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Re:How Alexa knows “peanut butter” is one shopping-list item... by 01100011 on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @01:06PM (#18708868)
That seems easy. Keep a pointer to the last item, and if you encounter a 'modifier', modify it.
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Re:How Alexa knows “peanut butter” is one shopping-list item... by Vendan on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @03:01PM (#18710007)
yeah, but which way? `Add custard powdered sugar to my shopping list` is is powdered custard, or powdered sugar?
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