elisp, какая-то странность с listp

ELISP> (listp 'semantic-minor-modes-format)
nil

(loop for item  in minor-mode-alist
   do (let ((car-item (car item)))
	(if (listp car-item)
	    (message "List %s" car-item)
	    (message "Notlist %s" car-item))))

 (loop for item  in minor-mode-alist
             do (if (listp (symbol-value (car item)))
                    (message "List %s" (car item))
                  (message "Notlist %s" (car item))))