Subject: Some ambiguous sentences

From: John Cowan <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 11:33:42 -0400

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. 

The police arrested the demonstrators because they committed violence. 
The police arrested the demonstrators because they feared violence. 

Mary saw the dog in the store window and wanted it. 
Mary saw the dog in the store window and pressed her nose up against it. 

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