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@Ricardo, i think conditional responses could shine here. First, establish the gender (kp:are you (a|) male?), use seeks (yes/no/xnomatch) and create a memory for each seek (rem "yes" as "ismale"), (rem "no" as "ismale"),(rem "notsure" as "ismale").
Read chapter 10 on conditional responses to use the contents of (mem-ismale) for the gender specific responses.

@Ricardo, the kp must go in one or two categories of x-keywords like xhello or xinitiate.

@ LarsB > I don't understand why my bot doesn't catch this KP: am i (p:ab-female-names). It should catch the question "am I (whatever female name in the plug-ins)?".

Yes, that should match if the plug in name is correct and the name is actually listed in the plug in. Also, is the content of the plug in correctly formatted?

@LarsB> I've brought the plug-ins from the plug-ins list, how can i check whether it is correctly formatted?

It was my understanding that the x-keywords when you first start a bot are operational. The xfavorite for my bot does not appear to be working. When asked about a favorite, the bot replies with xnone response. I thought the plugins (type) and (specific) were ready to use. The Book of AI states:

Bots are able to automatically answer any question about what their favorites are, or which kind of thing they like the best.

Is there something i have to do with the plugins before the xfavorite will work?

@seneca, the boai tells us how to create plugins, open the plug in and verify against the boai.

@Lucus, maybe i am wrong but i remember there were issues with connecting with wordnet some years ago, not sure if that has been taken care of in the mean time. Have you tried the debug page and tested xfavorites, perhaps the xnone ranks higher. The debug page will show this.

@Lars In addition to getting the xnone response, I also sometimes get the xnonsense response.
This seems to be the pertinent info from the debug:

Full message: what is your favorite movie
Joining In Knowledge Base:
Sentence (0): what is your favorite movie
Rank to beat: 0

Keyphrase Match:

Before Keyphrase Query: Time.03
minWords: 5 minLength: 27
Keyphrases found: 0

Found!
remove 17 hard match rank: your favorite movie
Total Rank: 31.5
Rank this needs to beat: 0

Knowledge Base is Highest!
starting knowledge base: 0.05
Subject: your favorite movie

Skipping - personal information

Skipping - personal information

Considered BLAB: 3 of limit: 4
Random Memory Number: 7 of 28
Memory Chance: 24 memoryLevel: 2
No Match. (use xnone)
Done with xKeyphrases: 0.06

Begin Analyze BotOutput: I was just born and cant speak well yet. Time.06
Found Stored Response Object

PreSerialize: 0.06
PostSerialize: 0.06
Recording Transcripts: 0.06
Total Time: 0.06

KEYPHRASE: xnone

@Lucus, can you test and post again after you have unchecked "Access knowledge base" on the settings page? I am also wondering why it considers the input to be Blab - this used to mean there are no responses to choose from, an xnone or xnonsense will follow, as is the case here.

@LarsB I unchecked the access knowledge base and saved the new setting:

essage Info
Emotion: 0 Amp: 0 FoundHello: 0 FoundGoodbye: 0 FoundYes: 0 FoundNo: 0 FoundLaugh: 0
Sentences: what is your favorite food

Hanging Question?
last sentence: hi there TYPE: Declarative

skip hello/goodbye. Part of a question.
Emote?:

pre-GetKnown: 0.03
end-GetKnown: 0.03
Full message: what is your favorite food
Sentence (0): what is your favorite food
Rank to beat: 0

Begin Speed Boost: 0.03
whowhat question: what
Limiting to 'what' macros
subject: favorite
Defaulting to (np)
Skip (m:com)
Skip (m:so)
End Speed Boost: 0.03

Before Metamacro Matching: Time.03

Filtered Meta 821 to 0

After Metamacro Matching: Time.04

SENTENCE: what is your favorite food

Before Macro Matching: Time.04
Bot uses 0 macros

After Macro Matching: Time.04

Keyphrase Match:

Before Keyphrase Query: Time.04
minWords: 5 minLength: 26
Keyphrases found: 0

Begin Pre-Matching: Time.04

Filtered Keyphrases: 0 to 0
Total keyphrases after splitting lists: 0
End Pre-Matching: Time.04

Total Time Pre Reorder: 0.04
Search In: ' what is your favorite food '
Total Time PreSort: 0.04

This Phrase: "what is your favorite food"
This Phrase (raw): " what is your favorite food "

Total Time: 0.04

Emotional Analysis:
EMOTION WORD = favorite

Favorites?:



What Noun?:


Considered BLAB: 1 of limit: 4
Random Memory Number: 24 of 28
Memory Chance: 24 memoryLevel: 2
xmemory selected
Done with xKeyphrases: 0.04

AIScript in Responses
Total Time Pre-Chrono: 0.05 RESULTS: '1'
Merging Memories
Trying: I remember you. You're (mem-youare). (random: 0)
Skipping Response: (mem-youare) not found.

No Valid Responses Found. Continuing..


AIScript in Responses
Total Time Pre-Chrono: 0.05 RESULTS: '1'
Merging Memories
Trying: I was just born and cant speak well yet. (random: 0)

AIScript Memory
ComboScript: ""
After xgossip and xmemory: 0.05

Response: I was just born and cant speak well yet.

Merging Memories
Before seek check: 0.05
After seek check: 0.05

Begin Analyze BotOutput: I was just born and cant speak well yet. Time.05
Found Stored Response Object

PreSerialize: 0.05
PostSerialize: 0.05
Recording Transcripts: 0.05
Total Time: 0.05

KEYPHRASE: xmemory

No idea what happens here, you do have responses in xfavorite, correct?