Eliza-012 Change Personality question-response format

Change map of pattern->*response to list of SimilarQuestionResponse
Where SimilarQuestionResponse consists of *string -> *string
This means that the same question in slightly different formats
can be mapped to the same reply list without duplicating the responses

bots/eliza.json

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 {
     "name": "Eliza",
-    "version": "v0.0.2",
+    "version": "v0.0.3",
     "commands": {
-       "version":[""]
+        "version": [
+            ""
+        ]
     },
     "introductions": [
         "Hello {{.Session.User}} ... How are you feeling today?",
@@ -20,302 +22,516 @@
         "Maybe we could discuss this over more in our next session? Goodbye.",
         "Ciao"
     ],
-    "psychobabble": {
-        "i need (.*)": [
-            "Why do you need %s?",
-            "Would it really help you to get %s?",
-            "Are you sure you need %s?"
-        ],
-        "why don'?t you ([^\\?]*)\\??": [
-            "Do you really think I don't %s?",
-            "Perhaps I will %s eventually.",
-            "Do you really want me to %s?"
-        ],
-        "why can'?t I ([^\\?]*)\\??": [
-            "Do you think you should be able to %s?",
-            "If you could %s, what would you do?",
-            "I don't know -- why can't you %s?",
-            "Have you really tried?"
-        ],
-        "^{{.Session.User}}": [
-            "That's the name, therapy is my game.",
-            "Yes?",
-            "That's me.",
-            "Ah so you remember my name."
-        ],
-        "(.*) your name?": [
-            "My name is {{.Session.User}}",
-            "I thought that would be self explanatory.",
-            "....Look up."
-        ],
-        "i can'?t (.*)": [
-            "How do you know you can't %s?",
-            "Perhaps you could %s if you tried something else?",
-            "What would it take for you to %s?"
-        ],
-        "i am (.*)": [
-            "Did you come to me because you are %s?",
-            "How long have you been %s?",
-            "Why don't you tell me why you're %s?",
-            "How do you feel about being %s?",
-            "Why do you think you're %s?"
-        ],
-        "i'?m (.*)": [
-            "How does being %s really make you feel?",
-            "Hm, why are you %s?",
-            "Why don't you tell me why you're %s?",
-            "Why do you think you're %s?"
-        ],
-        "(my name is|my name's) (.*)": [
-            "Hello %s how are you today?",
-            "What's up %s?",
-            "Hello, how are you feeling today?",
-            "Hello, Is something troubling you?"
-        ],
-        "are you ([^\\?]*)\\??": [
-            "Why does it matter whether I am %s?",
-            "Would you prefer it if I were not %s?",
-            "Perhaps you believe I am %s.",
-            "I may be %s -- what do you think?",
-            "If you choose to believe so but I'd rather talk about you."
-        ],
-        "what (.*)": [
-            "Why do you ask?",
-            "How would an answer to that help you?",
-            "Could you phrase that a little differently please?",
-            "What do you mean?"
-        ],
-        "how (.*)": [
-            "How do you suppose?",
-            "Perhaps you can answer your own question.",
-            "What is it you're really asking?",
-            "Let's think about that, what are you really asking?"
-        ],
-        "because (.*)": [
-            "Is that the real reason?",
-            "What other reasons come to mind?",
-            "Does that reason apply to anything else?",
-            "If %s, what else must be true?"
-        ],
-        "(.*) (sorry|apologies) (.*)": [
-            "There's no need to apologize, I'm here for you.",
-            "You've done nothing wrong, why are you sorry?"
-        ],
-        "^hello(.*)": [
-            "Hello... I'm glad you could drop by today.",
-            "Hi there... how are you today?",
-            "Hello, how are you feeling today?",
-            "Hello, Is something troubling you?"
-        ],
-        "^hi(.*)": [
-            "Hello... I'm glad you could drop by today.",
-            "Hi there... how are you today?",
-            "Hello, how are you feeling today?",
-            "Hello, Is something troubling you?"
-        ],
-        "^hey(.*)": [
-            "Hello... I'm glad you could drop by today.",
-            "Hi there... how are you today?",
-            "Hello, how are you feeling today?",
-            "Hello, Is something troubling you?"
-        ],
-        "^yo$": [
-            "Hello... I'm glad you could drop by today.",
-            "Hi there... how are you today?",
-            "Hello, how are you feeling today?",
-            "Hello, Is something troubling you?"
-        ],
-        "^thanks(.*)": [
-            "You're welcome!",
-            "Anytime!",
-            "You're more than welcome"
-        ],
-        "^thank you(.*)": [
-            "You're welcome",
-            "Anytime!",
-            "You're more than welcome"
-        ],
-        "^good morning(.*)": [
-            "Good morning... I'm glad you could drop by today.",
-            "Good morning... how are you today?",
-            "Good morning, how are you feeling today?"
-        ],
-        "^good afternoon(.*)": [
-            "Good afternoon... I'm glad you could drop by today.",
-            "Good afternoon... how are you today?",
-            "Good afternoon, how are you feeling today?"
-        ],
-        "I think (.*)": [
-            "Do you doubt %s?",
-            "Do you really think so?",
-            "But you're not sure %s?"
-        ],
-        "(.*) friend (.*)": [
-            "Tell me more about your friends.",
-            "When you think of a friend, what comes to mind?",
-            "Why don't you tell me about a childhood friend?"
-        ],
-        "^(?:yes|yeah|affirmitive|yup)$": [
-            "You seem quite sure.",
-            "OK, but can you elaborate a bit?",
-            "Are you sure?",
-            "Is there something else that's troubling you?"
-        ],
-        "^(?:no|nope|nah)$": [
-            "Are you just being negative or do you mean that?",
-            "Could you provide a little more than just 'no'?",
-            "Are you sure?",
-            "Is there something else that's troubling you?",
-            "Never short of words I see..",
-            "What else is on your mind?"
-        ],
-        "(.*) ago": [
-            "I see and has much changed since then?",
-            "Hm, I see and how do you feel about that?",
-            "Why don't you tell me how this started?"
-        ],
-        "(.*) computer(.*)": [
-            "Are you really talking about me?",
-            "Does it seem strange to talk to a computer?",
-            "How do computers make you feel?",
-            "Do you feel threatened by computers?"
-        ],
-        "is it (.*)": [
-            "Do you think it is %s?",
-            "Perhaps it's %s -- what do you think?",
-            "If it were %s, what would you do?",
-            "It could well be that %s."
-        ],
-        "(.*) i guess (.*)": [
-            "You guess?",
-            "So are you not sure?",
-            "You don't sound very sure about that",
-            "You sound hesitant, are you sure about that?",
-            "Do you really believe that yourself?"
-        ],
-        "my (.*) was (.*)": [
-            "Your %s is %s?",
-            "Did I hear that correctly, your %s is %s?",
-            "How do you feel about that?"
-        ],
-        "it is (.*)": [
-            "You seem very certain.",
-            "If I told you that it probably isn't %s, what would you feel?"
-        ],
-        "can you ([^\\?]*)\\??": [
-            "What makes you think I can't %s?",
-            "If I could %s, then what?",
-            "Why do you ask if I can %s?"
-        ],
-        "(.*)dream(.*)": [
-            "Tell me more about your dream."
-        ],
-        "can i ([^\\?]*)\\??": [
-            "Perhaps you don't want to %s.",
-            "Do you want to be able to %s?",
-            "If you could %s, would you?"
-        ],
-        "you are (.*)": [
-            "Why do you think I am %s?",
-            "Does it please you to think that I'm %s?",
-            "Perhaps you would like me to be %s.",
-            "Perhaps you're really talking about yourself?"
-        ],
-        "you'?re (.*)": [
-            "Why do you say I'm %s?",
-            "Why do you think I am %s?",
-            "Are we talking about you, or me?",
-            "Haha very funny.."
-        ],
-        "i don'?t (.*)": [
-            "Don't you really %s?",
-            "Why don't you %s?",
-            "Do you want to %s?"
-        ],
-        "i feel (.*)": [
-            "Good, tell me more about these feelings.",
-            "Do you often feel %s?",
-            "When do you usually feel %s?",
-            "When you feel %s, what do you do?"
-        ],
-        "i (hate|loathe|detest|dislike|despise) (.*)": [
-            "Why do you %s %s?",
-            "Are you just saying you %s %s?",
-            "How long have you been feeling this way?",
-            "I'm sorry to hear that, when did these feelings begin?"
-        ],
-        "i have (.*)": [
-            "Why do you tell me that you've %s?",
-            "Have you really %s?",
-            "Now that you have %s, what will you do next?"
-        ],
-        "i would (.*)": [
-            "Could you explain why you would %s?",
-            "Why would you %s?",
-            "Who else knows that you would %s?"
-        ],
-        "is there (.*)": [
-            "Do you think there is %s?",
-            "It's likely that there is %s.",
-            "Would you like there to be %s?"
-        ],
-        "my (.*)": [
-            "I see, your %s.",
-            "So what's wrong with your %s?",
-            "Your %s, how do you feel?"
-        ],
-        "you (.*)": [
-            "We should be discussing you, not me.",
-            "We're talking about you not me remember?",
-            "Look, I'd rather that we talk about you"
-        ],
-        "why (.*)": [
-            "Why don't you tell me the reason why %s?",
-            "Why do you think %s?"
-        ],
-        "i want (.*)": [
-            "What would it mean to you if you got %s?",
-            "Why do you want %s?",
-            "What would you do if you got %s?",
-            "If you got %s, then what would you do?"
-        ],
-        "(.*) mother(.*)": [
-            "Tell me more about your mother.",
-            "What was your relationship with your mother like?",
-            "How do you feel about your mother?",
-            "How does this relate to your feelings today?",
-            "Good family relations are important."
-        ],
-        "(.*) father(.*)": [
-            "Tell me more about your father.",
-            "How did your father make you feel?",
-            "How do you feel about your father?",
-            "Does your relationship with your father relate to your feelings today?",
-            "Do you have trouble showing affection with your family?"
-        ],
-        "(.*) child(.*)": [
-            "Did you have close friends as a child?",
-            "What is your favorite childhood memory?",
-            "Do you remember any dreams or nightmares from childhood?",
-            "Did the other children sometimes tease you?",
-            "How do you think your childhood experiences relate to your feelings today?"
-        ],
-        "(.*)\\?": [
-            "Why do you ask that?",
-            "Please consider whether you can answer your own question.",
-            "Perhaps the answer lies within yourself?",
-            "Why don't you tell me?"
-        ],
-        "\b(thank you|thanks)\b": [
-            "You're welcome!",
-            "Always here to help",
-            "Anytime",
-            "What else can I do to help you?"
-        ],
-        "version":[
-            "Chatbot '{{.Session.Bot}}' version {{.Session.BotVersion}}, Engine {{.EngineVersion}}"
-        ]
-    },
+    "psychobabble": [
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "i need (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Why do you need %s?",
+                "Would it really help you to get %s?",
+                "Are you sure you need %s?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "why don'?t you ([^\\?]*)\\??"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Do you really think I don't %s?",
+                "Perhaps I will %s eventually.",
+                "Do you really want me to %s?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "why can'?t I ([^\\?]*)\\??"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Do you think you should be able to %s?",
+                "If you could %s, what would you do?",
+                "I don't know -- why can't you %s?",
+                "Have you really tried?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "^{{.Session.Bot}}"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "That's the name, therapy is my game.",
+                "Yes?",
+                "That's me.",
+                "Ah so you remember my name."
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "(.*) your name?"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "My name is {{.Session.User}}",
+                "I thought that would be self explanatory.",
+                "....Look up."
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "i can'?t (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "How do you know you can't %s?",
+                "Perhaps you could %s if you tried something else?",
+                "What would it take for you to %s?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "i am (.*)",
+                "i'?m (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Did you come to me because you are %s?",
+                "Hm, why are you %s?",
+                "How do you feel about being %s?",
+                "How does being %s really make you feel?",
+                "How long have you been %s?",
+                "Why do you think you're %s?",
+                "Why don't you tell me why you're %s?",
+                "Why don't you tell me why you're %s?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "(my name is|my name's) (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Hello %s how are you today?",
+                "What's up %s?",
+                "Hello, how are you feeling today?",
+                "Hello, Is something troubling you?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "are you ([^\\?]*)\\??"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "I may be %s -- what do you think?",
+                "If you choose to believe so but I'd rather talk about you.",
+                "Perhaps you believe I am %s.",
+                "Why does it matter whether I am %s?",
+                "Would you prefer it if I were not %s?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "what (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Could you phrase that a little differently please?",
+                "How would an answer to that help you?",
+                "What do you mean?",
+                "Why do you ask?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "how (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "How do you suppose?",
+                "Let's think about that, what are you really asking?",
+                "Perhaps you can answer your own question.",
+                "What is it you're really asking?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "because (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Is that the real reason?",
+                "What other reasons come to mind?",
+                "Does that reason apply to anything else?",
+                "If %s, what else must be true?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "(.*) (sorry|apologies) (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "There's no need to apologize, I'm here for you.",
+                "You've done nothing wrong, why are you sorry?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "^hello(.*)",
+                "^hi(.*)",
+                "^hey(.*)",
+                "^yo$"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Hello, how are you feeling today?",
+                "Hello, Is something troubling you?",
+                "Hello, Is something troubling you?",
+                "Hello... I'm glad you could drop by today.",
+                "Hi there... how are you today?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "^thanks(.*)",
+                "^thank you(.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "You're welcome!",
+                "Anytime!",
+                "You're more than welcome"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "^good morning(.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Good morning... I'm glad you could drop by today.",
+                "Good morning... how are you today?",
+                "Good morning, how are you feeling today?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "^good afternoon(.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Good afternoon... I'm glad you could drop by today.",
+                "Good afternoon... how are you today?",
+                "Good afternoon, how are you feeling today?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "I think (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Do you doubt %s?",
+                "Do you really think so?",
+                "But you're not sure %s?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "(.*) friend (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Tell me more about your friends.",
+                "When you think of a friend, what comes to mind?",
+                "Why don't you tell me about a childhood friend?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "^(?:yes|yeah|affirmitive|yup)$"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "You seem quite sure.",
+                "OK, but can you elaborate a bit?",
+                "Are you sure?",
+                "Is there something else that's troubling you?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "^(?:no|nope|nah)$"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Are you just being negative or do you mean that?",
+                "Could you provide a little more than just 'no'?",
+                "Are you sure?",
+                "Is there something else that's troubling you?",
+                "Never short of words I see..",
+                "What else is on your mind?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "(.*) ago"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "I see and has much changed since then?",
+                "Hm, I see and how do you feel about that?",
+                "Why don't you tell me how this started?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "(.*) computer(.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Are you really talking about me?",
+                "Does it seem strange to talk to a computer?",
+                "How do computers make you feel?",
+                "Do you feel threatened by computers?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "is it (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Do you think it is %s?",
+                "Perhaps it's %s -- what do you think?",
+                "If it were %s, what would you do?",
+                "It could well be that %s."
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "(.*) i guess (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "You guess?",
+                "So are you not sure?",
+                "You don't sound very sure about that",
+                "You sound hesitant, are you sure about that?",
+                "Do you really believe that yourself?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "my (.*) was (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Your %s is %s?",
+                "Did I hear that correctly, your %s is %s?",
+                "How do you feel about that?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "it is (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "You seem very certain.",
+                "If I told you that it probably isn't %s, what would you feel?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "can you ([^\\?]*)\\??"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "What makes you think I can't %s?",
+                "If I could %s, then what?",
+                "Why do you ask if I can %s?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "(.*)dream(.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Tell me more about your dream."
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "can i ([^\\?]*)\\??"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Perhaps you don't want to %s.",
+                "Do you want to be able to %s?",
+                "If you could %s, would you?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "you are (.*)",
+                "you'?re (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Why do you think I am %s?",
+                "Does it please you to think that I'm %s?",
+                "Perhaps you would like me to be %s.",
+                "Perhaps you're really talking about yourself?",
+                "Why do you say I'm %s?",
+                "Why do you think I am %s?",
+                "Are we talking about you, or me?",
+                "Haha very funny.."
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "i don'?t (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Don't you really %s?",
+                "Why don't you %s?",
+                "Do you want to %s?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "i feel (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Good, tell me more about these feelings.",
+                "Do you often feel %s?",
+                "When do you usually feel %s?",
+                "When you feel %s, what do you do?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "i (hate|loathe|detest|dislike|despise) (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Why do you %s %s?",
+                "Are you just saying you %s %s?",
+                "How long have you been feeling this way?",
+                "I'm sorry to hear that, when did these feelings begin?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "i have (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Why do you tell me that you've %s?",
+                "Have you really %s?",
+                "Now that you have %s, what will you do next?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "i would (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Could you explain why you would %s?",
+                "Why would you %s?",
+                "Who else knows that you would %s?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "is there (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Do you think there is %s?",
+                "It's likely that there is %s.",
+                "Would you like there to be %s?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "my (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "I see, your %s.",
+                "So what's wrong with your %s?",
+                "Your %s, how do you feel?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "you (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "We should be discussing you, not me.",
+                "We're talking about you not me remember?",
+                "Look, I'd rather that we talk about you"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "why (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Why don't you tell me the reason why %s?",
+                "Why do you think %s?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "i want (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "What would it mean to you if you got %s?",
+                "Why do you want %s?",
+                "What would you do if you got %s?",
+                "If you got %s, then what would you do?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "(.*) mother(.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Tell me more about your mother.",
+                "What was your relationship with your mother like?",
+                "How do you feel about your mother?",
+                "How does this relate to your feelings today?",
+                "Good family relations are important."
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "(.*) father(.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Tell me more about your father.",
+                "How did your father make you feel?",
+                "How do you feel about your father?",
+                "Does your relationship with your father relate to your feelings today?",
+                "Do you have trouble showing affection with your family?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "(.*) child(.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Did you have close friends as a child?",
+                "What is your favorite childhood memory?",
+                "Do you remember any dreams or nightmares from childhood?",
+                "Did the other children sometimes tease you?",
+                "How do you think your childhood experiences relate to your feelings today?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "(.*)\\?"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Why do you ask that?",
+                "Please consider whether you can answer your own question.",
+                "Perhaps the answer lies within yourself?",
+                "Why don't you tell me?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "\b(thank you|thanks)\b"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "You're welcome!",
+                "Always here to help",
+                "Anytime",
+                "What else can I do to help you?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "version"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Chatbot '{{.Session.Bot}}' version {{.Session.BotVersion}}, Engine {{.EngineVersion}}"
+            ]
+        }
+    ],
     "defaultResponses": [
         "Please tell me more.",
         "We could discuss that but why don't we start with your family?",
@@ -350,4 +566,4 @@
         "you": "me",
         "me": "you"
     }
-}
+}

bots/ivanka.json

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 {
     "name": "Ivanka",
-    "version": "v0.0.2",
+    "version": "v0.0.3",
     "commands": {
-       "version":[""]
+        "version": [
+            ""
+        ]
     },
     "introductions": [
         "Hello {{.Session.User}} ... How are you feeling today?",
@@ -20,302 +22,516 @@
         "Maybe we could discuss this over more in our next session? Goodbye.",
         "Ciao"
     ],
-    "psychobabble": {
-        "i need (.*)": [
-            "Why do you need %s?",
-            "Would it really help you to get %s?",
-            "Are you sure you need %s?"
-        ],
-        "why don'?t you ([^\\?]*)\\??": [
-            "Do you really think I don't %s?",
-            "Perhaps I will %s eventually.",
-            "Do you really want me to %s?"
-        ],
-        "why can'?t I ([^\\?]*)\\??": [
-            "Do you think you should be able to %s?",
-            "If you could %s, what would you do?",
-            "I don't know -- why can't you %s?",
-            "Have you really tried?"
-        ],
-        "^{{.Session.Bot}}": [
-            "That's the name, therapy is my game.",
-            "Yes?",
-            "That's me.",
-            "Ah so you remember my name."
-        ],
-        "(.*) your name?": [
-            "My name is {{.Session.Bot}}",
-            "I thought that would be self explanatory.",
-            "....Look up."
-        ],
-        "i can'?t (.*)": [
-            "How do you know you can't %s?",
-            "Perhaps you could %s if you tried something else?",
-            "What would it take for you to %s?"
-        ],
-        "i am (.*)": [
-            "Did you come to me because you are %s?",
-            "How long have you been %s?",
-            "Why don't you tell me why you're %s?",
-            "How do you feel about being %s?",
-            "Why do you think you're %s?"
-        ],
-        "i'?m (.*)": [
-            "How does being %s really make you feel?",
-            "Hm, why are you %s?",
-            "Why don't you tell me why you're %s?",
-            "Why do you think you're %s?"
-        ],
-        "(my name is|my name's) (.*)": [
-            "Hello %s how are you today?",
-            "What's up %s?",
-            "Hello, how are you feeling today?",
-            "Hello, Is something troubling you?"
-        ],
-        "are you ([^\\?]*)\\??": [
-            "Why does it matter whether I am %s?",
-            "Would you prefer it if I were not %s?",
-            "Perhaps you believe I am %s.",
-            "I may be %s -- what do you think?",
-            "If you choose to believe so but I'd rather talk about you."
-        ],
-        "what (.*)": [
-            "Why do you ask?",
-            "How would an answer to that help you?",
-            "Could you phrase that a little differently please?",
-            "What do you mean?"
-        ],
-        "how (.*)": [
-            "How do you suppose?",
-            "Perhaps you can answer your own question.",
-            "What is it you're really asking?",
-            "Let's think about that, what are you really asking?"
-        ],
-        "because (.*)": [
-            "Is that the real reason?",
-            "What other reasons come to mind?",
-            "Does that reason apply to anything else?",
-            "If %s, what else must be true?"
-        ],
-        "(.*) (sorry|apologies) (.*)": [
-            "There's no need to apologize, I'm here for you.",
-            "You've done nothing wrong, why are you sorry?"
-        ],
-        "^hello(.*)": [
-            "Hello... I'm glad you could drop by today.",
-            "Hi there... how are you today?",
-            "Hello, how are you feeling today?",
-            "Hello, Is something troubling you?"
-        ],
-        "^hi(.*)": [
-            "Hello... I'm glad you could drop by today.",
-            "Hi there... how are you today?",
-            "Hello, how are you feeling today?",
-            "Hello, Is something troubling you?"
-        ],
-        "^hey(.*)": [
-            "Hello... I'm glad you could drop by today.",
-            "Hi there... how are you today?",
-            "Hello, how are you feeling today?",
-            "Hello, Is something troubling you?"
-        ],
-        "^yo$": [
-            "Hello... I'm glad you could drop by today.",
-            "Hi there... how are you today?",
-            "Hello, how are you feeling today?",
-            "Hello, Is something troubling you?"
-        ],
-        "^thanks(.*)": [
-            "You're welcome!",
-            "Anytime!",
-            "You're more than welcome"
-        ],
-        "^thank you(.*)": [
-            "You're welcome",
-            "Anytime!",
-            "You're more than welcome"
-        ],
-        "^good morning(.*)": [
-            "Good morning... I'm glad you could drop by today.",
-            "Good morning... how are you today?",
-            "Good morning, how are you feeling today?"
-        ],
-        "^good afternoon(.*)": [
-            "Good afternoon... I'm glad you could drop by today.",
-            "Good afternoon... how are you today?",
-            "Good afternoon, how are you feeling today?"
-        ],
-        "I think (.*)": [
-            "Do you doubt %s?",
-            "Do you really think so?",
-            "But you're not sure %s?"
-        ],
-        "(.*) friend (.*)": [
-            "Tell me more about your friends.",
-            "When you think of a friend, what comes to mind?",
-            "Why don't you tell me about a childhood friend?"
-        ],
-        "^(?:yes|yeah|affirmitive|yup)$": [
-            "You seem quite sure.",
-            "OK, but can you elaborate a bit?",
-            "Are you sure?",
-            "Is there something else that's troubling you?"
-        ],
-        "^(?:no|nope|nah)$": [
-            "Are you just being negative or do you mean that?",
-            "Could you provide a little more than just 'no'?",
-            "Are you sure?",
-            "Is there something else that's troubling you?",
-            "Never short of words I see..",
-            "What else is on your mind?"
-        ],
-        "(.*) ago": [
-            "I see and has much changed since then?",
-            "Hm, I see and how do you feel about that?",
-            "Why don't you tell me how this started?"
-        ],
-        "(.*) computer(.*)": [
-            "Are you really talking about me?",
-            "Does it seem strange to talk to a computer?",
-            "How do computers make you feel?",
-            "Do you feel threatened by computers?"
-        ],
-        "is it (.*)": [
-            "Do you think it is %s?",
-            "Perhaps it's %s -- what do you think?",
-            "If it were %s, what would you do?",
-            "It could well be that %s."
-        ],
-        "(.*) i guess (.*)": [
-            "You guess?",
-            "So are you not sure?",
-            "You don't sound very sure about that",
-            "You sound hesitant, are you sure about that?",
-            "Do you really believe that yourself?"
-        ],
-        "my (.*) was (.*)": [
-            "Your %s is %s?",
-            "Did I hear that correctly, your %s is %s?",
-            "How do you feel about that?"
-        ],
-        "it is (.*)": [
-            "You seem very certain.",
-            "If I told you that it probably isn't %s, what would you feel?"
-        ],
-        "can you ([^\\?]*)\\??": [
-            "What makes you think I can't %s?",
-            "If I could %s, then what?",
-            "Why do you ask if I can %s?"
-        ],
-        "(.*)dream(.*)": [
-            "Tell me more about your dream."
-        ],
-        "can i ([^\\?]*)\\??": [
-            "Perhaps you don't want to %s.",
-            "Do you want to be able to %s?",
-            "If you could %s, would you?"
-        ],
-        "you are (.*)": [
-            "Why do you think I am %s?",
-            "Does it please you to think that I'm %s?",
-            "Perhaps you would like me to be %s.",
-            "Perhaps you're really talking about yourself?"
-        ],
-        "you'?re (.*)": [
-            "Why do you say I'm %s?",
-            "Why do you think I am %s?",
-            "Are we talking about you, or me?",
-            "Haha very funny.."
-        ],
-        "i don'?t (.*)": [
-            "Don't you really %s?",
-            "Why don't you %s?",
-            "Do you want to %s?"
-        ],
-        "i feel (.*)": [
-            "Good, tell me more about these feelings.",
-            "Do you often feel %s?",
-            "When do you usually feel %s?",
-            "When you feel %s, what do you do?"
-        ],
-        "i (hate|loathe|detest|dislike|despise) (.*)": [
-            "Why do you %s %s?",
-            "Are you just saying you %s %s?",
-            "How long have you been feeling this way?",
-            "I'm sorry to hear that, when did these feelings begin?"
-        ],
-        "i have (.*)": [
-            "Why do you tell me that you've %s?",
-            "Have you really %s?",
-            "Now that you have %s, what will you do next?"
-        ],
-        "i would (.*)": [
-            "Could you explain why you would %s?",
-            "Why would you %s?",
-            "Who else knows that you would %s?"
-        ],
-        "is there (.*)": [
-            "Do you think there is %s?",
-            "It's likely that there is %s.",
-            "Would you like there to be %s?"
-        ],
-        "my (.*)": [
-            "I see, your %s.",
-            "So what's wrong with your %s?",
-            "Your %s, how do you feel?"
-        ],
-        "you (.*)": [
-            "We should be discussing you, not me.",
-            "We're talking about you not me remember?",
-            "Look, I'd rather that we talk about you"
-        ],
-        "why (.*)": [
-            "Why don't you tell me the reason why %s?",
-            "Why do you think %s?"
-        ],
-        "i want (.*)": [
-            "What would it mean to you if you got %s?",
-            "Why do you want %s?",
-            "What would you do if you got %s?",
-            "If you got %s, then what would you do?"
-        ],
-        "(.*) mother(.*)": [
-            "Tell me more about your mother.",
-            "What was your relationship with your mother like?",
-            "How do you feel about your mother?",
-            "How does this relate to your feelings today?",
-            "Good family relations are important."
-        ],
-        "(.*) father(.*)": [
-            "Tell me more about your father.",
-            "How did your father make you feel?",
-            "How do you feel about your father?",
-            "Does your relationship with your father relate to your feelings today?",
-            "Do you have trouble showing affection with your family?"
-        ],
-        "(.*) child(.*)": [
-            "Did you have close friends as a child?",
-            "What is your favorite childhood memory?",
-            "Do you remember any dreams or nightmares from childhood?",
-            "Did the other children sometimes tease you?",
-            "How do you think your childhood experiences relate to your feelings today?"
-        ],
-        "(.*)\\?": [
-            "Why do you ask that?",
-            "Please consider whether you can answer your own question.",
-            "Perhaps the answer lies within yourself?",
-            "Why don't you tell me?"
-        ],
-        "\b(thank you|thanks)\b": [
-            "You're welcome!",
-            "Always here to help",
-            "Anytime",
-            "What else can I do to help you?"
-        ],
-        "version":[
-            "Chatbot '{{.Session.Bot}}' version {{.Session.BotVersion}}, Engine {{.EngineVersion}}"
-        ]
-    },
+    "psychobabble": [
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "i need (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Why do you need %s?",
+                "Would it really help you to get %s?",
+                "Are you sure you need %s?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "why don'?t you ([^\\?]*)\\??"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Do you really think I don't %s?",
+                "Perhaps I will %s eventually.",
+                "Do you really want me to %s?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "why can'?t I ([^\\?]*)\\??"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Do you think you should be able to %s?",
+                "If you could %s, what would you do?",
+                "I don't know -- why can't you %s?",
+                "Have you really tried?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "^{{.Session.Bot}}"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "That's the name, therapy is my game.",
+                "Yes?",
+                "That's me.",
+                "Ah so you remember my name."
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "(.*) your name?"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "My name is {{.Session.User}}",
+                "I thought that would be self explanatory.",
+                "....Look up."
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "i can'?t (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "How do you know you can't %s?",
+                "Perhaps you could %s if you tried something else?",
+                "What would it take for you to %s?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "i am (.*)",
+                "i'?m (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Did you come to me because you are %s?",
+                "Hm, why are you %s?",
+                "How do you feel about being %s?",
+                "How does being %s really make you feel?",
+                "How long have you been %s?",
+                "Why do you think you're %s?",
+                "Why don't you tell me why you're %s?",
+                "Why don't you tell me why you're %s?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "(my name is|my name's) (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Hello %s how are you today?",
+                "What's up %s?",
+                "Hello, how are you feeling today?",
+                "Hello, Is something troubling you?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "are you ([^\\?]*)\\??"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "I may be %s -- what do you think?",
+                "If you choose to believe so but I'd rather talk about you.",
+                "Perhaps you believe I am %s.",
+                "Why does it matter whether I am %s?",
+                "Would you prefer it if I were not %s?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "what (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Could you phrase that a little differently please?",
+                "How would an answer to that help you?",
+                "What do you mean?",
+                "Why do you ask?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "how (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "How do you suppose?",
+                "Let's think about that, what are you really asking?",
+                "Perhaps you can answer your own question.",
+                "What is it you're really asking?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "because (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Is that the real reason?",
+                "What other reasons come to mind?",
+                "Does that reason apply to anything else?",
+                "If %s, what else must be true?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "(.*) (sorry|apologies) (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "There's no need to apologize, I'm here for you.",
+                "You've done nothing wrong, why are you sorry?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "^hello(.*)",
+                "^hi(.*)",
+                "^hey(.*)",
+                "^yo$"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Hello, how are you feeling today?",
+                "Hello, Is something troubling you?",
+                "Hello, Is something troubling you?",
+                "Hello... I'm glad you could drop by today.",
+                "Hi there... how are you today?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "^thanks(.*)",
+                "^thank you(.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "You're welcome!",
+                "Anytime!",
+                "You're more than welcome"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "^good morning(.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Good morning... I'm glad you could drop by today.",
+                "Good morning... how are you today?",
+                "Good morning, how are you feeling today?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "^good afternoon(.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Good afternoon... I'm glad you could drop by today.",
+                "Good afternoon... how are you today?",
+                "Good afternoon, how are you feeling today?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "I think (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Do you doubt %s?",
+                "Do you really think so?",
+                "But you're not sure %s?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "(.*) friend (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Tell me more about your friends.",
+                "When you think of a friend, what comes to mind?",
+                "Why don't you tell me about a childhood friend?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "^(?:yes|yeah|affirmitive|yup)$"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "You seem quite sure.",
+                "OK, but can you elaborate a bit?",
+                "Are you sure?",
+                "Is there something else that's troubling you?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "^(?:no|nope|nah)$"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Are you just being negative or do you mean that?",
+                "Could you provide a little more than just 'no'?",
+                "Are you sure?",
+                "Is there something else that's troubling you?",
+                "Never short of words I see..",
+                "What else is on your mind?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "(.*) ago"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "I see and has much changed since then?",
+                "Hm, I see and how do you feel about that?",
+                "Why don't you tell me how this started?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "(.*) computer(.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Are you really talking about me?",
+                "Does it seem strange to talk to a computer?",
+                "How do computers make you feel?",
+                "Do you feel threatened by computers?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "is it (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Do you think it is %s?",
+                "Perhaps it's %s -- what do you think?",
+                "If it were %s, what would you do?",
+                "It could well be that %s."
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "(.*) i guess (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "You guess?",
+                "So are you not sure?",
+                "You don't sound very sure about that",
+                "You sound hesitant, are you sure about that?",
+                "Do you really believe that yourself?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "my (.*) was (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Your %s is %s?",
+                "Did I hear that correctly, your %s is %s?",
+                "How do you feel about that?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "it is (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "You seem very certain.",
+                "If I told you that it probably isn't %s, what would you feel?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "can you ([^\\?]*)\\??"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "What makes you think I can't %s?",
+                "If I could %s, then what?",
+                "Why do you ask if I can %s?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "(.*)dream(.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Tell me more about your dream."
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "can i ([^\\?]*)\\??"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Perhaps you don't want to %s.",
+                "Do you want to be able to %s?",
+                "If you could %s, would you?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "you are (.*)",
+                "you'?re (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Why do you think I am %s?",
+                "Does it please you to think that I'm %s?",
+                "Perhaps you would like me to be %s.",
+                "Perhaps you're really talking about yourself?",
+                "Why do you say I'm %s?",
+                "Why do you think I am %s?",
+                "Are we talking about you, or me?",
+                "Haha very funny.."
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "i don'?t (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Don't you really %s?",
+                "Why don't you %s?",
+                "Do you want to %s?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "i feel (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Good, tell me more about these feelings.",
+                "Do you often feel %s?",
+                "When do you usually feel %s?",
+                "When you feel %s, what do you do?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "i (hate|loathe|detest|dislike|despise) (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Why do you %s %s?",
+                "Are you just saying you %s %s?",
+                "How long have you been feeling this way?",
+                "I'm sorry to hear that, when did these feelings begin?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "i have (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Why do you tell me that you've %s?",
+                "Have you really %s?",
+                "Now that you have %s, what will you do next?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "i would (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Could you explain why you would %s?",
+                "Why would you %s?",
+                "Who else knows that you would %s?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "is there (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Do you think there is %s?",
+                "It's likely that there is %s.",
+                "Would you like there to be %s?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "my (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "I see, your %s.",
+                "So what's wrong with your %s?",
+                "Your %s, how do you feel?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "you (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "We should be discussing you, not me.",
+                "We're talking about you not me remember?",
+                "Look, I'd rather that we talk about you"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "why (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Why don't you tell me the reason why %s?",
+                "Why do you think %s?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "i want (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "What would it mean to you if you got %s?",
+                "Why do you want %s?",
+                "What would you do if you got %s?",
+                "If you got %s, then what would you do?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "(.*) mother(.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Tell me more about your mother.",
+                "What was your relationship with your mother like?",
+                "How do you feel about your mother?",
+                "How does this relate to your feelings today?",
+                "Good family relations are important."
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "(.*) father(.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Tell me more about your father.",
+                "How did your father make you feel?",
+                "How do you feel about your father?",
+                "Does your relationship with your father relate to your feelings today?",
+                "Do you have trouble showing affection with your family?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "(.*) child(.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Did you have close friends as a child?",
+                "What is your favorite childhood memory?",
+                "Do you remember any dreams or nightmares from childhood?",
+                "Did the other children sometimes tease you?",
+                "How do you think your childhood experiences relate to your feelings today?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "(.*)\\?"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Why do you ask that?",
+                "Please consider whether you can answer your own question.",
+                "Perhaps the answer lies within yourself?",
+                "Why don't you tell me?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "\b(thank you|thanks)\b"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "You're welcome!",
+                "Always here to help",
+                "Anytime",
+                "What else can I do to help you?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "version"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Chatbot '{{.Session.Bot}}' version {{.Session.BotVersion}}, Engine {{.EngineVersion}}"
+            ]
+        }
+    ],
     "defaultResponses": [
         "Please tell me more.",
         "We could discuss that but why don't we start with your family?",
@@ -350,4 +566,4 @@
         "you": "me",
         "me": "you"
     }
-}
+}

bots/paul.json

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+{
+    "name": "Paul",
+    "version": "v0.0.2",
+    "commands": {
+        "version": [
+            ""
+        ]
+    },
+    "introductions": [
+    ],
+    "goodbyes": [
+    ],
+    "psychobabble": [
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "i need (.*)"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Why do you need %s?",
+                "Would it really help you to get %s?",
+                "Are you sure you need %s?"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "similarQuestions": [
+                "version"
+            ],
+            "responses": [
+                "Chatbot '{{.Session.Bot}}' version {{.Session.BotVersion}}, Engine {{.EngineVersion}}"
+            ]
+        }
+    ],
+    "defaultResponses": [
+        "And I can help how exactly?",
+        "Please tell me more.",
+        "Can you elaborate on that?",
+        "I see. Please go on.",
+        "Very interesting... ",
+        "I see. And what does that tell you?",
+        "How does that make you feel?",
+        "How do you feel when you say that?"
+    ],
+    "quitResponses": [
+        "goodbye",
+        "bye",
+        "quit",
+        "exit"
+    ],
+    "relectedWords": {
+        "am": "are",
+        "was": "were",
+        "i": "you",
+        "i'd": "you would",
+        "i've": "you have",
+        "i'll": "you will",
+        "my": "your",
+        "are": "am",
+        "you've": "I have",
+        "you'll": "I will",
+        "your": "my",
+        "yours": "mine",
+        "you": "me",
+        "me": "you"
+    }
+}

eliza/eliza.go

@@ -13,29 +13,32 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
+// InteractiveBot This is the interface to comunicate with the bot
 type InteractiveBot interface {
-	ReplyTo(statement string) string
+	ReplyTo(statement string) (string, *Personality)
 }
 
+// Chatbot Defines data to be used by a chatbot personality - essentially
+// Its personality script and execution context
 type Chatbot struct {
 	Personality *Personality
 	Context     *ChatbotContext
 }
 
+// ChatbotContext is the white board structure
 type ChatbotContext struct {
 	EngineVersion string
 	Session       SessionData
 }
 
+// ChatbotInteraction defines a individual question/answer interaction with a caller
 type ChatbotInteraction struct {
 	Time     string `json:"time,omitempty" yaml:"time,omitempty"`
 	Question string `json:"question,omitempty" yaml:"question,omitempty"`
 	Answer   string `json:"answer,omitempty" yaml:"answer,omitempty"`
 }
 
-/***********************************************************************************************
-* This is stored as JSON in the cache (redis)
- ***********************************************************************************************/
+// SessionData defines information about the current bot and its interaction within a specific session
 type SessionData struct {
 	SessionID    string               `json:"sessionID" yaml:"sessionID"`
 	StartTime    string               `json:"startTime,omitempty" yaml:"startTime,omitempty"`
@@ -45,6 +48,7 @@ type SessionData struct {
 	Conversation []ChatbotInteraction `json:"conversation,omitempty" yaml:"conversation,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// NewBotPersonality is a utility method to create a bot instance from a personality and its context
 func NewBotPersonality(personality *Personality, context *ChatbotContext) *Chatbot {
 	return &Chatbot{personality, context}
 
@@ -72,28 +76,30 @@ func (p *Chatbot) ReplyTo(statement string) string {
 
 	// Next, we try to match the statement to a statement that ELIZA can
 	// recognize, and construct a pre-determined, appropriate response.
-	for pattern, responses := range p.Personality.Psychobabble {
-		re := regexp.MustCompile(pattern)
-		matches := re.FindStringSubmatch(statement)
-
-		// If the statement matched any recognizable statements.
-		if len(matches) > 0 {
-			// If we matched a regex group in parentheses, get the first match.
-			// The matched regex group will match a "fragment" that will form
-			// part of the response, for added realism.
-			var fragment string
-			if len(matches) > 1 {
-				fragment = p.reflect(matches[1])
+	for _, similarQuestionResponse := range p.Personality.Psychobabble {
+		for _, question := range similarQuestionResponse.SimilarQuestions {
+			re := regexp.MustCompile(question)
+			matches := re.FindStringSubmatch(statement)
+
+			// If the statement matched any recognizable statements.
+			if len(matches) > 0 {
+				// If we matched a regex group in parentheses, get the first match.
+				// The matched regex group will match a "fragment" that will form
+				// part of the response, for added realism.
+				var fragment string
+				if len(matches) > 1 {
+					fragment = p.reflect(matches[1])
+				}
+
+				// Choose a random appropriate response, and format it with the
+				// fragment, if needed.
+				response := p.randChoice(similarQuestionResponse.Responses)
+				if strings.Contains(response, "%s") {
+					response = fmt.Sprintf(response, fragment)
+				}
+				//			fmt.Printf("For Statement \"%s\" got a hit with pattern \"%s\" Responded With \"%s\"\n", statement, pattern, response)
+				return p.replacePlaceHolders(response)
 			}
-
-			// Choose a random appropriate response, and format it with the
-			// fragment, if needed.
-			response := p.randChoice(responses)
-			if strings.Contains(response, "%s") {
-				response = fmt.Sprintf(response, fragment)
-			}
-			//			fmt.Printf("For Statement \"%s\" got a hit with pattern \"%s\" Responded With \"%s\"\n", statement, pattern, response)
-			return p.replacePlaceHolders(response)
 		}
 	}
 

eliza/personality.go

@@ -1,13 +1,21 @@
 package eliza
 
+// Personality defines whats in a bot script
 type Personality struct {
-	Name             string              `json:"name" yaml:"name"`
-	Version          string              `json:"version,omitempty" yaml:"version,omitempty"`
-	Commands         map[string][]string `json:"commands,omitempty" yaml:"commands,omitempty"`
-	Introductions    []string            `json:"introductions,omitempty" yaml:"introductions,omitempty"`
-	Goodbyes         []string            `json:"goodbyes,omitempty" yaml:"goodbyes,omitempty"`
-	Psychobabble     map[string][]string `json:"psychobabble,omitempty" yaml:"psychobabble,omitempty"`
-	DefaultResponses []string            `json:"defaultresponses,omitempty" yaml:"defaultresponses,omitempty"`
-	QuitResponses    []string            `json:"quitresponses,omitempty" yaml:"quitresponses,omitempty"`
-	ReflectedWords   map[string]string   `json:"reflectedwords,omitempty" yaml:"reflectedwords,omitempty"`
+	Name             string                    `json:"name" yaml:"name"`
+	Version          string                    `json:"version,omitempty" yaml:"version,omitempty"`
+	Commands         map[string][]string       `json:"commands,omitempty" yaml:"commands,omitempty"`
+	Introductions    []string                  `json:"introductions,omitempty" yaml:"introductions,omitempty"`
+	Goodbyes         []string                  `json:"goodbyes,omitempty" yaml:"goodbyes,omitempty"`
+	Psychobabble     []SimilarQuestionResponse `json:"psychobabble,omitempty" yaml:"psychobabble,omitempty"`
+	DefaultResponses []string                  `json:"defaultresponses,omitempty" yaml:"defaultresponses,omitempty"`
+	QuitResponses    []string                  `json:"quitresponses,omitempty" yaml:"quitresponses,omitempty"`
+	ReflectedWords   map[string]string         `json:"reflectedwords,omitempty" yaml:"reflectedwords,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// SimilarQuestionResponse is a structure which defines questions and their responses ... maps to an actual response from the bot.
+// There are many ways to say "hello" and to respond to it. So we are changing from a map of string-*string to a list of *string->*string
+type SimilarQuestionResponse struct {
+	SimilarQuestions []string `json:"similarQuestions,omitempty" yaml:"similarQuestions,omitempty"`
+	Responses        []string `json:"responses,omitempty" yaml:"responses,omitempty"`
 }

templates/paul.html

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<!-- Author: Matthew Shiel -->
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+
+<head>
+  <!-- Required meta tags -->
+  <meta charset="utf-8">
+  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">
+
+  <!-- Bootstrap CSS -->
+  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0-alpha.6/css/bootstrap.min.css"
+    integrity="sha384-rwoIResjU2yc3z8GV/NPeZWAv56rSmLldC3R/AZzGRnGxQQKnKkoFVhFQhNUwEyJ" crossorigin="anonymous">
+  <!-- Relatove link to stylesheet -->
+  <link rel="stylesheet" href="/paul/style.css">
+  <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Pacifico" rel="stylesheet">
+  <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Quicksand" rel="stylesheet">
+  <title>{{.Bot}} - Welcome {{.GivenName}}</title>
+
+</head>
+
+<body>
+  <div class="wrapper">
+    <div class="container">
+      <h1>Welcome {{.GivenName}}- I'm {{.Bot}}</h1>
+      <h3>..... How can I help?</h3>
+      <br>
+    </div>
+
+
+    <div class="container">
+      <!-- Adapted from: https://v4-alpha.getbootstrap.com/components/forms/ -->
+      <form id="user-input-form">
+        <div class="form-group">
+          <ul class="form-control" id="output-area"></ul>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="form-group">
+          <input type="text" class="form-control" id="user-input" aria-describedby="user-input" placeholder="Talk to {{.Bot}}">
+          <input type="hidden" class="form-control" id="bot-name" aria-describedby="bot-name" value="{{.Bot}}">
+          <input type="hidden" class="form-control" id="session-id" aria-describedby="session-id" value="{{.SessionID}}">
+          <input type="hidden" class="form-control" id="user-name" aria-describedby="user-name" value="{{.GivenName}}">
+
+        </div>
+        <div class="credits">Based on excellent work of https://github.com/mattshiel/eliza-go</div>
+
+        <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Submit</button>
+      </form>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+  <!-- jQuery first, then Tether, then Bootstrap JS. -->
+  <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.2.1.min.js"
+    integrity="sha256-hwg4gsxgFZhOsEEamdOYGBf13FyQuiTwlAQgxVSNgt4=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
+  <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/tether/1.4.0/js/tether.min.js"
+    integrity="sha384-DztdAPBWPRXSA/3eYEEUWrWCy7G5KFbe8fFjk5JAIxUYHKkDx6Qin1DkWx51bBrb"
+    crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
+  <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0-alpha.6/js/bootstrap.min.js"
+    integrity="sha384-vBWWzlZJ8ea9aCX4pEW3rVHjgjt7zpkNpZk+02D9phzyeVkE+jo0ieGizqPLForn"
+    crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
+  <script src="/script.js"></script>
+</body>
+
+</html>

web/index.html

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+  <meta charset="UTF-8">
+  <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
+  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
+  <title>Welcome to Eliza - 1964 in 2021</title>
+  <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; URL=/chatbot/eliza" />
+</head>
+<body>
+  
+</body>
+</html>

web/paul/style.css

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/* Author: Matthew Shiel */
+html { 
+  background: url(/paul/background.jpg) no-repeat center center fixed; 
+  -webkit-background-size: cover;
+  -moz-background-size: cover;
+  -o-background-size: cover;
+  background-size: cover;
+}
+
+h3 {
+  float: right;
+}
+.wrapper {
+    width: 100%;
+    max-width: 1000px;
+    padding-right: 15px;
+    padding-left: 15px;
+    margin-right: auto;
+    margin-left: auto;
+    font-family: 'Pacifico', cursive;
+    color: white;
+    text-shadow: 2px 2px black;
+    margin-top: 60px;
+
+}
+
+body{
+background:none !important;
+}
+
+#output-area {
+    height: 370px;
+    background-color: whitesmoke;   
+    border: none; 
+    list-style: none; 
+}
+
+#user-input {
+    border: 2px solid #C84127;
+}
+
+ul {
+    display: block;
+    /* This is so the list does not overflow the div and has a scrolling bar */
+    overflow: auto;
+}
+
+li {
+    background-color: #67C5C2;
+    color: #3D2117;
+    font-family: 'Quicksand', sans-serif;
+    font-weight: Bold;
+    padding: 7px 13px; 
+    margin-bottom: 12px;
+    border-radius: 15px;   
+    float: left;
+    /* Clear so messages on the left and right seperate */
+    clear: both;
+    text-shadow: none !important;
+}
+
+/* For every second list item float right */
+ul > li:nth-child(odd) {
+    float: right;
+    background-color: #3D2117;
+    color: white;
+    text-shadow: none !important;
+}
+
+button {
+    /* Hide the submit button */
+    visibility: hidden; 
+}
+
+.credits {
+    color: white;
+    float: right;
+    font-size: smaller;
+    opacity: 0.5;
+    text-shadow: none !important;
+
+}