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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cogn Psychol. 2015 May 1;79:68–101. doi: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2015.04.001
Semantic category Picture Sentence frame Exact match Concept match Other same-category responses
Audio-visual equipment headphones When he wanted to listen to music, Heath took out his iPod and plugged in his 0.60 0.89 0.08
microphone When Allison sings in her room, she uses her hairbrush as a 1.00 1.00 0.00
radio Vince always finds the best music when browsing stations on the 0.91 0.91 0.00
speaker At the rock concert, the bass boomed from the huge 0.78 0.80 0.09
television Flipping through the channels, Katherine couldn’t find anything good to watch on 1.00 1.00 0.00
Body parts ear After swimming, Jaclyn tried to shake out the water stuck in her 0.73 0.73 0.22
eye Eric preferred glasses because he always had a hard time putting a contact lens in his right 0.99 0.99 0.01
finger Reaching to pick up the files, Lauren got a paper cut on her 0.84 0.84 0.16
hand As a lefty, Kevin held the pencil in his left 1.00 1.00 0.00
nose Rudolph the Reindeer’s most prominent feature is his bright red 1.00 1.00 0.00
Buildings castle In medieval times, a moat deterred would-be attackers from sieging a 0.66 0.66 0.04
church Every Sunday, the whole family attended Mass at the local 0.97 0.97 0.03
house When she finally had enough money, Sarah moved to the suburbs and bought her own 0.86 0.86 0.10
lighthouse The sailors narrowly avoided being shipwrecked thanks to the beacon on the 0.39 0.39 0.00
windmill It is impossible to travel more than a few miles in the Dutch countryside without seeing a 0.20 0.20 0.02
Celestial phenomena cloud The sky was completely blue except for one fluffy white 1.00 1.00 0.00
lightning The dogs howled and ran indoors because of the thunder and 0.85 0.85 0.15
moon John turns into a werewolf whenever there is a full 1.00 1.00 0.00
rainbow Leprechauns are known for hiding a pot of gold at the end of a 0.99 0.99 0.00
star Alyssa makes a wish whenever she looks up and sees a shooting 1.00 1.00 0.00
Clothes glove While dancing, Michael Jackson was famous for wearing a single sequined 0.76 0.76 0.24
jacket After stepping into the cold night air, Liz ran back inside to grab a 0.52 0.94 0.04
pants Because he had eaten too much over winter break, Owen had a hard time fitting into a pair of 0.73 0.99 0.01
skirt As part of her schoolgirl uniform, Kristin was required to wear a white pleated 0.72 0.72 0.28
sock After doing his laundry, Mark always seemed to be missing one 0.99 0.99 0.01
Farm animals cow On the class field trip, the students got to milk a 0.92 0.92 0.04
donkey In the story of Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore is the name of the gloomy 0.86 0.89 0.06
horse Colin went to the Kentucky Derby and bet $100 on his favorite 0.89 0.93 0.00
pig In the book Charlotte’s Web, a spider becomes friends with a 0.88 0.89 0.01
sheep Wool is made from the fleece of a 0.86 0.96 0.01
Furniture bed After traveling abroad for weeks, Nathan couldn’t wait to get home and sleep in his own 0.98 0.98 0.00
chair When thinking about a difficult problem, Zach would often rock back in his 0.90 0.90 0.06
desk When the students finished their exams, they were to place them on the teacher’s 0.99 0.99 0.01
stool Since there wasn’t an open booth, Blake sat at the counter on a 0.71 0.76 0.15
table After cooking supper, Jan set the food on the dinner 0.99 0.99 0.00
House parts balcony On sunny days, Ron likes to go up to the second floor and read a book outside on his 0.54 0.82 0.11
chimney Children believe that Santa brings them presents by climbing down the 0.97 0.97 0.02
door When Jessica knocked, Max opened the front 1.00 1.00 0.00
roof To replace the fallen shingles, Emily climbed a ladder to get to the 0.78 0.79 0.03
window The room was getting stuffy, so Cody opened a 0.97 0.97 0.03
Musical instruments drum As a member of the school band, Steven played the snare 0.81 0.81 0.16
guitar Hailey and her friends sang around the campfire while she played her 0.88 0.88 0.11
piano Marissa’s family has a 9-foot Steinway grand 0.72 0.72 0.00
trumpet Louis Armstrong was famous for his ability to sing and play the 0.21 0.21 0.76
violin Joshua lifted the bow high into the air and touched it to the strings of his 0.47 0.48 0.03
Tableware cup When Lilah was little, she drank her juice from a sippy 0.99 0.99 0.01
fork To eat the pasta, Tina wound it around her 0.95 0.95 0.03
glass Because it was so fragile, Katie was always extra careful when washing the wine 0.92 0.92 0.05
knife Since Ricky ordered steak, the server brought him an extra sharp 0.99 0.99 0.00
spoon Because his guests were going to have soup, Alex made sure to give each of them a 0.96 0.96 0.02
Tools ax It is rumored that George Washington chopped down a cherry tree with his 0.94 0.94 0.01
drill Kurt wanted to hang a painting, so he bored a hole with a 0.29 0.30 0.17
hammer To help with his woodworking, Travis bought some nails and a 0.94 0.94 0.06
saw The carpenter cut the wood in half using a 0.85 0.85 0.14
screwdriver To open the vent, Diane needed a flathead 0.82 0.82 0.12
Transport bus The football team traveled to the away game together on a 0.93 0.93 0.03
car When Rita ran out of gas, she had to ask people to help push her 0.97 0.98 0.01
helicopter Due to the severity of the accident, the skier was airlifted off the mountain by a 0.95 0.96 0.04
plane The nice flight attendant gave the boy an extra bag of pretzels on the 0.77 0.77 0.00
truck As a driver for a shipping company, Jeremy logged thousands of miles every year in his 0.60 0.63 0.21

Note. “Exact match” represents the proportion of responses that matched the name given in the “Picture” column, “Concept match” represents the proportion that matched an acceptable name for the picture (e.g., “jeans” for “pants”), and “Other same-category responses” represents the proportion of responses that belonged to the same category as the target but did not match the concept.