sandbox/misc/aqe/kb.py

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"""
AQE: A Query Engine
This is a proof of concept of a baseline query engine for AI work.
"""
class InvalidQuery(Exception):
pass
class Inconsistency(Exception):
def __init__(self, fact):
self.fact = fact
def __str__(self):
return 'Inconsistency: {}'.format(self.fact)
class KnowledgeBase:
def __init__(self):
# TODO(kyle): support loading an initial set of facts.
self.__kb__ = {}
self.__facts__ = set()
def tell(self, fact):
relationship, subject, obj = fact
# NB: in the future, these assertions may not need to be true; there
# might be space in the world for "fuzzy" facts.
assert(relationship)
assert(subject)
assert(obj)
if relationship not in self.__kb__:
self.__kb__[relationship] = {'subjects':{}, 'objects': {}}
if subject not in self.__kb__[relationship]['subjects']:
self.__kb__[relationship]['subjects'][subject] = set()
self.__kb__[relationship]['subjects'][subject].add(obj)
if obj not in self.__kb__[relationship]['objects']:
self.__kb__[relationship]['objects'][obj] = set()
self.__kb__[relationship]['objects'][obj].add(subject)
self.__facts__.add(fact)
def retract(self, fact):
relationship, subject, obj = fact
# For now, these assertions are required. In the future, it would be
# interesting to say something to the effect of "forget everything you
# know about X".
assert(relationship)
assert(subject)
assert(obj)
# TODO(kyle): answer existential question: if I delete all the objects
# from a subject (or vice versa), should that subject/object be kept or
# removed entirely? This is the difference between "I have no concept
# of X" and "I am aware that X exists but I don't know anything about it".
# For now, I'm electing to keep the entry.
#
# Similarly, if the relationship is empty, we could make the argument
# for removing it --- at the expense of now saying that we have no
# concept of this relationship.
try:
self.__kb__[relationship]['subjects'][subject].remove(obj)
self.__kb__[relationship]['objects'][obj].remove(subject)
self.__facts__.remove(fact)
except KeyError:
# Being told to forget something about something you don't know
# isn't an error.
pass
pass
def ask(self, fact):
relationship, subject, obj = fact
# A future milestone will remove this requirement to support free
# variables.
assert(relationship)
if relationship and subject and obj:
if fact in self.__facts__:
return [fact,]
return []
if relationship and subject:
return [(relationship, subject, _obj) for _obj
in self.__kb__[relationship]['subjects'][subject]]
if relationship and obj:
return [(relationship, _subject, obj) for _subject
in self.__kb__[relationship]['objects'][obj]]
def facts(self):
return list(self.__facts__)
def is_consistent(self):
try:
for fact in self.__facts__:
relationship, subject, obj = fact
if obj not in self.__kb__[relationship]['subjects'][subject]:
raise Inconsistency(fact)
if subject not in self.__kb__[relationship]['objects'][obj]:
raise Inconsistency(fact)
for relationship, v in self.__kb__.items():
for subject in v['subjects'].keys():
for obj in v['subjects'][subject]:
if (relationship, subject, obj) not in self.__facts__:
raise Inconsistency(fact)
for obj in v['objects'].keys():
for subject in v['objects'][obj]:
if (relationship, subject, obj) not in self.__facts__:
raise Inconsistency(fact)
except KeyError:
raise Inconsistency(fact)
return True
def __len__(self):
return len(self.__facts__)
def subst(self, fact, subject, obj):
relationship, _subject, _obj = fact
if _subject is None:
_subject = subject
if _subject == '?any':
_subject = None
elif _subject == '?subject':
_subject = subject
elif _subject == '?object':
_subject = obj
if _obj is None:
_obj = obj
if _obj == '?any':
_obj = None
elif _obj == '?subject':
_obj = subject
elif _obj == '?object':
_obj = obj
if _subject == '?current':
possibilities = self.ask((relationship, None, _obj))
assert(len(possibilities) == 1)
_, _subject, _ = possibilities[0]
elif _obj == '?current':
possibilities = self.ask((relationship, subject, None))
assert(len(possibilities) == 1)
_, _, _obj = possibilities[0]
return (relationship, _subject, _obj)
def from_facts(facts):
kb = KnowledgeBase()
for fact in facts:
kb.tell(fact)
return kb