bontaki-engine/src/nlp/main.nlp.js

emotions to psychoanalytic metaphor conversion

module.exports = function (props) {
    // private

	function randomItem(array) {
		return array[Math.floor(Math.random() * array.length)]
	}

	async function identifyIntent(data) {
		const manager = new props.method.NlpManager({ languages: ['en'], forceNER: true });
		manager.import(props.method.data.model);
		return await manager.process(data.utterance);
	}

    // privileged
    
    this.findScripture = async function(data) {
    	// { utterance: "", model: {} }
		// detect input concept
		const nlp = await identifyIntent({ utterance: data.utterance });
		// return random verse if intent is None
		if(nlp.intent === "None") {
			// rather, we return a value from scriptures.data.json
			const scripture = randomItem(props.method.data.scriptures);
			return { intent: scripture.intent, answer: scripture.answer }
		}
		// find scripture by concept intent
		return { intent: nlp.intent, answer: nlp.answer }
    }

  };