MoLE
The DESCRIPTION file:
MoLE
MoLE
Set the model parameters in world.
Found a new population (FOUND).
Run a simulation (RUN).
For language to change (and argument-marking grammar to develop), the simulation has to run for several hours.
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# NOT RUN {
FOUND()
RUN(.00001)
(situation=SITUATION(1))
(proposition=PROPOSITION(1, situation))
(prep=PREPARE(1, proposition, situation))
(utterance=PRODUCE(1, prep))
(interpretation=INTERPRET(2, utterance, situation))
head(population[[1]]$nouns)
# }
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