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. 2019 Mar 8;10:449. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00449

Table 1.

The subject-verb-object (SVO), object-verb-subject (OVS), and ambiguous object-verb-subject (ambOVS) sentence structures of the Oldenburg Linguistically and Audiologically Controlled Sentences (OLACS).

SVO Der kluge Zauberer filmt den braven Postboten.
Thenom wisenom wizardmal films theacc honestacc mailmanmal.
OVS Den braven Postboten filmt der kluge Zauberer.
Theacc honestacc mailmanmal films thenom wisenom wizardmal.
ambOVS Die nasse Ente tadelt der treue Hund.
Theamb wetamb duckfem reprimands thenom loyalnom dogmal.

Relevant case markings are indicated by nom (nominative), acc (accusative), and amb (ambiguous case). The gender of the entities is indicated by mal (male) and fem (female). The point of target disambiguation (PTD), the point in time at which an assignment of agent and patient is possible, is marked by underlined words.