WordNet dictionary, and we need to be prepared. I’ll tie these together, as written, and here’s what we get as an output:
echo "((${word}:$pos))" else echo "<${word}:$pos>" fi
Note: {} = too short, [] = POS undefined
fi
((I:noun)) {am} {by} ((birth:noun)) {a} Genovese, and {my} family {is} one of the most ((distinguished:verb)) of that ((republic:noun))
As the header reminds us, at this point, we’re denoting words selected but skipped because they’re too short with {} and those that have an undefined part of speech with []. I’ve also changed the word replacement density factor to have more words tested. As you can see, most of the words in our sample input are now evaluated one way or the other. Now, let’s add a test so that only nouns or adjectives are eligible for substitution too:
I’ll give it that same first sentence to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, and let’s see what transpires: Note: {} = too short, [] = POS undefined, <> = uninteresting POS I {am} <by:adverb> birth {a} Genovese, [and] my family ((is:noun)) {one} {of} {the} ((most:adjective)) <distinguished:verb> {of} [that] ((republic:noun))
We’re definitely getting there, but I think we still need to add something to the selection criteria—something that will help us produce more interesting Mad Libs. But, let’s leave that for next month as we’ve already dug through a lot of code in this column.I
if [ ! -z "$(echo $pos | grep "not return")" ] ; then echo \[$word\]
# failed to figure POS
else if [ -n "$(echo $pos | grep -E '(noun|adjective)')" ] ; then
Dave Taylor has been hacking shell scripts for a really long time, 30 years. He’s the author of the popular Wicked Cool Shell Scripts and can be found on Twitter as @DaveTaylor and more generally at www.DaveTaylorOnline.com.
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