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Sample Dialogs

This illustrates an understanding of containment concepts and the consequences of the agent's own actions.

	TIM> The package is in the dry dock.
	HOMER> Oh. (This contracts where the agent thought 
	  the package was.)
	TIM> Please pick up the package.
	HOMER> OK. (Swims into the dry dock and picks up the
	  package.)
	HOMER> I'm going to the dry dock.
	HOMER> I've reached the package.
	HOMER> I'm picking it up.
	HOMER> I've entered the dry dock. (This realization 
	  occures a few seconds after the actual event.)
	TIM> Come out of the dry dock.
	HOMER> OK. (Agent picks an arbitrary point outside of
	  the dry dock and goes there, still holding onto 
	  the package.)
	TIM> Did you remove the package from the dry dock a
	  few minutes ago?
	HOMER> Yes I did.
	TIM> Did you bring the package into the dry dock today?
	HOMER> No I didn't
	TIM> How many ships did you see after you left the dry 
	  dock?
	HOMER> None.

This illustrates a conditional command.

	STEVE> If you see an animal tomorrow, photograph it.
	HOMER> OK.
	  (We now create a bird and position it in the water near
	  the barge. The we advance time to the next day.)
	STEVE> GO to the barge.
	HOMER> OK.
	  (Homer goes to the barge, sees a bird, and then maneu-
	  vers to photograph it. If the bird should "fly away," the
	  plan is aborted. Animals seen on subsequent days are not
	  photographed.)