Table 4.
Sample set of items for Experiment 2.
| Direct object attractor |
| Grammatical, PL attractor |
| The celebrity who insulted the journalists certainly was upset about the claims. |
| Grammatical, SG attractor |
| The celebrity who insulted the journalist certainly was upset about the claims. |
| Ungrammatical, PL attractor |
| The celebrity who insulted the journalists certainly were upset about the claims. |
| Ungrammatical, SG attractor |
| The celebrity who insulted the journalist certainly were upset about the claims. |
| Subject attractor |
| Grammatical, PL attractor |
| The celebrity who the journalists insulted certainly was upset about the claims. |
| Grammatical, SG attractor |
| The celebrity who the journalist insulted certainly was upset about the claims. |
| Ungrammatical, PL attractor |
| The celebrity who the journalists insulted certainly were upset about the claims. |
| Ungrammatical, SG attractor |
| The celebrity who the journalist insulted certainly were upset about the claims. |
SG, singular; PL, plural.