def ask(*sentences):
'''
Retrieve objects from clips.
sentences is a list of facts or things,
and they can contain variables,
whose scope is the set of sentences asked.
return a list of dicts with the names of the variables
used in the sentences asked as keys
and the matched objects as values.
If there are no variables in the
question, but the asked sentences match,
return True.
if there is no match, return False
'''
clps, templs = get_instances(*sentences)
resp = []
if clps:
names = [Namable.from_clips(ins) for ins in clps]
while names:
first = names[:len(templs)]
names = names[len(templs):]
rsp = {}
for templ in templs:
if utils.varpat.match(templ[0]) and not templ[0].startswith('Y'):
rsp[templ[0]] = str(first[templs.index(templ)])
if rsp:
resp.append(rsp)
if not resp:
resp = True
else:
resp = False
return resp
def ask_obj(sentence):
'''
retrieve sentences in clips
matching the given sentence.
Can use variables.
'''
clps, templs = get_instances(sentence)
sens = []
if clps:
if isinstance(sentence, Thing):
for ins in clps:
sens.append(Namable.from_clips(ins))
elif isinstance(sentence, Fact):
for ins in clps:
i = clips.FindInstance(ins)
if issubclass(utils.get_class(str(i.Class.Name)), Fact):
sens.append(Fact.from_clips(ins))
return sens
