Table 3.

Examples of sample sentences from the reading experiment.

Sentence 1	Sentence 2
SPECIFIC NOUN, PRESENT TENSE PASSAGE
Kosmetolog govorit po telefonu.	Ona/On ob”yasnyaet novomu klientu kak ih nayti.
“The beautician (masc.) is talking on the phone.”	“She/He is explaining to a new client how to find them.”
SPECIFIC NOUN, PAST TENSE PASSAGE
Kosmetolog govorila/govoril po telefonu.	Ona/On ob”yasnyala/ob”yasnal novomu klientu kak ikh nayti.
“The beautician (masc.) talked (fem./masc.) on the phone.”	“She/He explained (fem./masc.) to a new client how to find them.”
GENERIC NOUN
Inzhenery stroili model' 3 chasa.	Neskol'ko muzhchin/zhenshchin reshili otdokhnut' 15 minut.
“Engineers (masc., pl., generic) were building the model for 3 hours.”	“Some of the men/women decided to take 15 minutes break.”