Assigned: Tuesday January 28, 2003
Deadline: Thursday February 06, 2003 at MIDNIGHT (extended)


PROGRAM 3:
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Write a C++ program that randomly creates short stories. The first step
should be to create sentences. You should use four arrays of
pointers to construct your sentences. These arrays should be called:
article, noun, verb, and preposition.  Assume a sentence is
constructed using words from these arrays in the following order:
Article, noun, verb, preposition, article, and noun.  As each word is
picked, it should be concatenated to the previous words in an array
which is large enough to hold the entire sentence.  You should separate
the words with spaces.  A sentence should start with a capital letter
and end with a period.

You may fill the arrays as follows (you may choose other words if you
prefer):


article         noun            verb            preposition
------          ----            ----            -----------
the             boy             drove           to
a               girl            jumped          from
one             elephant        spoke           on
any             dog             ran             over
an              water           sat             under
some            town            walked
                umbrella        swam
                car             skipped
                milk


(1)     In the first part of this assignment create sentences randomly
        and output 30 sentences.

(2)     Extend the program so that the program produces a short story 
 	consisting of several sentences.


SUGGESTION(S):
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Read the archives at csci1730@listserv.uga.edu for Q&A for 
this assignment.


OTHER REQUIREMENTS:
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 * Modularized program

 * Proper commented code

 * You must submit at least the following files (i.e., all the files
   necessary to compile your program):

        README.txt
        Story.cpp
        Makefile
 
 To submit the files, you will need to use the submit program.  Your files
 need to be under a common subdirectory called "1730_program3".
 
 Execute the below command line while in your homedirectory:
   submit 1730_program3 cs1730
 
 NOTE: you need to be LOGGED ONTO ajax when you execute the submit command.


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FAQ 
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Question:
 How long should the "story" part be?

Answer:
 At least 5 sentences.

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Question:
 Should our short stories (part 2) word wrap or try to fill a certain number
 of words/characters per line, or is it alright to print one sentence per
 line?

Answer:
 One sentence per line is fine.

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Question:
 For the random 30 sentences, should it create 30
 different sentences everytime you execute the program,
 or can sentence 1 be the same everytime you run the
 program.

Answer:
 The first sentence should differ each time you run the
 program.

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Question:
 Does my story need to make any point.

Answer:
 Not necessarily, as long as it is less random than producing random 
 sentences. The goal of the second program is to produce sentences that 
 are "somewhat" related. 

 A first step in creating a story may be, is to write one using
 the pen and pencil method then analyzing it to see how the sentences
 relate.
 In the second step,  your approach can either narrow the scope of words
 that can be selected for "new" sentences "or" add words new that include
 more details of the "subject" (the noun) of already selected sentences.

 For example:
	After you select perhaps "dog" as the the subject of your first 
 	sentence,  it may allow you to select from "terrier" or "poodle" 
	for the next set of nouns, or perhaps you would add the
 	new verbs such as "docile", and "friendly".

 Try to be creative, while not making it too complicated.