Table 6 Comparison of experimental ratings of ba-propensities and model predictions of ba-likelihoods for “easy” and “difficult” stimuli regarding the verb 放fàng
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 = 49 (i.e., 51%) | ba in corpus, 2.08 | ba in corpus, 0.79 |
SVO in corpus, − 1.58 | SVO in corpus, 0.28 | ||
“Difficult” stimuli (i.e., wrongly predicted by the model) | N = 48 (i.e., 49%) | ba in corpus, 0.37 | ba in corpus, 0.28 |
SVO in corpus, −0.18 | SVO in corpus, 0.74 |