1. What are garden path sentences (p. 369)? Explain why they often result in misanalysis.
Garden path sentences are sentences that result in a misanalysis in the initial syntactic analysis. Reanalysis is required when the parser recognizes the misanalysis. Misanalysis happens because a garden path sentence has a noun phrase that seems to be attached to the syntactic representation of the sentence of the object of the verb, when instead it serves as the subject of the matrix clause verb and the subordinate verb and is intransitive.
2. What is the “all-or-nothing” view of reanalysis of garden path sentences (p. 370)? What alternative to the authors suggest?
The sentences are either successfully reanalyzed or not. If a sentence is an easy garden path, it …show more content…
For experiments 1a and 1b:
a. What is the difference between plausible and implausible sentences?
The plausibility factor producer a higher percentage of yes in the plausible condition compared to the implausible condition, and there was a reliable interaction between these factors, the length for implausible sentences was larger than plausible.
b. What is the difference between short and long ambiguous regions?
The length of the ambiguous region should have a greater effect on responses to garden path in comparison to non-garden path sentences because the longer the region should reduce the chances that full revision will occur.
c. What were the general results?
The subjects were not very good at arriving at an interpretation licensed by the input string, but they were very confident that they understood the sentences. It seems that one’s ultimate interpretation of a garden path sentence can result from an incomplete reanalysis. It seems that they syntactic variable of head position and the semantic influence of ultimate pragmatic plausibility influenced the extent to which the comprehenders were content to leave in place the initial interpretation built from the incorrect parse.
4. For experiment
Garden path sentences are sentences that result in a misanalysis in the initial syntactic analysis. Reanalysis is required when the parser recognizes the misanalysis. Misanalysis happens because a garden path sentence has a noun phrase that seems to be attached to the syntactic representation of the sentence of the object of the verb, when instead it serves as the subject of the matrix clause verb and the subordinate verb and is intransitive.
2. What is the “all-or-nothing” view of reanalysis of garden path sentences (p. 370)? What alternative to the authors suggest?
The sentences are either successfully reanalyzed or not. If a sentence is an easy garden path, it …show more content…
For experiments 1a and 1b:
a. What is the difference between plausible and implausible sentences?
The plausibility factor producer a higher percentage of yes in the plausible condition compared to the implausible condition, and there was a reliable interaction between these factors, the length for implausible sentences was larger than plausible.
b. What is the difference between short and long ambiguous regions?
The length of the ambiguous region should have a greater effect on responses to garden path in comparison to non-garden path sentences because the longer the region should reduce the chances that full revision will occur.
c. What were the general results?
The subjects were not very good at arriving at an interpretation licensed by the input string, but they were very confident that they understood the sentences. It seems that one’s ultimate interpretation of a garden path sentence can result from an incomplete reanalysis. It seems that they syntactic variable of head position and the semantic influence of ultimate pragmatic plausibility influenced the extent to which the comprehenders were content to leave in place the initial interpretation built from the incorrect parse.
4. For experiment