tumble weed

So, I failed the test because I was not analytical in my evaluation, in my answer to the question. Question: How many legs are on the floor? Had I been analytical, I would have differentiated between the pieces presented. For example, there were many animals on the bed including a giraffe. Plus, all the other household animals you could imagine. Also, there were three chickens flying above a chair some where in the room. Now, I was also part of the 'question' or test. Because I walked into the room and the question is about the room, such as, how many legs were on the floor? OK! Obviously, I eliminated the animals which were on the bed because their feet were not on the floor. What I didn't take into consideration was critical to the question. Which was how many legs were on the floor. But animals have both feet & legs, some have wings as well. This was all subterfuge to color the context of the 'question.' So, in recap, I had 2 feet & two legs. I was standing in the room yet my legs were not on the floor; my feet were, so I thought that it was subterfuge as well. The bed has 4 legs & no feet; The chair has either 3 or 4 legs depending on what kind of chair. And the 'question' didn't elaborate as to that fact; therefore, there is ambiguity because a chair can have (3 or 4) legs. The chickens flying above the chair have 2 legs as well as 2 feet; yet, they were flying and not on the floor. Sidebar: I gave a 'flip' off the tip of my tongue, 4 was the correct answer and I was wrong. Then again, I was wrong the second time at the 'question' when I concluded that there were 6 six legs on the floor, my two plus the bed's 4four legs equals six legs. No, not quite enough, for the 'question' assumed that it was a four legged chair and not a three legged chair on the floor. Now! the whole idea of three chickens flying above the chair is a bit convoluted. And this is why I failed, for you see, the 'question' masked the chicken's legs to my sense of a three legged stool which is also a chair. rather like my feet & legs.