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Sentences

YAML files for each domain and language with sentences and the intents that they will evoke.

File Format

language: "<language code>"
intents:
  <intent name>:
    data:
      # List of sentences/slots
      - sentences:
          - "<sentence template>"
          - "<sentence template>"
        slots:
          # Fixed slots for the recognized intent
          <name>: <value>

# Optional lists of items that become alternatives in sentence templates
lists:
  # Referenced as {list_name}
  <list name>:
    values:
      - "items"
      - "in"
      - "the list"
  <range_name>
    range:
      type: "number"
      from: 0
      to: 100

# Optional rules that are expanded in sentence templates
expansion_rules:
  # Referenced as <rule_name>
  <rule_name>: "<sentence template>"

# Optional words that the intent recognizer can skip during recognition
skip_words:
  - "<word>"

Sentence Templates

• Alternative words or phrases
  • (red | green | blue)
• Optional words or phrases
  • [the]
  • [this | that]
• Slot Lists
  • {list_name:slot_name}
  • In YAML, list_name should be under lists
• Expansion Rules
  • <rule_name>
  • In YAML, rule_name should be under expansion rules