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How can we train an intent to accept numbers and identify it as that particular state? For example, I'm training an intent to accept a price.

If I type:

  • What about 560?

It accepts 560 but if I just type 560 it does not identify.

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    So any number would be the intent "price"? Why don't you treat it as an entity? There are built-in ones for numbers and price. – data_henrik Sep 12 '17 at 09:16
  • No. I'm not treating it as an entity. The problem is the built in entity "sys-number" is identified. But it does not map with my intent. – Liz Sep 12 '17 at 09:24
  • There is a difference between intents (what do you want to do) vs. entity (objects). Maybe add details on your scenario. Identifying a number as a number (entity) is correct. – data_henrik Sep 12 '17 at 09:53
  • Still no luck! All I need to do is, let any number to be identified under that intent. – Liz Sep 12 '17 at 11:21

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If you wanna combine the intent and the entity, you can simply ADD one more condition, e.g: 

if bot recognizes #yourIntent AND @sys-number 
response: "Do you want information about @sys-number?"

Or, if you want to identify the number even ONLY it is entered by the user, you can add one more node flow with the condition:

if bot recognizes @sys-number 
response: "Do you want information about @sys-number"?

If the user just types something about your Intent (You need to train the intent with questions like your example):

if bot recognizes #yourIntent
response: "Okay, but, what is the number that you want information?"

Obs.: You need to activate the System entity @sys-number for it works. And training your #Intent with examples to ask questions about. Like @data_henrik said, the #Intents are what do you want to do and the @entity is the objects.

  • See more about conditions and methods for conditions inside Watson Conversation Service Official Documentation.
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