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Re: [lojban] Some ambiguous sentences



John Cowan writes:
>Here are a few pairs of sentences: individually not ambiguous to human beings,
>but having the same formal English parses.  Source:
>http://www.cyc.com/products2.html
>
>	Fred saw the plane flying over Zurich. 
>	Fred saw the mountains flying over Zurich. 

Perhaps I read too much science fiction, but without the 'while' in the
second sentence, I consistently parse it as being about flying
mountains.

-Robin

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