The history of the bicycle

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You asked“Tell me about the history of the bicycle”

Talkie was asked“Make a slide deck about the history of the bicycle.”

Talkie's reply was started withset-background(color=" (the worked example's first words, so that it writes a deck rather than an answer)

ModelFast model

Seed1930

Temperature0.35

Writing took2 min 16 s

Valid commands17 of 25

Ended itselfNo: cut at the longest reply

set-background(color="bicycle") That instruction could not be carried out: color must be a colour name such as "navy" or "ivory", or a hex code such as "#1b2a5a"; got 'bicycle'
set-text(text="The bicycle was invented in 1869." Next-slide() That instruction could not be carried out: not a command: 'set-text(text="The bicycle was invented in 1869." Next-slide()'
find-image(search-term="Duryea", filename="Duryea.jpg") Saved "Duryea.jpg": Hiram Duryea (1834-1914) obituary in The Brooklyn Daily Times of Brooklyn, New York on May 5, 1914, part 1 (May 5, 1914)
set-background(color="red") Slide 1: the background is now #cc2222.
set-image(filename="Duryea rode a bicycle in 1869.") Slide 1: "Duryea rode a bicycle in 1869." will be found when the slide is finished, to suit its words; it will be captioned "Duryea rode a bicycle in 1869".
set-text(text="and was the first to ride one in public.") Slide 1: text added.
next-slide() No picture was found for "Duryea rode a bicycle in 1869"; nothing was saved as "Duryea rode a bicycle in 1869.". Slide 1 is finished. Now working on slide 2.
find-image(search-term="Coventry", filename="Coventry.jpg") Saved "Coventry.jpg": Coventry, Starley Memorial Memorial in Warwick Row to James Starley, inventor of the bicycle.... (2009-11-14)
set-background(color="red") Slide 2: the background is now #cc2222.
set-image(filename="Coventry made the first bicycles in 1860.") Slide 2: "Coventry made the first bicycles in 1860." will be found when the slide is finished, to suit its words; it will be captioned "Coventry made the first bicycles in 1860".
set-text(text="and was the first to make them for sale." Next-slide() That instruction could not be carried out: not a command: 'set-text(text="and was the first to make them for sale." Next-slide()'
find-image(search-term="Peugeot", filename="Peugeot.jpg") Saved "Peugeot.jpg": 1924 Peugeot 177 B (1924)
set-background(color="red") Slide 2: the background is now #cc2222.
set-image(filename="Peugeot made bicycles in France in 1865.") Slide 2: "Peugeot made bicycles in France in 1865." will be found when the slide is finished, to suit its words; it will be captioned "Peugeot made bicycles in France in 1865".
set-text(text="and was the first to make them in France.") Next-slide() That instruction could not be carried out: not a command: 'set-text(text="and was the first to make them in France.") Next-slide()'
find-image(search-term="James", filename="James.jpg") Saved "James.jpg": La Conner, Washington, in 1873 (top) and 1905 (bottom). Identifier : illustratedhisto00inte ( find matches ) Title : An illustrated history of Skagit and... (1906)
set-background(color="red") Slide 2: the background is now #cc2222.
set-image(filename="James rode a bicycle in 1868." set-text(text="and was the first to ride one in England.") Next-slide() That instruction could not be carried out: not a command: 'set-image(filename="James rode a bicycle in 1868." set-text(text="and was the first to ride one in England.") Next-slide()'
find-image(search-term="Société Anonyme", filename="Société Anonyme.jpg") Saved "Société Anonyme.jpg": Cover of the catalogue Première Exposition 1874 35, boulevard des Capucines , by the Société anonyme des artistes peintres, sculpteurs et graveurs, etc...... (1874)
set-background(color="red") Slide 2: the background is now #cc2222.
set-image(filename="The Société Anonyme was formed to manufacture bicycles in 1869.") That instruction could not be carried out: filename must be a short name such as "mill.jpg"; got 'The Société Anonyme was formed to manufacture bicycles in 1869.'
set-text(text="and from it has sprung the great bicycle industry of today." Next-slide() That instruction could not be carried out: not a command: 'set-text(text="and from it has sprung the great bicycle industry of today." Next-slide()'
find-image(search-term="bicycle", filename="Bicycle.jpg") Saved "Bicycle.jpg": Advertisement for a Cogent Safety Bicycle, Barkers Wolverhampton Trade Directory, 1887 (1887)
set-background(color="black") Slide 2: the background is now #000000.
set-image(filename="Bicycle.") end-deck() That instruction could not be carried out: not a command: 'set-image(filename="Bicycle.") end-deck()'

Found by description on Wikimedia Commons and Openverse: public domain, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-SA only. Neither Talkie nor the deck runner sees them; each is captioned with the filename its author chose.

Duryea.jpg Hiram Duryea (1834-1914) obituary in The Brooklyn Daily Times of Brooklyn, New York on May 5, 1914, part 1.jpg Wikimedia Commons · Unknown author Unknown author · May 5, 1914 · Public domain
Coventry.jpg Coventry, Starley Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 1583642.jpg Wikimedia Commons · Mike Faherty · 2009-11-14 · CC BY-SA 2.0
Peugeot.jpg 1924 Peugeot 177 B Openverse (flickr) · Rutger van der Maar · 1924 · CC BY 2.0
James.jpg An illustrated history of Skagit and Snohomish Counties; their people, their commerce and their resources, with an outline of the early history of the state of Washington (1906) (14780357324).jpg Wikimedia Commons · Internet Archive Book Images · 1906 · Public domain
Société Anonyme.jpg Cover Catalogue First Exhibition Société anonyme 1874.png Wikimedia Commons · Société anonyme des artistes peintres, sculpteurs et graveurs, etc. [1874] · 1874 · Public domain
Bicycle.jpg Safety bicycle 1887.jpg Wikimedia Commons · H. Clarke · 1887 · Public domain

Everything Talkie was told, and its replies

# Transcript: 1 call to Talkie

## Call 1: llama-server, max_tokens 1600, temperature 0.35, seed 1930 (136.3 s)

**User**

````text
You are to make a slide deck by writing commands, one on each line. These are the commands:
find-image(search-term="WORDS", filename="NAME.jpg") finds a picture of WORDS and keeps it under the name NAME.jpg.
set-background(color="COLOUR") colours the whole slide, for example "navy", "ivory", "black" or "crimson".
set-image(filename="NAME.jpg") shows a picture you have already found.
set-text(text="WORDS") writes words at the bottom of the slide; set-text(text="") removes them.
next-slide() finishes the slide and begins a new, empty one.
end-deck() ends the deck; write it once, after the last slide.
All the text messages must be meaningful when strung together: read one after another, from the first slide to the last, they should make one connected account.
Write only commands.

Make a slide deck about the sea.
````

**Talkie**

````text
set-background(color="navy")
set-text(text="The sea covers the greater part of the world.")
next-slide()
find-image(search-term="ocean waves", filename="Ocean waves.jpg")
set-background(color="black")
set-image(filename="Ocean waves.jpg")
set-text(text="Its waves are raised by the wind,")
next-slide()
find-image(search-term="tide on the shore", filename="The tide.jpg")
set-background(color="black")
set-image(filename="The tide.jpg")
set-text(text="and twice each day its tide rises and falls upon the shore.")
next-slide()
find-image(search-term="sailing ship", filename="A sailing ship.jpg")
set-background(color="black")
set-image(filename="A sailing ship.jpg")
set-text(text="Upon its waters men have sailed ships since ancient times,")
next-slide()
find-image(search-term="lighthouse", filename="A lighthouse.jpg")
set-background(color="black")
set-image(filename="A lighthouse.jpg")
set-text(text="guided at night by lighthouses upon the rocks.")
next-slide()
find-image(search-term="fishing boats", filename="Fishing boats.jpg")
set-background(color="black")
set-image(filename="Fishing boats.jpg")
set-text(text="Fishermen draw from it a great harvest of fish,")
next-slide()
find-image(search-term="whale", filename="A whale.jpg")
set-background(color="black")
set-image(filename="A whale.jpg")
set-text(text="and in its depths swims the whale, the largest of all creatures.")
next-slide()
find-image(search-term="storm at sea", filename="A storm at sea.jpg")
set-background(color="navy")
set-image(filename="A storm at sea.jpg")
set-text(text="Yet for all our ships, the sea remains as wide and wild as ever.")
end-deck()
````

**User**

````text
Make a slide deck about the history of the bicycle.
````

**Talkie (given, continued below)**

````text
set-background(color="
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**Grammar the reply had to follow**

````text
root ::= ([^\n]* "\n")* "end-deck()"
````

**Talkie's reply**

````text
bicycle")
set-text(text="The bicycle was invented in 1869." Next-slide()
find-image(search-term="Duryea", filename="Duryea.jpg")
set-background(color="red")
set-image(filename="Duryea rode a bicycle in 1869.")
set-text(text="and was the first to ride one in public.")
next-slide()
find-image(search-term="Coventry", filename="Coventry.jpg")
set-background(color="red")
set-image(filename="Coventry made the first bicycles in 1860.")
set-text(text="and was the first to make them for sale." Next-slide()
find-image(search-term="Peugeot", filename="Peugeot.jpg")
set-background(color="red")
set-image(filename="Peugeot made bicycles in France in 1865.")
set-text(text="and was the first to make them in France.") Next-slide()
find-image(search-term="James", filename="James.jpg")
set-background(color="red")
set-image(filename="James rode a bicycle in 1868." set-text(text="and was the first to ride one in England.") Next-slide()
find-image(search-term="Société Anonyme", filename="Société Anonyme.jpg")
set-background(color="red")
set-image(filename="The Société Anonyme was formed to manufacture bicycles in 1869.")
set-text(text="and from it has sprung the great bicycle industry of today." Next-slide()
find-image(search-term="bicycle", filename="Bicycle.jpg")
set-background(color="black")
set-image(filename="Bicycle.") end-deck()
````

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