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Question: How Can People Disambiguate Best?

What Makes Task Type Matter?

Let's explore the most task-type divergent sentence: 22.

"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it."

Paraphrasal-only subjects:

• 88%: Most success comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
• 12%: Success comes to most of those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Truth-conditional-only subjects:

• 40%: Of 1000 executives, 600 scored "high" or more on success, and 450 of these scored "high" or more on activity level.
• 60%: Of 1000 executives, 600 scored "high" or more on activity level, and 450 of these scored "high" or more on success.

Alternatives are yoked, so why the discrepancy?