<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: darkness/visibility --> <!--X-From-R13: "F. Oyrknaqre Bbcvry" <cbcvryNfahtuneobe.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 18:55:17 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 199806150151.SAA07077#cashew,snugharbor.com.snugharbor.com --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 3584199E.29AF#dial,pipex.com --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: darkness/visibility</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:popiel#snugharbor,com"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg01041.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg01043.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg01025.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg01051.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#01042">Author</A> | <A HREF="#01042">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#01042">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: darkness/visibility</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: darkness/visibility </LI> <LI><em>From</em>: "T. Alexander Popiel" <<A HREF="mailto:popiel#snugharbor,com">popiel#snugharbor,com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 18:51:26 -0600</LI> <LI><em>cc</em>: <A HREF="mailto:popiel#snugharbor,com">popiel#snugharbor,com</A></LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> In message: <<A HREF="msg01025.html">3584199E.29AF#dial,pipex.com</A>> Richard Woolcock <KaVir#nospam,dial.pipex.com> writes: > > ]get the sword and examine it > >I also differentiate 'it' and 'them' depending on whether or not the object >ends in the letter 's'. Random note: discriminating on 's' is poor; consider referring to 'several people' or 'the grass'. Better to have your objects tagged as singular, plural, or aggregational. (Aggregational is important so you don't pour one bucket of water into another bucket of water and get a bucket of waters...) > ]get the bread from my backpack > You get a loaf of bread from your leather backpack. > ]eat it > You attempt to stuff the leather backpack into your mouth. I would expect the direct object to take precedence over the prepositional indirect object. Of course, the only real solution is to maintain list of possible antecedents (prioritized via some method (hopefully with actual use increasing priority)), and then see which of the possible antecedents actually fit the circumstances. This need not take up huge amounts of memory, since humans have severe limits on list size (generally no more than 7, though beware inobvious aggregates acting as a single entry), and there's not much point in outperforming humans here. > [remove my backpack and get my sword and cheese from it, then eat it and > sheath it > >Which is...well...just silly. Perhaps I should leave it as it is - its just >that I feel I could take it further. Yeah, it's kind of silly, but what's the harm in that, as long as nobody gets confused? - Alex </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <ul compact><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>: <ul> <li><strong><A NAME="01126" HREF="msg01126.html">[MUD-Dev] Natural Language Parsing (Was: Re: darkness/visibility)</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> s001gmu#nova,wright.edu</li></ul> <li><strong><A NAME="01051" HREF="msg01051.html">[MUD-Dev] User Input Parser, was Re: darkness/visibility</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> Richard Woolcock <KaVir#dial,pipex.com></li></ul> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="01025" HREF="msg01025.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: darkness/visibility</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Richard Woolcock <KaVir#nospam,dial.pipex.com></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01041.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: stuff that makes me leave</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01043.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: stuff that makes me leave</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01025.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: darkness/visibility</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01051.html">[MUD-Dev] User Input Parser, was Re: darkness/visibility</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#01042"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#01042"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00957" HREF="msg00957.html">[MUD-Dev] darkness/visibility</A></strong>, Oliver Jowett <a href="mailto:oliver#jowett,manawatu.planet.co.nz">oliver#jowett,manawatu.planet.co.nz</a>, Thu 11 Jun 1998, 03:03 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01013" HREF="msg01013.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: darkness/visibility</A></strong>, Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Sat 13 Jun 1998, 00:50 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01016" HREF="msg01016.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: darkness/visibility</A></strong>, oliver <a href="mailto:oliver#jowett,manawatu.planet.co.nz">oliver#jowett,manawatu.planet.co.nz</a>, Sat 13 Jun 1998, 05:02 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="01025" HREF="msg01025.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: darkness/visibility</A></strong>, Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#nospam,dial.pipex.com">KaVir#nospam,dial.pipex.com</a>, Sun 14 Jun 1998, 10:41 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01042" HREF="msg01042.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: darkness/visibility</A></strong>, T. Alexander Popiel <a href="mailto:popiel#snugharbor,com">popiel#snugharbor,com</a>, Mon 15 Jun 1998, 01:55 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01051" HREF="msg01051.html">[MUD-Dev] User Input Parser, was Re: darkness/visibility</A></strong>, Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Mon 15 Jun 1998, 19:32 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="01126" HREF="msg01126.html">[MUD-Dev] Natural Language Parsing (Was: Re: darkness/visibility)</A></strong>, s001gmu <a href="mailto:s001gmu#nova,wright.edu">s001gmu#nova,wright.edu</a>, Thu 18 Jun 1998, 18:57 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01128" HREF="msg01128.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Natural Language Parsing (Was: Re: darkness/visibility)</A></strong>, Adam J. Thornton <a href="mailto:adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU">adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU</a>, Thu 18 Jun 1998, 20:57 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01129" HREF="msg01129.html">[MUD-Dev] OT: Ack!</A></strong>, Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Thu 18 Jun 1998, 21:31 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>