Lingua Sinica

Table 2 Hypothetical mental operation of affirmative probe sentences compared to counterfactual clauses

From: Linking counterfactuality with theory of mind: evidence from developmental studies with Yàobúshì in Chinese

Condition	True affirmative (TA)			False affirmative (FA)
Target clause	Yàobúshì the hurricane came			Yàobúshì the hurricane came
Test sentence	The hurricane came			The hurricane was far away
Target representation	[CF, (came, hurricane)]			[CF, (came, hurricane)]
Test representation	(came, hurricane)			(far away, hurricane)
Mental operations	−	+	☒		–	☒
	+	+	☑	–	+	☑
				+	+	☒
Response index: false ☒	Response = true			Response = false
true ☑	K comparisons (K = 4)			K + 1 comparisons
Chinese text in target	要不是颱風來了,……			要不是颱風來了,………
Chinese text in probe	颱風來了,……			颱風遠離了,………

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