Table 1
Percentages correct answers on the control sentences and percentages pragmatic answers on the critical sentences of the ABT and TVJT for low-, middle- and high WM span children (Experiment 2).
| Control Sentences | Critical Sentences | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low span (n=16) | Middle span (n=16) | High span (n=16) | Low span (n=16) | Middle span (n=16) | High span (n=16) | |
| TVJT | 87.5 | 93.1 | 93.8 | 56.3 | 78.1 | 75.0 |
| ABT | 95.6 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 93.8 | 90.6 | 87.5 |
Table 2
Percentages correct answers on the control sentences and percentages pragmatic answers on the critical sentences of the ABT, TVJT and world-knowledge TVJT for low-, middle- and high WM span children (Experiment 3).
| Control Sentences | Critical Sentences | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low span (n=11) | Middle span (n=12) | High span (n=11) | Low span (n=11) | Middle span (n=12) | High span (n=11) | |
| TVJT | 96.4 | 95.8 | 95.5 | 100 | 87.5 | 86.4 |
| ABT | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 95.5 | 87.5 | 100 |
| World-knowledge TVJT | 92.8 | 94.3 | 94.9 | 67.3 | 58.3 | 83.6 |