stimuli for the two tasks

Sentence Test
word
Correct
response
Number
of trials
Trial type
Task: Related to sentence-final word but not sentence
He dug with the spade. ACE Yes 20 Accept inappropriate meanings
He dealt the spade. ACE No 10 Reject appropriate meanings
He dug with the shovel. ACE No 10 Reject unrelated test words

Task: Related to both sentence-final word and sentence
He dealt the spade. ACE Yes 20 Accept appropriate meanings
He dug with the spade. ACE No 10 Reject inappropriate meanings
He dug with the shovel. ACE No 10 Reject unrelated test words