American Indians have one of the highest rates of diabetes in the world

Imagine that you are about to utter a sentence. If you are currently struggling with the linearization problem, you will have difficulty

a. deciding which words to put first and which to put later. b. assigning a linear order to the actor and the person who is acted upon. c. discovering the deep structure from the surface structure. d. deciding whether to use the active or the passive voice.

On a construction site, Ray drops a wrench and it almost hits Cecil on the head. If Cecil develops a situational (as opposed to dispositional) explanation of Ray's behaviour he might assume that

A) he was the target of a murder attempt. B) the wrench was oily and it slipped. C) Ray is stupid. D) Ray is a careless person. E) Ray has a poor aim.