Consider the sequence "Betsy wanted to bring Jacob a present.She shook her piggy bank." Most people,after hearing this sequence,believe Betsy was checking her piggy bank to see if she had money to spend on the gift.This inference about Betsy's goals depends on the fact that

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Inferences about a character's goals or intentions often require readers to draw upon their own knowledge and fill in background information that is not explicitly stated in the text. This process of using prior knowledge to make inferences is common in all languages and is not dependent on the length of the sentences or whether all individuals involved in an event are mentioned.

Consider the Sequence "Betsy Wanted to Bring Jacob a Present