Oh gosh, yes, this is totally 2E and G! It's a matter of thinking about things differently, literal thinking, and being so far ahead of something in one's brain that the obvious (to other people) doesn't even occur to them.
On some test or other, my son chose "items that belong together" as a newspaper, bicycle, and lock, because "the newspaper boy might want to lock up his bike" -- totally missing the water and ice cube and steam that were the "correct" answer. You have to have a test-giver who can see that he's thinking above and beyond the obvious, as a symptom of giftedness and not just a wrong answer.
I can't even tell you how many times I wanted to tear my hair out when he was that age, trying not to scream, "how can you do multiplication and not be able to tie your shoes?"
