Table 1. 
A text that creates a locally plausible but contextually inappropriate context for the text in bold “The peanut was salted.”
The Peanut. A woman saw a dancing peanut who had a big smile on his face. The peanut was singing about a girl he had just met. And judging from the song the peanut was totally crazy about her. The woman thought it was really cute to see the peanut singing and dancing like that. The peanut was salted/in love and by the sound of it this was definitely mutual. He was seeing a little almond. 
The Peanut. A woman saw a dancing peanut who had a big smile on his face. The peanut was singing about a girl he had just met. And judging from the song the peanut was totally crazy about her. The woman thought it was really cute to see the peanut singing and dancing like that. The peanut was salted/in love and by the sound of it this was definitely mutual. He was seeing a little almond. 

Note. Adapted from “When peanuts fall in love: N400 evidence for the power of discourse,“ by M. S. Nieuwland & J. J. van Berkum, 2006. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 18, p. 1106.

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