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CHAPTER 18

Intelligent Assistant

18-12 About the Assistant

value "Bob Anderson", that element of the phrases array stores the entire

string

"Bob Anderson", as the following code fragment shows:

// input string is "call bob anderson"

{…

phrases: ["bob anderson", "call"],

…}

Note that strings may appear in the phrases array in a different order than they

did in the original input to the Assistant.

The OrigPhrase Slot 18

The original input phrase is returned as a single string that resides in the task

frame’s

origPhrase slot. You can examine this slot to determine the number and

ordering of words in the original input string.

The Value Slot 18

Some values can be parsed correctly only by using a lexical dictionary that

describes their format. These values include formatted numbers such as phone

numbers, currency values, dates, and times.

When the Assistant uses a lexical dictionary to parse an object, it returns the parsed

phrase as a single string in the

value slot. For example, if the user had entered the

phrase

"Call 555-1212" the Assistant would store the phone number in the

value slot, as shown in the following example:

{...

input: [{isa: {value: "action"},

Lexicon: [["call", "phone", "ring", "dial"]],

value: "call"},

{isa: {isa: {isa: {#4B9F1D},

value: NIL,

Lexicon: [#4B9FA1]}},

value: "555-1212"}],

...}

Note that the value slot is created only when the Assistant uses a lexical

dictionary to parse a formatted string such as a time, date, phone number, or

monetary value.

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