Triplet	Condition	Sentence Frame	Word
1	Predictable	The jeweler was asked if he would examine the ring’s huge	diamond
	Unpredictable	The guy was still wondering if anyone had noticed the big	diamond
	Critical	He started looking for the	diamond
2	Predictable	She thought she had seen a	ghost
	Unpredictable	He read a novel about a	ghost
	Critical	They had heard about the	ghost
3	Predictable	When Drew arrived unexpectedly at the restaurant, Laurie got him a chair from the adjacent	table
	Unpredictable	While Katie spent the morning working in the garden, Dan went shopping for a new	table
	Critical	They were told there was a problem with the	table
4	Predictable	Sam could not believe her story was	true
	Unpredictable	Brian was under the impression it was	true
	Critical	She had seen that it was not	true
5	Predictable	Joe went to the hardware store and bought a replacement window at twice the original	price
	Unpredictable	Robert had been studying hard for his Chinese test, but couldn’t remember the translation for	price
	Critical	It was only later that Barbara discovered the	price
6	Predictable	Their picnic was ruined by the	rain
	Unpredictable	The kangaroo was surprised by the	rain
	Critical	They first tried whether it would work in the	rain
7	Predictable	The exit was marked by a large	sign
	Unpredictable	He described all the details of the	sign
	Critical	He looked around and saw a	sign
8	Predictable	After realizing he forgot utensils for his salad, the doctor went back to get himself a	fork
	Unpredictable	Everybody was disappointed when all they dug up in the middle of the field was a	fork
	Critical	He wondered whether it would be worth bringing a	fork
9	Predictable	In caring for hospitalized patients, a doctor often needs the help of a	nurse
	Unpredictable	One of my friends talked to me while the other talked to the	nurse
	Critical	Linda was looking at the	nurse
10	Predictable	Nora couldn’t take the message because she didn’t have a pencil or a piece of	paper
	Unpredictable	The man who stuttered always got tripped up when he had to say the word	paper
	Critical	She idly wondered whether there was a different word for	paper