Sentence Structures and Foils in the Seven Conditions
| Condition . | Sentence Example . | Foil Picture . |
|---|---|---|
| Short Lexical | The boy is hugging the girl. | Different action (e.g., pulling) |
| Short Active | The girl is kissing the boy. | Agent and patient reversed |
| Short Passivea | The boy is kicked by the girl. | Agent and patient reversed |
| Long Lexical | The girl who is green is pushing the boy. | Different action (e.g., chasing) |
| The boy is kissing the girl who is red. | Different colored patient (e.g., green girl) | |
| Long Easy | The girl is pulling the boy who is red. | Color assigned to wrong participant |
| The boy who is red is chasing the girl. | Agent and patient reversed | |
| Long Mediuma | The girl who is washed by the boy is green. | Color assigned to wrong participant |
| The girl who the boy is hugging is red. | Agent and patient reversed | |
| Long Harda | The boy who the girl is pushed by is blue. | Agent and patient reversed |
| The girl who the boy is kissed by is green. | Color assigned to wrong participant |
| Condition . | Sentence Example . | Foil Picture . |
|---|---|---|
| Short Lexical | The boy is hugging the girl. | Different action (e.g., pulling) |
| Short Active | The girl is kissing the boy. | Agent and patient reversed |
| Short Passivea | The boy is kicked by the girl. | Agent and patient reversed |
| Long Lexical | The girl who is green is pushing the boy. | Different action (e.g., chasing) |
| The boy is kissing the girl who is red. | Different colored patient (e.g., green girl) | |
| Long Easy | The girl is pulling the boy who is red. | Color assigned to wrong participant |
| The boy who is red is chasing the girl. | Agent and patient reversed | |
| Long Mediuma | The girl who is washed by the boy is green. | Color assigned to wrong participant |
| The girl who the boy is hugging is red. | Agent and patient reversed | |
| Long Harda | The boy who the girl is pushed by is blue. | Agent and patient reversed |
| The girl who the boy is kissed by is green. | Color assigned to wrong participant |
aNoncanonical structures. See Wilson, Dronkers, et al. (2010) for a more detailed description and linguistic analysis of the stimuli.