How to match two keywords in AIML?

Question

The following AIML code is used for keyword detection but it can only detect one key word as it is here the FAMILY keyword How can I use such pattern for detecting two keywords in a sentence for example a sentence with FAMILY and FATHER keyword both included?

<category>
  <pattern> FAMILY </pattern>
  <template>
  Family is an important institution.
  </template>
 </category>

<category>
  <pattern> _ FAMILY </pattern>
  <template>
  <srai> FAMILY </srai>
  </template>
 </category>

 <category>
  <pattern> FAMILY * </pattern>
  <template>
  <srai> FAMILY </srai>
  </template>
 </category>

 <category>
  <pattern> _ FAMILY * </pattern>
  <template>
  <srai> FAMILY </srai>
  </template>
 </category>

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered May 31 '17 at 07:46

You may simply use multiple keywords and their order like this:

    <category>
      <pattern>* FATHER * FAMILY *</pattern>
      <template>
      Family is an important institution.
      </template>
     </category>

   <category>
      <pattern>* FAMILY * FATHER *</pattern>
      <template><srai>* FATHER * FAMILY *</srai> 
      </template>
     </category>

This will match all patterns e.g.

Father Family
SomeText Father SomeText Family
Father sometext Family someText
etc

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 05 '15 at 21:25

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Why not simply :

  <pattern> FAMILY * FATHER <pattern>

answered Jan 05 '15 at 21:25

AlexisBRENON

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This will not match a sentence like `I like the father of this family.` – Freelancer Jan 06 '15 at 05:23
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@AliNfr As I know, you cannot define only one pattern to match 2 words in any position. For two words, you have to define two patterns FAMILY * FATHER ... FATHER * FAMILY ... – AlexisBRENON Jan 06 '15 at 09:30

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 31 '17 at 07:14

You may simply use:

<category>
  <pattern>* FAMILY *</pattern>
  <template>
  Family is an important institution.
  </template>
 </category>

It would work in following cases:

FAMILY
some text and FAMILY
FAMILY and some text
some text FAMILY some text

How to match two keywords in AIML?

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