Why did Dave's Kernelsprite accept the crow+sword as one thing?

Even if they were two items, the fact the crow was dead and impaled made it count as one apparently. Similarly, even though their bodies were dismembered, more than two pieces and tossed at the same time, Tavrisprite was made as a 2-prototyped Sprite. Seems like the intent behind the Prototyper’s actions carries a lot of weight behind how things are prototyped, and things can be symbolic as well- Such as a bunch of ashes becoming Nannasprite rather than just an ashy Harlequinsprite.