The telegraph

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You asked“Teach me about the telegraph”

Talkie was asked“Make a slide deck about the telegraph.”

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 took0 min 36 s

Valid commands32 of 33

Ended itselfYes, with end-deck()

set-background(color="wire") 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 'wire'
set-text(text="The telegraph unites the world.") Slide 1: text added.
next-slide() Slide 1 is finished. Now working on slide 2.
find-image(search-term="messages", filename="Messages.jpg") Saved "Messages.jpg": 1855 Director's Message Stamp of the Electric Telegraph Company, probably allowing free or reduced cost sending of telegraphic messages. (circa 1855)
set-background(color="black") Slide 2: the background is now #000000.
set-image(filename="Messages.jpg") Slide 2: showing "Messages.jpg", captioned "Messages".
set-text(text="It conveys them swiftly from place to place.") Slide 2: text added.
next-slide() Slide 2 is finished. Now working on slide 3.
find-image(search-term="news", filename="News.jpg") Saved "News.jpg": Radio Amateur News , June 1920. Volume 1, Issue 12. The Radio Controlled Bus. The device was invented by a Mr. Gavin of Tuckahoe NY. The 180 pound vehicle was... (Magazine published June 1920, this page )
set-background(color="black") Slide 3: the background is now #000000.
set-image(filename="News.jpg") Slide 3: showing "News.jpg", captioned "News".
set-text(text="It spreads abroad the news of what happens.") Slide 3: text added.
next-slide() Slide 3 is finished. Now working on slide 4.
find-image(search-term="speech", filename="Speech.jpg") Saved "Speech.jpg": Title: Warren Gamaliel Harding; speaking to joint session of Congress; insert photo of telegraph operator transmitting speech for 1st time Notes: Three... (1922-02-08)
set-background(color="black") Slide 4: the background is now #000000.
set-image(filename="Speech.jpg") Slide 4: showing "Speech.jpg", captioned "Speech".
set-text(text="It enables men to speak together, though they are a thousand miles apart.") Slide 4: text added.
next-slide() Slide 4 is finished. Now working on slide 5.
find-image(search-term="thought", filename="Thought.jpg") Saved "Thought.jpg": The International New Thought Alliance logo (1908)
set-background(color="black") Slide 5: the background is now #000000.
set-image(filename="Thought.jpg") Slide 5: showing "Thought.jpg", captioned "Thought".
set-text(text="It enables men to think together, though they dwell on opposite sides of the globe.") Slide 5: text added.
next-slide() Slide 5 is finished. Now working on slide 6.
find-image(search-term="war", filename="War.jpg") Saved "War.jpg": 1917 Daily Telegraph war map of the British front (no. 24) , by Alexander Gross, from the Digital Commonwealth - commonwealth 4m90fn63r. (... (1917)
set-background(color="red") Slide 6: the background is now #cc2222.
set-image(filename="War.jpg") Slide 6: showing "War.jpg", captioned "War".
set-text(text="In time of war it bears tidings of battles.") Slide 6: text added.
next-slide() Slide 6 is finished. Now working on slide 7.
find-image(search-term="peace", filename="Peace.jpg") Saved "Peace.jpg": Title: Effect of the submarine telegraph; or peace and good-will between England and France Abstract/medium: 1 print : wood engraving ; sheet 20.7 x 27.6 cm. (1850)
set-background(color="blue") Slide 7: the background is now #1f4fa8.
set-image(filename="Peace.jpg") Slide 7: showing "Peace.jpg", captioned "Peace".
set-text(text="In time of peace it spreads tidings of prosperity.") Slide 7: text added.
end-deck() The deck is finished (7 slides in all).

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.

Messages.jpg C. 1855 Directors' Message stamp of the Electric Telegraph Company.jpg Wikimedia Commons · Electric Telegraph Company · circa 1855 · Public domain
News.jpg Radio Amateur News Jun 1920.jpg Wikimedia Commons · Experimenter Publishing Company · Magazine published June 1920, this page scanned August 2007. · Public domain
Speech.jpg Warren Gamaliel Harding; speaking to joint session of Congress; insert photo of telegraph operator transmitting speech for 1st time LCCN2007683066.jpg Wikimedia Commons · National Photo Company Collection · 1922-02-08 · Public domain
Thought.jpg The International New Thought Alliance logo.png Wikimedia Commons · The International New Thought Alliance logo · 1908 · Public domain
War.jpg 1917 Daily Telegraph war map of the British front (no. 24) , by Alexander Gross, from the Digital Commonwealth - commonwealth 4m90fn63r.jpg Wikimedia Commons · Alexander Gross · 1917 · Public domain
Peace.jpg Effect of the submarine telegraph; or peace and good-will between England and France LCCN2016649188.jpg Wikimedia Commons · Popular Graphic Arts · 1850 · 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 (35.5 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 telegraph.
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**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
wire")
set-text(text="The telegraph unites the world.")
next-slide()
find-image(search-term="messages", filename="Messages.jpg")
set-background(color="black")
set-image(filename="Messages.jpg")
set-text(text="It conveys them swiftly from place to place.")
next-slide()
find-image(search-term="news", filename="News.jpg")
set-background(color="black")
set-image(filename="News.jpg")
set-text(text="It spreads abroad the news of what happens.")
next-slide()
find-image(search-term="speech", filename="Speech.jpg")
set-background(color="black")
set-image(filename="Speech.jpg")
set-text(text="It enables men to speak together, though they are a thousand miles apart.")
next-slide()
find-image(search-term="thought", filename="Thought.jpg")
set-background(color="black")
set-image(filename="Thought.jpg")
set-text(text="It enables men to think together, though they dwell on opposite sides of the globe.")
next-slide()
find-image(search-term="war", filename="War.jpg")
set-background(color="red")
set-image(filename="War.jpg")
set-text(text="In time of war it bears tidings of battles.")
next-slide()
find-image(search-term="peace", filename="Peace.jpg")
set-background(color="blue")
set-image(filename="Peace.jpg")
set-text(text="In time of peace it spreads tidings of prosperity.")
end-deck()
````

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