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Bart Massey

Release 1

Book - Professor Doppelgänger

A man called Professor Doppelgänger is on the sturdy desk chair. The description is "Even after looking twice, this guy looks a lot like a professor you know named Bart Massey." Understand "Prof/Professor/Dr" as "[professional title]". Understand "Doppelgänger/Doppelganger" as "[Doppelganger name]". Understand "[professional title] [Doppelganger name]" or "[professional title]" or "[Doppelganger name]" as Professor Doppelgänger.

Mentioning is an action applying to one topic. Understand "mention [text]" as mentioning. Understand "talk to/-- [Professor Doppelgänger]" as a mistake ("You should probably just MENTION OUTLINE").

Check mentioning a topic when Professor Doppelgänger is not visible: instead say "That sounds like something Professor Doppelgänger might be interested in. Too bad he's not around."

Carry out mentioning a topic listed in the Table of Lecture Subjects: abide by the reaction entry; rule succeeds.

Carry out mentioning a topic: instead say "The Prof seems uninterested in [the topic understood]."

Understand "ontology/ontologies" as "[ontol]".

Table of Lecture Subjects

topicreaction
"outline"lecture outline rule
"[ontol]"lecture about ontology rule
"upper/-- [ontol]"lecture about upper ontology rule
"relations-actions"lecture about relations-actions rule
"declarative"lecture about declarative rule
"cyc/lenat"show cyc picture rule
"actions"show action diagram rule
"flowchart"show flowchart rule
"handwave/handwaving"handwave rule