The steam engine

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You asked“Teach me about the steam engine”

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

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 took1 min 4 s

Valid commands39 of 39

Ended itselfYes, with end-deck()

set-background(color="black") Slide 1: the background is now #000000.
set-image(filename="The first locomotive."jpg) Slide 1: "The first locomotive.jpg" will be found when the slide is finished, to suit its words; it will be captioned "The first locomotive".
set-text(text="In 1829, George Stephenson set the first locomotive running upon iron rails, from Stockton to Darlington.") Slide 1: text added.
next-slide() Saved "The first locomotive.jpg": Articulated steam locomotive No 101 of Lagos Government Railway built by Hunslet Engine Co Ltd of Leeds in 1901 was one of three locomotives of the first batch... (In or after 1901) Slide 1 is finished. Now working on slide 2.
find-image(search-term="railway carriage", filename="A railway carriage.jpg") Saved "A railway carriage.jpg": See also GN11978 (1 January 1920)
set-background(color="black") Slide 2: the background is now #000000.
set-image(filename="A railway carriage.jpg") Slide 2: showing "A railway carriage.jpg", captioned "A railway carriage".
set-text(text="In 1830 the first passenger train started from London to Birmingham.") Slide 2: text added.
next-slide() Slide 2 is finished. Now working on slide 3.
find-image(search-term="express train", filename="An express train.jpg") Saved "An express train.jpg": The fastest time on record / Photograph shows a train running under full steam. / Photo'd by A.P. Yates, Syracuse, N.Y., May 10, 1893, when Engine 999 drawing... (1893-05-10)
set-background(color="black") Slide 3: the background is now #000000.
set-image(filename="An express train.jpg") Slide 3: showing "An express train.jpg", captioned "An express train".
set-text(text="Nowadays the journey from London to Edinburgh is performed in ten hours.") Slide 3: text added.
next-slide() Slide 3 is finished. Now working on slide 4.
find-image(search-term="safety valve", filename="The safety valve."jpg) Saved "The safety valve.jpg": Steam stops and safety valves, by Le Van, William Barnet, 1829 (Coverage: 1860?-1920?. Source Imprint: 1)
set-background(color="black") Slide 4: the background is now #000000.
set-image(filename="The safety valve."jpg) Slide 4: showing "The safety valve.jpg", captioned "The safety valve".
set-text(text="It prevents explosions.") Slide 4: text added.
next-slide() Slide 4 is finished. Now working on slide 5.
find-image(search-term="whistle", filename="The whistle.jpg") Saved "The whistle.jpg": James Clarke Waite (1832 1920) Penny Whistle P68 76 The New Art Gallery Walsall (between 1863 and 1885)
set-background(color="black") Slide 5: the background is now #000000.
set-image(filename="The whistle."jpg) Slide 5: showing "The whistle.jpg", captioned "The whistle".
set-text(text="It sounds a warning to the passengers, when danger is near.") Slide 5: text added.
next-slide() Slide 5 is finished. Now working on slide 6.
find-image(search-term="breakdown van", filename="The breakdown van.jpg") Saved "The breakdown van.jpg": Sacrifice block in the steam engine control house of the Taylor's Shaft East Pool mine. A sacrifice wooden block was used as an audible protective and alarm... (2018-10-18 11:36:45)
set-background(color="black") Slide 6: the background is now #000000.
set-image(filename="The breakdown van.jpg") Slide 6: showing "The breakdown van.jpg", captioned "The breakdown van".
set-text(text="In case of accident, it receives the injured.") Slide 6: text added.
next-slide() Slide 6 is finished. Now working on slide 7.
find-image(search-term="coal tender", filename="The coal tender."jpg) Saved "The coal tender.jpg": Loading coal onto a locomotive tender at Mile End - Railway Commissioner's Report, 1913. (circa 1913)
set-background(color="black") Slide 7: the background is now #000000.
set-image(filename="The coal tender.jpg") Slide 7: showing "The coal tender.jpg", captioned "The coal tender".
set-text(text="It supplies fuel to the engine.") Slide 7: text added.
next-slide() Slide 7 is finished. Now working on slide 8.
find-image(search-term="engine driver", filename="The engine driver."jpg) Saved "The engine driver.jpg": James Hurst, the first person appointed as an engine driver by the Great Western Railway (before 1893)
set-background(color="black") Slide 8: the background is now #000000.
set-image(filename="The engine driver.jpg") Slide 8: showing "The engine driver.jpg", captioned "The engine driver".
set-text(text="He guides the train safely to its journey's end.") Slide 8: text added.
end-deck() The deck is finished (8 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.

The first locomotive.jpg Articulated steam locomotive No 101 of Lagos Government Railway built by Hunslet Engine Co Ltd of Leeds in 1901.png Wikimedia Commons · Unknown photographer · In or after 1901 · Public domain
A railway carriage.jpg Interior of Railway carriage(GN11856).jpg Wikimedia Commons · State Government Photographer · 1 January 1920 · CC0
An express train.jpg The Empire State Express 1893.jpg Wikimedia Commons · A.P. Yates · 1893-05-10 · Public domain
The safety valve.jpg Steam stops and safety valves, by Le Van, William Barnet, 1829-.png Wikimedia Commons · Le Van, William Barnet, 1829- -- Photographer · Coverage: 1860?-1920?. Source Imprint: 1860?-1920?. Digital item published 9-30-2005; updated 2-13-2009. · Public domain
The whistle.jpg James Clarke Waite (1832-1920) - Penny Whistle - P68-76 - The New Art Gallery Walsall.jpg Wikimedia Commons · James Clarke Waite · between 1863 and 1885 · Public domain
The breakdown van.jpg Sacrifice block in the engine house of Taylor's Shaft East Pool mine.jpg Wikimedia Commons · Geertivp · 2018-10-18 11:36:45 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The coal tender.jpg Loading coal onto a locomotive tender at Mile End - Railway Commissioner's Report(GN01893).jpg Wikimedia Commons · State Government Photographer · circa 1913 · CC0
The engine driver.jpg James Hurst, GWR engine driver.png Wikimedia Commons · Anonymous Unknown author · before 1893 · 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 (63.6 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.
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**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()
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**User**

````text
Make a slide deck about the steam engine.
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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()"
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**Talkie's reply**

````text
black")
set-image(filename="The first locomotive."jpg)
set-text(text="In 1829, George Stephenson set the first locomotive running upon iron rails, from Stockton to Darlington.")
next-slide()
find-image(search-term="railway carriage", filename="A railway carriage.jpg")
set-background(color="black")
set-image(filename="A railway carriage.jpg")
set-text(text="In 1830 the first passenger train started from London to Birmingham.")
next-slide()
find-image(search-term="express train", filename="An express train.jpg")
set-background(color="black")
set-image(filename="An express train.jpg")
set-text(text="Nowadays the journey from London to Edinburgh is performed in ten hours.")
next-slide()
find-image(search-term="safety valve", filename="The safety valve."jpg)
set-background(color="black")
set-image(filename="The safety valve."jpg)
set-text(text="It prevents explosions.")
next-slide()
find-image(search-term="whistle", filename="The whistle.jpg")
set-background(color="black")
set-image(filename="The whistle."jpg)
set-text(text="It sounds a warning to the passengers, when danger is near.")
next-slide()
find-image(search-term="breakdown van", filename="The breakdown van.jpg")
set-background(color="black")
set-image(filename="The breakdown van.jpg")
set-text(text="In case of accident, it receives the injured.")
next-slide()
find-image(search-term="coal tender", filename="The coal tender."jpg)
set-background(color="black")
set-image(filename="The coal tender.jpg")
set-text(text="It supplies fuel to the engine.")
next-slide()
find-image(search-term="engine driver", filename="The engine driver."jpg)
set-background(color="black")
set-image(filename="The engine driver.jpg")
set-text(text="He guides the train safely to its journey's end.")
end-deck()
````

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