You are lying on your bed, trying to do your homework and listen to the radio at the same time. Suddenly your telephone rings! >ANSWER THE PHONE You pick up the receiver, but you can't hear who's calling because the radio is too loud. >TURN OFF THE RADIO That's better! Now you can tell that it's your mother, calling from her office. >MOTHER, HELLO "Hello, dear. someone just asked me to go meet a visitor at the airport. Could you please drive here to pick me up?" >MOTHER, RIDE THE BUS "That wouldn't get me there on time." >BORROW A CAR You can't see any car here. [It can make a big difference if the program things you're not talking to someone.] >MOTHER, BORROW A CAR "I tried that, but I just can't find one. Won't you please do this favor for me?" >YES "Thank you dear. I'll do a favor for you soon. Goodbye." >MOTHER, GOODBYE If it isn't one thing, it's another - as soon as you hang up the phone, the doorbell rings! >GO TO THE FRON (I don't know the word "fron".) >GO TO THE FRONT (I assume you mean the front door.) It's in the front hall. Now you're there too. (front hall) The front hall is bare, except for a coat rack and a rug. A door into the living room is on the east side, and the front door is on the south. >OPEN IT When you open the front door, your friend Pat steps in and says, "Hi! What's up?" >MY MOTHER NEEDS A RIDE (I don't know the word "needs") [And that sentence doesn't begin with a verb.] >COME WITH ME TO MY MOTHER'S OFFICE (Sorry, but I don't understand. Please reword that or try something else.) [The command looks okay, but the program doesn't recognize that form.] >COME WITH ME "Okay, let's go!" >FIND THE CAR It's usually parked in the garage. >GO TO THE GARAGE Pat goes with you. (garage) The garage is just big enough for one car, two bikes, and a bunch of garden tools. There is a car-sized door on the east wall and a people-sized door on the west. The family car, a snazzy convertible, is parked here. >GET IN (What do you want to get in?) >CAR Pat goes with you (car) You are now sitting in the driver's seat of the convertible, and Pat is sitting beside you. >START THE CAR "Hey," says Pat, "why won't it start? Did you put the key in?" >FIND THE KEY You should know where it is-It's your house! >PAT, WAIT HERE "Okay." Pat settles into the seat and gets comfortable. >GO WEST You can't go that way while you're in the car. >GET OUT (out of the car) (garage) The family car, a snazzy convertible, is parked herre. >GO WEST [If you're looking for something, you should probably go one room at a time.] (kitchen) The kitchen looks a lot like most kitchens: a stove, a sink, a fridge, shelves, and so on. The last of this morning's coffee is in a pot on the stove, and the faucet is dripping a little. >DRINK THE COFFEE THEN FIX THE FAUCET You don't have time for that. You don't have time for that. [Sometimes the computer will seem to act foolish or repeat things. After all, it's only a machine.] >LOOK AT THE SHELVES The shelves hold cookbooks, spices, knickknacks, a cookie jar, and so on. >LOOK IN COOKIE JAR It's full of cookies. >TAKE A COOKIE AND A SPICE cookie: Taken. spice: Don't be silly! >FIND THE KEY It's right here, on the shelf. >LOOK AT THE SHELVES The shelves hold cookbooks, spices, knickknacks, a cookie jar and so on. A car key is also visible on the shelf. [Sometimes you have to try hard to find something in a crowded place.] >TAKE KEY.WEST.PUT IT IN LOCK Taken You can't go that way. [If one of your commands doesn't work, the program ignores the rest of your input line.] >E (garage) The family car, a snazzy convertible, is parked here. >IN (car) You are now sitting in the driver's seat of the convertible, and Pat is sitting beside you. >INVENTORY You are holding: a car key a cookie >PUT KEY IN LOCK Done. >GIVE THE COOKIE TO PAT "Hey, thanks!" >I You are empty-handed. [You can use the short word I instead of INVENTORY.] >START THE CAR Vr-r-r-rooooooom! >BACK OUT (I don't understand the word "back" when you use it that way.) [The program recognizes the word "back" but not as a verb.] >GO EAST Oops! You ran into the closed garage door. It's a good thing you weren't driving very fast! >GET OUT (out of the car) (garage) The family car, a snazzy convertible, is parked herre. >OPEN DOOR (Which door do you mean, the car-sized door, or the people-sized door?) >CAR-SI [If you want to save time while typing, you can always shorten words to six letters.] Okay, it's now wide open. >IN (car) You are now sitting in the driver's seat of the convertible, and Pat is sitting beside you. >E The car backs out of the garage and into the street.
Last revised: Wed Sep 13 11:05:39 EDT 1995 / Peter Scheyen <pete@csd.uwo.ca>
