Said() Strings - Comprehensive Examples
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These examples were tested against the template game with minor modifications (several word additions, as well as making the word 'of' a noun).
Verbs
User Input | Parts of Speech | Said string syntax | Notes |
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look | verb | look | will match any input starting with 'look' ('look', 'look around', 'look at troll', etc) |
jump | verb | jump | will match any input starting with 'jump' |
Nouns
take a breath | verb/noun | take/breath | Don't include articles in said strings – also responds to 'take breath' |
eat the goodies | verb/noun | eat/goodies | Don't include articles in said strings – also responds to 'eat goodies' |
take key | verb/noun | take/key |
Adjectives / Nouns acting like Adjectives
User Input | Parts of Speech | Said string syntax | Notes |
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take golden sword | verb/adj/noun | take/sword<golden | |
drop heavy black sword | verb/adj/adj/noun | drop/sword<black<heavy | also reponds to 'drop the heavy black sword' |
drop heavy goodies basket | verb/adj/noun/noun | drop/basket<goodies<heavy | |
take goodies basket | verb/noun/noun | take/basket<goodies | |
take basket of goodies | verb/noun/prep/noun | take<of/basket/goodies | dont need to make 'of' a noun |
take basket of goodies | verb/noun/noun-prep/noun | take/goodies<basket<of | need to make 'of' a noun for this to work – this appears to be the best thing to do. |
drop heavy basket of goodies | verb/adj/noun/noun-prep/noun | drop/basket<heavy/goodies | |
take black magic voodoo sword | verb/noun-adj/noun-adj/noun-adj/noun | take/sword<magic<black<voodoo | Can use any number of noun-adjs (black/magic/voodoo), in any order (both the user input & said string) |
take top secret water sword | verb/noun/noun/noun/noun | take/sword<top<secret<water | Can use any number of nouns to describe the subject (top/secret/water). Position unimportant. 'Sword' must remain in the same position however. Othe nouns can be in any order (both in user input & said syntax) |
Adverbs
User Input | Parts of Speech | Said string syntax | Notes |
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where is sword | adverb/indverb/noun | is<where/sword | as in a question “where is sword” |
throw basket of goodies quickly | verb/noun/prep/noun/adverb | throw<quickly/basket<of<goodies | note that 'of' needs to be a noun for this to work |
quickly throw basket of goodies | adverb/verb/noun/prep/noun | throw<quickly/basket<of<goodies | note that 'of' needs to be a noun for this to work |
crawl under table slowly | verb/prep/noun/adverb | crawl<under<slowly/table | same as 'slowly crawl under table' |
slowly crawl under table | adverb/verb/prep/noun | crawl<under<slowly/table | same as 'crawl under table slowly' |
quickly run down troll | adverb/verb/adverb/noun | run<quickly<down/troll | also responds to 'quickly down run troll' (jibberish), 'run down troll quickly', 'quickly run troll down', does NOT work for 'run troll down quickly', 'run troll quickly down' |
Prepositions
User Input | Parts of Speech | Said string syntax | Notes |
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turn lamp on | verb/noun/prep | turn<on/lamp | same said as 'turn on lamp' |
turn on lamp | verb/prep/noun | turn<on/lamp | same said as 'turn lamp on' |
talk to troll | verb/prep/noun | talk<to/troll | |
look in keyhole | noun-verb/prep/noun | look<in/keyhole | |
walk behind curtain | noun-verb/prep-noun/noun | walk/curtain<behind | |
swing sword at troll | verb/noun/prep/noun | swing<at/sword/troll | |
throw sword at thief | verb/noun/prep/noun | throw<at/sword/thief | |
eat goodies with troll | verb/noun/prep/noun | eat<with/goodies/troll | |
put knife upon ledge | noun-verb/noun/prep/noun | put<upon/knife/ledge | see non-working example 'put knife up on ledge' |
swing sword at fat troll | verb/noun/prep/adj/noun | swing<at/sword/troll<fat | |
swing heavy sword at troll | verb/adj/noun/prep/noun | swing<at/sword<heavy/troll | |
swing heavy sword at fat troll | verb/adj/noun/prep/adj/noun | swing<at/sword<heavy/troll<fat |
Making words optional '[]'
User Input | Parts of Speech | Said string syntax | Notes |
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take long knife | verb/adj/noun | take/knife[<long] | This will enforce that only the adjective 'long' is used, no other adjective is valid. Note that if the said string was 'take/knife', any adjective could be used & it would be valid |
take up sword | verb/prep/noun | take[<up]/sword | Note that string will also accept 'take sword' as user input |
Grouping words '()'
User Input | Parts of Speech | Said string syntax | Notes |
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lift up sword OR raise sword | verb/prep/noun OR verb/noun | (lift<up),raise/sword | Both phrases will work, however it is interesting to note that 'raise <any preposition> sword' will also work. |
Matching any word/no word/exact phrase
User Input | Parts of Speech | Said string syntax | Notes |
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look | verb | look[/!*] OR look[/noword] | will only match 'look', not 'look this' or 'look at...' |
look wall OR look bird OR etc... | verb | look/* OR look/anyword | will only match if there is a word following 'look' |
look troll | verb | look/troll[/!*] | |
play game | verb/noun | play/game[/noword] | only will match 'play game', will not match 'play game with troll' unless the 'noword' syntax is removed, then it would match |
take knife | verb/noun | take/knife | note that this will also match 'take long knife', 'take rusty knife', etc. |
lift up sword OR raise sword | verb/prep/noun OR verb/noun | (lift<up),(raise[<noword])/sword | This will ONLY accept 'lift up sword' or 'raise sword' |
Exhaustive & Complex Examples
User Input | Parts of Speech | Said string syntax | Notes |
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give food to the dog | verb/noun/prep/article/noun | give/food/dog | preposition not represented in said string, unnecessary |
give food to dog | verb/noun/prep/noun | give/food/dog | |
give dog the food | verb/noun/article/noun | give/food/dog | |
give dog food | verb/noun/noun | give/food<dog | dog being treated here as an adjective (similar to goodies in 'take goodies basket') |
give food dog (nonsense) | verb/noun/noun | give/dog<food | |
give food the dog (nonsense) | verb/noun/article/noun | give/dog/food | Adding the article changes said string (see 'give food dog') |
take troll to game | verb/noun/prep/noun | take<to/troll/game | see non-working example 'take troll out to game' |
take troll to game | verb/noun/prep/noun | take/troll/game | see alternative parse of 'take<to/troll/game' |
take troll to ball game | verb/noun/prep/noun/noun | take<to/troll/game<ball | ball should probably be classified as an adjective... |
take troll ball game | verb/noun/noun/noun | take/game<ball<troll | nonsense! But it does work... also accepts 'take ball troll game' |
take troll game ball | verb/noun/noun/noun | take/ball<troll<game | also responds to 'take game troll ball' – utter nonsense. |
take troll to ball game | verb/noun/prep/noun/noun | take/troll/game<ball | similar to 'take troll to game', but with additional 'ball' noun which acts as an adj |
play game with troll | verb/noun/prep/noun | play<with/game/troll | |
play checkers game with troll | verb/noun/noun/prep/noun | play<with/game<checkers/troll | |
play game of checkers with troll | verb/noun/noun-prep/noun/prep/noun | play<with/checkers<game<of/troll | note that 'of' needs to be a noun for this to work |
play game of checkers with grey troll | verb/noun/noun-prep/noun/prep/adj/noun | play<with/checkers<game<of/troll<grey | note that 'of' needs to be a noun for this to work |
play short game of checkers | verb/adj/noun/noun-prep/noun | play/checkers<short<game<of | note that 'of' needs to be a noun for this to work |
play short game of checkers with troll | verb/adj/noun/noun-prep/noun/prep/noun | play<with/checkers<short<game<of/troll | note that 'of' needs to be a noun for this to work |
quickly play short game of checkers | adverb/verb/adj/noun/noun-prep/noun | play<quickly/checkers<short<game<of | note that 'of' needs to be a noun for this to work |
quickly play short game of checkers again | adverb/verb/adj/noun/noun-prep/noun/adverb | play<quickly<again/checkers<short<game<of | 41 characters. Maximum possible in user input string! |
again play short game of checkers quickly | adverb/verb/adj/noun/noun-prep/noun/adverb | play<quickly<again/checkers<short<game<of | same syntax as 'quickly play short game of checkers again' |
Does not work
User Input | Parts of Speech | Said string syntax | Notes |
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put knife up on ledge | noun-verb/noun/adverb/prep/noun | Parser reports bad sentence. | |
take troll out to game | verb/noun/prep/prep/noun | Parser reports bad sentence. |