Table 1.

Sample set of items for Experiment 1.

Direct object attractor

Grammatical, PL attractor

The waitress who sat the girls unsurprisingly was unhappy about all the noise.

Grammatical, SG attractor

The waitress who sat the girl unsurprisingly was unhappy about all the noise.

Ungrammatical, PL attractor

The waitress who sat the girls unsurprisingly were unhappy about all the noise.

Ungrammatical, SG attractor

The waitress who sat the girl unsurprisingly were unhappy about all the noise.

PP attractor

Grammatical, PL attractor

The waitress who sat near the girls unsurprisingly was unhappy about all the noise.

Grammatical, SG attractor

The waitress who sat near the girl unsurprisingly was unhappy about all the noise.

Ungrammatical, PL attractor

The waitress who sat near the girls unsurprisingly were unhappy about all the noise.

Ungrammatical, SG attractor

The waitress who sat near the girl unsurprisingly were unhappy about all the noise.

SG, singular; PL, plural.