Appendix

Using Advanced Alter Response - the Details

The first two rows in the table contain information about the input sentence and the matching category.

Input

Shows the input text that the robot received (as well as the current <that> and <topic> contexts).

Matched

Shows the components of the category that matched the input.

The rest of the table (labeled New AIML Category) allows you to edit the various components of the new AIML category being defined. Defaults are provided based on the actual input on the Training page and you can either accept or revise these. (Note. You must check the appropriate check-box first before entering values for <that> and <topic>.)

Text in the first box is automatically surrounded by <pattern> and </pattern> - so you need not enter them. You may also specify <topic> and <that> parts of the category. Again the text is surrounded by the <that> and <topic> AIML tags automatically.

The template response Box lets you specify the actions for the category being defined. The buttons <think>, <random>, etc save you from typing in the AIML. Also, anything in this box is automatically surrounded by <template> and </template>.

There are five buttons below the template box which provide shortcuts for writing the template:

<think>
  <set name="it">
    <set name="topic">
      <person/>
    </set>
  </set>
</think>

<random>
  <li></li>
  <li></li>
  <li></li>
</random>

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<sr/>

<srai> </srai>

Exploring Categories

Within the main table on the My Pandorabots page and on each individual robot page, you'll find links labeled Explore.

They provide a rudimentary mechanism for exploring the categories that exist in a given knowledge web. You can use this feature to find already existing categories that will be matched by input patterns. It effectively allows you to traverse the knowledge web. When you reach a category, the AIML extract defining the category is shown.

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