def __init__(self, dm):
"""create questioner agent"""
threading.Thread.__init__(self)
self.dialogManager = dm
self.episodicBuffer = EpisodicBuffer()
self.semanticKnowledge = SemanticKnowledge()
self.lexicalAccess = LexicalAccess()
# start with a uniform belief prior
flat = nltk.probability.UniformProbDist(
self.semanticKnowledge.entities())
self.semanticKnowledge.setPriors(flat)
self.state = None
self.daemon = True #important!
