接受呢個測試嘅美國人基本都認為張三其實唔知呢件事。但係調查顯示，東亞地區嘅受測試者大部分都認為張三係知呢件事。同樣嘅回答都發生喺印度次大陸嘅受測試者中。噉樣睇嚟，對知識呢個詞語嘅理解係有可能同語言同社會嘅形態有關。
United States who took this test basically believed that Zhang San did not actually know about it. But the survey showed that most of those tested in East Asia believed that Mr. Zhang knew about it. The same answer occurred among those tested in the India subcontinent. In this way, it is possible that the understanding of the word knowledge is related to the form of language and society.