Table 10 Comparison of experimental ratings of ba-propensities and model predictions of ba-likelihoods for “easy” and “difficult” stimuli regarding the verb 拿 ná
From: NP weight effects in word order variation in Mandarin Chinese
Number of experimental stimuli | Mean ba-propensities (experiment) | Mean ba-likelihoods (model) | |
|---|---|---|---|
“Easy” stimuli (i.e., correctly predicted by the model) | N = 55 (i.e., 60%) | ba in corpus, 1.43 | ba in corpus, 0.78 |
SVO in corpus, − 2.20 | SVO in corpus, 0.22 | ||
“Difficult” stimuli (i.e., wrongly predicted by the model) | N = 36 (i.e., 40%) | ba in corpus, 1.68 | ba in corpus, 0.28 |
SVO in corpus, − 0.97 | SVO in corpus, 0.70 |