theprogrammablemind 8.0.0-beta.4 → 8.0.0-beta.41

package/client.js

@@ -237,9 +237,8 @@ const setupArgs = (args, config, logs, hierarchy, uuidForScoping) => {
   config.setArgs(args)
 }
 
-const gs = (g) => (contexts, separator, lastSeparator) => {
+const gs = (g) => async (contexts, separator, lastSeparator) => {
   if (!Array.isArray(contexts)) {
-    debugger
     throw new Error('Expected a list')
   }
 
@@ -253,7 +252,7 @@ const gs = (g) => (contexts, separator, lastSeparator) => {
   let nextSeparator = ''
   for (let i = 0; i < contexts.length; ++i) {
     const context = contexts[i]
-    const value = g(context)
+    const value = await g(context)
     if (i > 0) {
       if (i === contexts.length - 1) {
         nextSeparator = lastSeparator
@@ -290,12 +289,12 @@ const analyzeMetaData = (right, wrong) => {
   return []
 }
 
-const processContexts = (contexts, params) => {
+const processContexts = async (contexts, params) => {
   const contextsPrime = []
   const generated = []
   const logs = []
   for (const context of contexts) {
-    const result = processContext(context, Object.assign({}, params, { logs }))
+    const result = await processContext(context, Object.assign({}, params, { logs }))
     contextsPrime.push(result.context)
     generated.push(result.generated)
   }
@@ -311,7 +310,7 @@ const getObjects = (objects) => {
   }
 }
 
-const processContext = (context, { objects = {}, config, logs = [] }) => {
+const processContext = async (context, { objects = {}, config, logs = [] }) => {
   const generators = config.getGenerators(logs)
   const semantics = config.getSemantics(logs)
 
@@ -329,10 +328,10 @@ const processContext = (context, { objects = {}, config, logs = [] }) => {
   const args = { objects, response, getObjects: getObjects(objects) }
   setupArgs(args, config, logs, hierarchy)
 
-  context = semantics.apply(args, context)
-  const generated = generators.apply(args, context)
+  context = await semantics.apply(args, context)
+  const generated = await generators.apply(args, context)
   const assumed = { paraphrase: true, response: false, isResponse: false }
-  const paraphrases = generators.apply({ ...args, assumed }, context, { paraphrase: true, response: false, isResponse: false })
+  const paraphrases = await generators.apply({ ...args, assumed }, context, { paraphrase: true, response: false, isResponse: false })
   let responses = []
   if (context.isResponse) {
     responses = generated
@@ -447,7 +446,7 @@ const setupContexts = (rawContexts) => {
   return contexts
 }
 
-const processContextsB = ({ config, hierarchy, semantics, generators, json, isTest, rebuildingTemplate, isInstance, instance, query, data, retries, url, commandLineArgs }) => {
+const processContextsB = async ({ config, hierarchy, semantics, generators, json, isTest, rebuildingTemplate, isInstance, instance, query, data, retries, url, commandLineArgs }) => {
   // TODO fix this name to contextsPrime
   const contextsPrime = []
   const generatedPrime = []
@@ -480,7 +479,7 @@ const processContextsB = ({ config, hierarchy, semantics, generators, json, isTe
       if (!config.get('skipSemantics')) {
         const semantics = config.getSemantics(json.logs)
         try {
-          contextPrime = semantics.apply(args, context)
+          contextPrime = await semantics.apply(args, context)
         } catch (e) {
           if (e.message == 'Maximum call stack size exceeded') {
             const mostCalled = semantics.getMostCalled()
@@ -490,7 +489,7 @@ const processContextsB = ({ config, hierarchy, semantics, generators, json, isTe
           if (isInstance) {
             console.log('error', e.error)
           }
-          contextPrime = semantics.apply(args, {
+          contextPrime = await semantics.apply(args, {
             marker: 'error',
             context,
             text: e ? e.toString() : 'not available',
@@ -506,11 +505,11 @@ const processContextsB = ({ config, hierarchy, semantics, generators, json, isTe
         continue
       }
       let assumed = { isResponse: true }
-      const generated = contextPrime.isResponse ? config.getGenerators(json.logs).apply({ ...args, assumed }, contextPrime, assumed) : ''
+      const generated = contextPrime.isResponse ? await config.getGenerators(json.logs).apply({ ...args, assumed }, contextPrime, assumed) : ''
       let generatedParenthesized = []
       if (generateParenthesized) {
         config.parenthesized = true
-        generatedParenthesized = contextPrime.isResponse ? config.getGenerators(json.logs).apply({ ...args, assumed }, contextPrime, assumed) : ''
+        generatedParenthesized = contextPrime.isResponse ? await config.getGenerators(json.logs).apply({ ...args, assumed }, contextPrime, assumed) : ''
         config.parenthesized = false
       }
       // assumed = { paraphrase: true, response: false };
@@ -518,11 +517,11 @@ const processContextsB = ({ config, hierarchy, semantics, generators, json, isTe
       if (generateParenthesized) {
         config.parenthesized = false
       }
-      const paraphrases = config.getGenerators(json.logs).apply({ ...args, assumed }, contextPrime, assumed)
+      const paraphrases = await config.getGenerators(json.logs).apply({ ...args, assumed }, contextPrime, assumed)
       let paraphrasesParenthesized = []
       if (generateParenthesized) {
         config.parenthesized = true
-        paraphrasesParenthesized = config.getGenerators(json.logs).apply({ ...args, assumed }, contextPrime, assumed)
+        paraphrasesParenthesized = await config.getGenerators(json.logs).apply({ ...args, assumed }, contextPrime, assumed)
         config.parenthesized = false
       }
       contextsPrime.push(contextPrime)
@@ -634,7 +633,7 @@ const setupProcessB = ({ config, initializer, allowDelta = false } = {}) => {
 }
 
 // instance template loadTemplate
-const loadInstance = (config, instance) => {
+const loadInstance = async (config, instance) => {
   const transitoryMode = global.transitoryMode
   global.transitoryMode = false
 
@@ -668,7 +667,7 @@ const loadInstance = (config, instance) => {
 
       const uuid = config.nameToUUID(instance.name)
       setupArgs(args, config, config.logs, hierarchy, uuid)
-      results.apply(args)
+      await results.apply(args)
     } else {
       if (results.skipSemantics) {
         config.config.skipSemantics = results.skipSemantics
@@ -676,7 +675,7 @@ const loadInstance = (config, instance) => {
       const args = { config, hierarchy, json: results, commandLineArgs: {} }
       args.isInstance = `instance${i}`
       args.instance = ''
-      processContextsB(args)
+      await processContextsB(args)
       if (results.skipSemantics) {
         config.config.skipSemantics = null
       }
@@ -701,7 +700,7 @@ const _process = async (config, query, { initializer, commandLineArgs, credentia
   // ensure same start state
   try {
     if (writeTests) {
-      config.rebuild()
+      await config.rebuild()
       const objects = getObjects(config.config.objects)(config.uuid)
     }
   } catch (error) {
@@ -773,7 +772,7 @@ const _process = async (config, query, { initializer, commandLineArgs, credentia
           start = runtime.performance.performance.now()
         }
         const { contextsPrime, generatedPrime, paraphrasesPrime, paraphrasesParenthesizedPrime, generatedParenthesizedPrime, responsesPrime } =
-                                  processContextsB({ isTest, rebuildingTemplate, config, hierarchy, json, commandLineArgs /*, generators, semantics */ })
+                                  await processContextsB({ isTest, rebuildingTemplate, config, hierarchy, json, commandLineArgs /*, generators, semantics */ })
         if (isTest) {
           end = runtime.performance.performance.now()
           clientSideTime = end - start
@@ -865,8 +864,12 @@ const getConfigForTest = (config, testConfig) => {
 
 const runTest = async (config, expected, { args, verbose, testConfig, debug }) => {
   const test = expected.query
+  if (args.query && args.query != test) {
+    // no run this
+    return
+  }
   // initialize in between test so state is not preserved since the test was adding without state
-  config.rebuild()
+  await config.rebuild()
   const errorHandler = (error) => {
     if (error.metadata) {
       const priorities = analyzeMetaData(expected.metadata, error.metadata)
@@ -1012,7 +1015,7 @@ const runTests = async (config, testFile, juicyBits) => {
 }
 
 const saveTest = async (testFile, config, test, expected, testConfig, saveDeveloper) => {
-  config.rebuild()
+  await config.rebuild()
   const objects = getObjects(config.config.objects)(config.uuid)
   console.log(test)
   const result = await _process(config, test, { isTest: true })
@@ -1033,11 +1036,11 @@ const saveTestsHelper = async (testFile, config, tests, todo, testConfig, saveDe
     return
   }
   const test = todo.pop()
-  config.rebuild()
+  await config.rebuild()
   const result = await saveTest(testFile, config, test, tests[test], testConfig, saveDeveloper)
   // initialize in between test so state is not preserved since the test was adding without state
   // config.initialize({force: true})
-  config.rebuild()
+  await config.rebuild()
   return saveTestsHelper(testFile, config, tests, todo, testConfig, saveDeveloper)
 }
 
@@ -1356,7 +1359,7 @@ const rebuildTemplate = async ({ config, target, previousResultss, startOfChange
         if (previousResults && previousResults.query == query.query) {
           results = previousResults
           prMessage = ' Using previous results. use -rtf for a hard rebuild of everything on the server side.'
-          loadInstance(config, { resultss: [results] })
+          await loadInstance(config, { resultss: [results] })
         } else {
           results = await _process(config, query.query, { initializer, rebuildingTemplate: true })
         }
@@ -1582,7 +1585,7 @@ const knowledgeModuleImpl = async ({
     parser.add_argument('-t', '--test', { action: 'store_true', help: 'Run the tests. Create tests by running with the --query + --save flag' })
     parser.add_argument('-tv', '--testVerbose', { action: 'store_true', help: 'Run the tests in verbose mode. Create tests by running with the --query or --loop with the --save flag' })
     // parser.add_argument('-ttr', '--testToRun', { help: 'Only the specified test will be run' })
-    parser.add_argument('-tva', '--testAllVerbose', { action: 'store_true', help: 'Run the tests in verbose mode. All the tests will be run instead of stopping at first failure. Create tests by running with the --query or --loop with the --save flag' })
+    parser.add_argument('-tva', '--testAllVerbose', { action: 'store_true', help: 'Run the tests in verbose mode. All the tests will be run instead of stopping at first failure. Create tests by running with the --query or --loop with the --save flag. if -q is specified the tests will be run for just the specified query.' })
     parser.add_argument('-tnp', '--testNoParenthesized', { action: 'store_true', help: 'Don\' check parenthesized differences for the tests' })
     parser.add_argument('-n', '--count', { help: 'Number of times to run the tests. Default is one. Use this to check for flakey test. If possible the system will print out a message with the word "hint" suggesting how to fix the problem' })
     // parser.add_argument('-b', '--build', { help: 'Specify the template file name of the form <kmName>. There should be a file called <baseKmName>.<kmName>.template.json with the queries to run. For example { queries: [...] }. The template file will be run and generate an instantiation called <baseKmName>.<kmName>.instance.json and a file called <kmName>.js that will load the template file (this is file generated only if not already existing) and a test file called <KmName>.tests.json. This can then be loaded into an instance of the current knowledge module to setup initial conditions.' })
@@ -1628,7 +1631,7 @@ const knowledgeModuleImpl = async ({
       global.pauseDebugging = true
     }
 
-    const config = createConfig()
+    const config = await createConfig()
     setupConfig(config)
     processResults = processResults({ config, errorHandler })
 
@@ -1663,7 +1666,7 @@ const knowledgeModuleImpl = async ({
           throw new Error('Error for the checkForLoop argument. Expected a JSON array of operator keys of the form "[<id>, <level>]"')
         }
       } catch (e) {
-        throw new Error(`Error parsing JSON of the checkForLoop argument. ${e}`)
+        throw new Error('Error for the checkForLoop argument. Expected a JSON array of operator keys of the form "[<id>, <level>]"')
       }
     } else {
       if (process.argv.includes('--checkForLoop') || process.argv.includes('-cl')) {
@@ -1860,7 +1863,7 @@ const knowledgeModuleImpl = async ({
         config.config.rebuild = true
       }
       try {
-        config.load(template.template, template.instance, { rebuild: needsRebuild.needsRebuild || options.rebuild, previousResultss: needsRebuild.previousResultss, startOfChanges: needsRebuild.startOfChanges })
+        await config.load(template.template, template.instance, { rebuild: needsRebuild.needsRebuild || options.rebuild, previousResultss: needsRebuild.previousResultss, startOfChanges: needsRebuild.startOfChanges })
       } catch (e) {
         console.error(`Error loading template for ${config.name}. ${e.error ? e.error : e}${e.stack ? e.stack : ''}`)
         runtime.process.exit(-1)
@@ -1877,6 +1880,9 @@ const knowledgeModuleImpl = async ({
       config.config.retrain = true
     }
 
+    if (args.saveDeveloper) {
+      args.save = true
+    }
     if (args.test || args.testVerbose || args.testAllVerbose || args.save) {
       global.transitoryMode = true
     }
@@ -1994,7 +2000,7 @@ const knowledgeModuleImpl = async ({
                     lines.setElement(2, 2, JSON.stringify(result.actual.checked, null, 2))
                     lines.log()
                     if (args.vimdiff) {
-                      vimdiff(result.actual.checked, result.expected.checked)
+                      show('checked properties for objects', result.expected.checked, result.actual.checked)
                     }
                     newError = true
                     headerShown = true
@@ -2012,7 +2018,7 @@ const knowledgeModuleImpl = async ({
                     lines.setElement(2, 2, JSON.stringify(result.actual.checkedContexts, null, 2))
                     lines.log()
                     if (args.vimdiff) {
-                      vimdiff(result.actual.checkedContexts, result.expected.checkedContexts)
+                      show('checked properties for context', result.expected.checkedContexts, result.actual.checkedContexts)
                     }
                     newError = true
                     headerShown = true
@@ -2105,7 +2111,7 @@ const knowledgeModuleImpl = async ({
     }
     printConfig()
   } else {
-    const initConfig = (config) => {
+    const initConfig = async (config) => {
       if (template) {
         if (config.needsRebuild(template.template, template.instance, { isModule: !isProcess }).needsRebuild) {
           const error = `This module "${config.name}" cannot be used because the instance file needs rebuilding. Run on the command line with no arguments or the -rt argument to rebuild.`
@@ -2140,24 +2146,19 @@ const knowledgeModuleImpl = async ({
 
       if (template) {
         try {
-          config.load(template.template, template.instance)
+          await config.load(template.template, template.instance)
         } catch (e) {
           errorHandler(e)
         }
       }
     }
 
-    createConfigExport = (additionalConfig) => {
+    createConfigExport = async () => {
       if (createConfig.cached) {
         return createConfig.cached
       }
-      const config = createConfig(acceptsAdditionalConfig ? additionalConfig : null)
-      if (!acceptsAdditionalConfig && additionalConfig) {
-        config.stop_auto_rebuild()
-        additionalConfig(config)
-        config.restart_auto_rebuild()
-      }
-      initConfig(config)
+      const config = await createConfig()
+      await initConfig(config)
       // config.rebuild({ isModule: true })
       createConfig.cached = config
       return createConfig.cached

package/package.json

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 {
   "devDependencies": {
-    "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.23.4",
-    "jest": "^29.7.0",
-    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^4.28.4",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^4.28.4",
-    "eslint-plugin-node": "^11.1.0",
+    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^4.28.4",
+    "eslint": "^7.31.0",
     "eslint-config-standard": "^16.0.3",
+    "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.23.4",
+    "eslint-plugin-node": "^11.1.0",
     "eslint-plugin-promise": "^5.1.0",
-    "eslint": "^7.31.0"
+    "jest": "^29.7.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "to:debug": "node inspect node_modules/.bin/jest --runInBand -t NEO23",
@@ -52,19 +52,18 @@
   ],
   "author": "dev@thinktelligence.com",
   "dependencies": {
+    "base-64": "^1.0.0",
     "deep-equal": "^2.0.4",
-    "uuid": "^8.3.2",
+    "fs": "0.0.1-security",
     "json-diff": "^1.0.3",
+    "json-stable-stringify": "^1.0.1",
     "lodash": "^4.17.20",
-    "fs": "0.0.1-security",
-    "base-64": "^1.0.0",
-    "sort-json": "^2.0.0",
+    "node-fetch": "^2.6.1",
     "readline": "^1.3.0",
     "scriptjs": "^2.5.9",
-    "underscore": "^1.13.1",
-    "json-stable-stringify": "^1.0.1",
-    "node-fetch": "^2.6.1"
+    "sort-json": "^2.0.0",
+    "uuid": "^8.3.2"
   },
-  "version": "8.0.0-beta.4",
+  "version": "8.0.0-beta.41",
   "license": "UNLICENSED"
 }

package/src/config.js

@@ -262,7 +262,12 @@ const handleBridgeProps = (config, bridge, { addFirst, uuid } = {}) => {
       }
       if (bridge.children) {
         for (const child of bridge.children) {
-          config.addHierarchy(child, bridge.id)
+          // config.addHierarchy(child, bridge.id)
+          if (child.child) {
+            config.addHierarchy(child.child, bridge.id, child.instance)
+          } else {
+            config.addHierarchy(child, bridge.id)
+          }
         }
       }
       if (bridge.operator) {
@@ -270,12 +275,20 @@ const handleBridgeProps = (config, bridge, { addFirst, uuid } = {}) => {
       }
       if (bridge.parents) {
         for (const parent of bridge.parents) {
-          config.addHierarchy(bridge.id, parent)
+          if (parent.parent) {
+            config.addHierarchy(bridge.id, parent.parent, parent.instance)
+          } else {
+            config.addHierarchy(bridge.id, parent)
+          }
         }
       }
       if (bridge.isA) {
         for (const parent of bridge.isA) {
-          config.addHierarchy(bridge.id, parent)
+          if (parent.parent) {
+            config.addHierarchy(bridge.id, parent.parent, parent.instance)
+          } else {
+            config.addHierarchy(bridge.id, parent)
+          }
         }
       }
       if (bridge.before) {
@@ -339,7 +352,7 @@ const handleBridgeProps = (config, bridge, { addFirst, uuid } = {}) => {
 
         const generator = {
           where: bridge.generatorp.where || bridge.where || client.where(4),
-          match: (args) => bridge.id == args.context.marker && args.context.level == level && args.context.paraphrase && match(args),
+          match: async (args) => bridge.id == args.context.marker && args.context.level == level && args.context.paraphrase && await match(args),
           apply: (args) => apply(args),
           applyWrapped: apply,
           property: 'generatorp'
@@ -356,7 +369,7 @@ const handleBridgeProps = (config, bridge, { addFirst, uuid } = {}) => {
         const level = bridge.generatorr.level >= 0 ? bridge.generatorr.level : bridge.level + 1
         const generator = {
           where: bridge.generatorr.where || bridge.where || client.where(4),
-          match: (args) => bridge.id == args.context.marker && args.context.level == level && !args.context.paraphrase && (args.context.response || args.context.isResponse) && match(args),
+          match: async (args) => bridge.id == args.context.marker && args.context.level == level && !args.context.paraphrase && (args.context.response || args.context.isResponse) && await match(args),
           apply: (args) => apply(args),
           applyWrapped: apply,
           property: 'generatorr'
@@ -551,7 +564,7 @@ function isLetter (char) {
 }
 */
 
-function configDup (config, options) {
+async function configDup (config, options) {
   if (config instanceof Config) {
     return config.copy(options)
   }
@@ -691,9 +704,9 @@ class KM {
     return true
   }
 
-  copy2 (options) {
+  async copy2 (options) {
     // greg -> add a flag to say don't init the api's
-    const config = configDup(this._config, options)
+    const config = await configDup(this._config, options)
     const km = new KM({
       config,
       getCounter: options.getCounter,
@@ -705,10 +718,10 @@ class KM {
     return km // copy2()
   }
 
-  copy () {
+  async copy () {
     const km = new KM({
       name: this._name,
-      config: configDup(this._config),
+      config: await configDup(this._config),
       // _uuid: uuidv4(),
       _uuid: this._config.getCounter(this._config._name),
       getCounter: (name) => this._config.getCounter(name),
@@ -760,7 +773,7 @@ const multiApiImpl = (initializer) => {
     multiApi: true,
 
     // multi functions
-    add: (config, multiApi, api) => {
+    add: async (config, multiApi, api) => {
       initializer(config, api)
       const name = api.getName()
       multiApi.apis[name] = api
@@ -798,17 +811,6 @@ class Config {
     return config_toServer(config)
   }
 
-  base () {
-    const base = new Config()
-    for (const km of this.configs.reverse()) {
-      if (km.isSelf) {
-        continue
-      }
-      base.add(km.config)
-    }
-    return base
-  }
-
   getInfo () {
     const name = this.name
     const includes = this.configs.slice(1).map((km) => km.config.name)
@@ -1003,8 +1005,8 @@ class Config {
     return instance
   }
   */
-  getEvaluator (s, calls, log, context) {
-    const instance = s({ ...context, evaluate: true })
+  async getEvaluator (s, calls, log, context) {
+    const instance = await s({ ...context, evaluate: true })
     calls.touch(instance)
     if (!instance.evalue && !instance.verbatim && !instance.value) {
       this.warningNotEvaluated(log, context)
@@ -1021,7 +1023,7 @@ class Config {
   fragmentInstantiator (contexts) {
     return new Object({
       contexts: () => contexts,
-      instantiate: (mappings) => {
+      instantiate: async (mappings) => {
         const instantiated = _.cloneDeep(contexts)
         // const todo = [...instantiated]
         // const todo = [...instantiated]
@@ -1029,8 +1031,8 @@ class Config {
         while (todo.length > 0) {
           const context = todo.pop()
           for (const mapping of mappings) {
-            if (mapping.match({ context })) {
-              mapping.apply({ context })
+            if (await mapping.match({ context })) {
+              await mapping.apply({ context })
             }
           }
           for (const key of Object.keys(context)) {
@@ -1197,7 +1199,9 @@ class Config {
         // console.log("instanceFragments", instanceFragments)
       }
     }
-    if (startOfChanges || instance.resultss) {
+    if (startOfChanges) {
+      return { needsRebuild: true, startOfChanges, previousResultss: instance.resultss }
+    } else if (startOfChanges || instance.resultss) {
       return { needsRebuild: !(instance && sameQueries && sameFragments), startOfChanges, previousResultss: instance.resultss }
     } else {
       return { needsRebuild: !(instance && sameQueries && sameFragments) }
@@ -1222,7 +1226,7 @@ class Config {
   }
 
   // loadTemplate
-  load (template, instance, options = { rebuild: false, previousResultss: undefined, startOfChanges: undefined }) {
+  async load (template, instance, options = { rebuild: false, previousResultss: undefined, startOfChanges: undefined }) {
     this.validifyTemplate(template)
     instance.template = template
     this.logs.push(`loading template for ${this.name}`)
@@ -1255,7 +1259,7 @@ class Config {
         instance.name = this.name
         this.initInstances.push(instance)
         this.instances.push(instance)
-        client.loadInstance(this, instance)
+        await client.loadInstance(this, instance)
       }
     }
   }
@@ -1309,9 +1313,9 @@ class Config {
     }
   }
 
-  addHierarchy (child, parent) {
+  addHierarchy (child, parent, instance) {
     if (child && parent || !child || Array.isArray(child) || (typeof child === 'string' && !parent)) {
-      this.addHierarchyChildParent(child, parent)
+      this.addHierarchyChildParent(child, parent, instance)
       // this.addHierarchyProperties ({ child, parent })
     } else {
       this.addHierarchyProperties(child)
@@ -1319,26 +1323,32 @@ class Config {
   }
 
   addHierarchyProperties (edge) {
-    const { child, parent } = edge
+    const { child, parent, instance } = edge
     if (typeof child !== 'string') {
       throw new Error(`addHierarchy expected child property to be a string. got ${JSON.stringify(child)}`)
     }
     if (typeof parent !== 'string') {
       throw new Error(`addHierarchy expected parent property to be a string. got ${JSON.stringify(parent)}`)
     }
+    if (instance && typeof instance !== 'boolean') {
+      throw new Error(`addHierarchy expected instance property to be a boolean or undefined. got ${JSON.stringify(instance)}`)
+    }
     debugHierarchy([child, parent])
     this.config.hierarchy.push(edge)
     // TODO greg11 this.hierarchy.addEdge(edge)
-    this._delta.json.hierarchy.push([child, parent])
+    this._delta.json.hierarchy.push([child, parent, instance || false])
   }
 
-  addHierarchyChildParent (child, parent) {
+  addHierarchyChildParent (child, parent, instance) {
     if (typeof child !== 'string') {
       throw new Error(`addHierarchy expected child to be a string. got ${JSON.stringify(child)}`)
     }
     if (typeof parent !== 'string') {
       throw new Error(`addHierarchy expected parent to be a string. got ${JSON.stringify(parent)}`)
     }
+    if (instance && typeof instance !== 'boolean') {
+      throw new Error(`addHierarchy expected instance property to be a boolean or undefined. got ${JSON.stringify(instance)}`)
+    }
     debugHierarchy([child, parent])
     if (this.config.hierarchy.find((element) => {
       const hc = hierarchyCanonical(element)
@@ -1349,9 +1359,9 @@ class Config {
       return
     }
 
-    this.config.hierarchy.push([child, parent])
+    this.config.hierarchy.push([child, parent, instance || false])
     // this.hierarchy.addEdge([child, parent])
-    this._delta.json.hierarchy.push([child, parent])
+    this._delta.json.hierarchy.push([child, parent, instance || false])
   }
 
   getBridge (id, level) {
@@ -1608,18 +1618,18 @@ class Config {
     return params
   }
 
-  processContexts (contexts, params) {
-    client.processContexts(contexts, this.getParams())
-  }
-
-  processContext (context) {
-    return client.processContext(context, this.getParams())
+  async processContext (context) {
+    return await client.processContext(context, this.getParams())
   }
 
   process (query, options) {
     return client.process(this, query, options)
   }
 
+  query (query, options) {
+    return this.process(query, options)
+  }
+
   processQuery (query, options) {
     return this.process(query, options)
   }
@@ -1797,24 +1807,6 @@ class Config {
     // when running configs any bridges added are marked as transitory so that the associated will ignore those op's
     this.transitoryMode = false
 
-    // check for duplicate bridges
-    if (config && config.bridges) {
-      let duplicated = new Set()
-      const seen = new Set()
-      for (const bridge of config.bridges) {
-        const id = `${bridge.id}/${bridge.level}`
-        if (seen.has(id)) {
-          duplicated.add(id)
-        } else {
-          seen.add(id)
-        }
-      }
-      duplicated = Array.from(duplicated)
-      if (duplicated.length > 0) {
-        throw new Error(`In the KM ${config.name}, the following operators are duplicated in the bridges: ${duplicated}`)
-      }
-    }
-
     if (config && config.words) {
       initWords(config.words)
       isValidWordDef(config.words)
@@ -1863,6 +1855,7 @@ class Config {
     }
     this.get('objects').namespaced[this._uuid] = {}
     this.valid()
+    this.checks()
     debugConfigProps(this.config)
   }
 
@@ -1874,9 +1867,9 @@ class Config {
     this._stop_auto_rebuild = true
   }
 
-  restart_auto_rebuild() {
+  async restart_auto_rebuild() {
     this._stop_auto_rebuild = false
-    this.rebuild()
+    await this.rebuild()
   }
 
   getAddedArgs (args) {
@@ -1895,8 +1888,8 @@ class Config {
     }
   }
 
-  set multiApi (initializer) {
-    this.api = multiApiImpl(initializer)
+  async setMultiApi (initializer) {
+    await this.setApi(multiApiImpl(initializer))
   }
 
   get multiApi () {
@@ -1944,31 +1937,26 @@ class Config {
     }
   }
 
-  addAPI (api) {
+  async addAPI (api) {
+    // console.trace()
+    // throw "addAPI"
     if (this._api && this._api.multiApi) {
-      this._api.add(this, this._api, api)
+      await this._api.add(this, this._api, api)
     } else {
       throw new Error('Can only add apis to a multi-api')
     }
   }
 
-  set api (value) {
+  async setApi (value) {
     if (!value.initialize) {
       throw new Error(`Expected the API to have an initialize function for ${this.name}.`)
     }
 
     if (this._api && this._api.multiApi) {
-      this._api.add(this, this._api, value)
+      await this._api.add(this, this._api, value)
     } else {
       this._api = _.cloneDeep(value)
-      /*
-      if (this._api) {
-        // this._api.objects = this.config.objects
-        // this._api.config = () => this
-        // this._api.uuid = this._uuid
-      }
-      */
-      this.rebuild()
+      await this.rebuild()
     }
   }
 
@@ -1988,7 +1976,7 @@ class Config {
   }
 
   // remove all added modules and initialize with the init config
-  resetToOne () {
+  async resetToOne () {
     /*
     this.config = _.cloneDeep(this.initConfig)
     this.configs = [this.configs[0]]
@@ -1997,11 +1985,8 @@ class Config {
     */
     this.configs = [this.configs[0]]
     this.defaultConfig()
-    if (!this.initializeFn) {
-      // TODO move this to the default initializer
-      Object.assign(this.config.objects, _.cloneDeep(this.initConfig.objects || {}))
-    }
-    this.initializeConfigFromConfigs({ others: [], objects: this.config.objects.namespaced, moreNames: [], callInitializers: false })
+    Object.assign(this.config.objects, _.cloneDeep(this.initConfig.objects || {}))
+    await this.initializeConfigFromConfigs({ others: [], objects: this.config.objects.namespaced, moreNames: [], callInitializers: false })
     const map = {}
     for (let i = 0; i < this.configs.length; ++i) {
       map[this.configs[i].uuid] = this.configs[i].uuid
@@ -2023,17 +2008,18 @@ class Config {
     runtime.fs.writeFileSync(fn, JSON.stringify(this.config, 0, 2))
   }
 
-  copy (options = { callInitializers: true }) {
-  }
-
-  copy (options = { callInitializers: true }) {
+  async copy (options = { callInitializers: true }) {
     this.valid()
     const cp = new Config()
     cp.logs = []
     cp.maxDepth = this.maxDepth
     cp.debugLoops = this.debugLoops
     cp.transitoryMode = this.transitoryMode
-    cp.configs = this.configs.map((km) => km.copy2(Object.assign({}, options, { getCounter: (name) => cp.getCounter(name), callInitializers: false })))
+    // cp.configs = this.configs.map((km) => await km.copy2(Object.assign({}, options, { getCounter: (name) => cp.getCounter(name), callInitializers: false })))
+    cp.configs = []
+    for (const km of this.configs) {
+      cp.configs.push(await km.copy2(Object.assign({}, options, { getCounter: (name) => cp.getCounter(name), callInitializers: false })))
+    }
     cp._uuid = cp.configs[0]._uuid
     // update uuid here set the uuid in the objects and add error checking
     cp.initializerFn = this.initializerFn
@@ -2054,13 +2040,8 @@ class Config {
     cp.defaultConfig()
     // cp.wasInitialized = false;  // since default config GREG
     cp.resetWasInitialized()
-    if (!this.initializeFn) {
-      // TODO move this to the default initializer
-      Object.assign(cp.config.objects, _.cloneDeep(this.initConfig.objects || {}))
-    }
-    // cp.initializeConfigFromConfigs({ others: [], objects: cp.config.objects.namespaced, moreNames: [], ...options })
-    // cp.initializeConfigFromConfigs(Object.assign({ others: [], objects: cp.config.objects.namespaced, moreNames: [] }, { callInitializers: false }))
-    cp.initializeConfigFromConfigs(Object.assign({ others: [], objects: cp.config.objects.namespaced, moreNames: [] }, options))
+    Object.assign(cp.config.objects, _.cloneDeep(this.initConfig.objects || {}))
+    await cp.initializeConfigFromConfigs(Object.assign({ others: [], objects: cp.config.objects.namespaced, moreNames: [] }, options))
     const map = {}
     for (let i = 0; i < this.configs.length; ++i) {
       map[this.configs[i].uuid] = cp.configs[i].uuid
@@ -2071,33 +2052,16 @@ class Config {
       // debugger
     }
     if (options.callInitializers) {
-      cp.rebuild(options)
+      await cp.rebuild(options) // in copy
     } else {
-      // this mess is for duplicate into a KM after resetToOne was called
-      /*
-      if (cp._api) {
-        // cp._api.objects = cp.config.objects
-        // cp._api.config = () => (cp instanceof Config) ? cp : cp.config
-        // cp._api.uuid = cp._uuid
-      }
-      */
-
       if (!cp.config.objects) {
         cp.config.objects = { namespaced: {} }
       } else if (!cp.config.objects.namespaced) {
         cp.config.objects.namespaced = {}
       }
       cp.configs.forEach((km) => {
-        // const namespace = km.namespace
         cp.config.objects.namespaced[km._uuid] = {}
       })
-      /*
-      if (cp._uuid == 'concept2') {
-        if (!cp.api.objects.defaultTypesForHierarchy) {
-          debugger
-        }
-      }
-    */
     }
     cp.valid()
     return cp
@@ -2221,41 +2185,7 @@ class Config {
     }
   }
 
-  initializeFromConfigs () {
-    // [...this.configs].reverse().forEach(({ config, namespace, uuid }) => {
-    [...this.configs].reverse().forEach(({ config, namespace, uuid }) => {
-      /*
-      let objects = this.get('objects')
-      if (namespace) {
-        objects = {}
-        this.get('objects')['namespaced'][namespace] = objects
-      }
-      */
-      const objects = {}
-      if (config instanceof Config) {
-        this.get('objects').namespaced[config._uuid] = objects
-        /*
-        if (config._api) {
-          // config._api.objects = objects
-          // config._api.config = () => this
-        }
-        */
-        config.initializerFn(setupInitializerFNArgs(this, { testConfig: config, currentConfig: config, objects, namespace, uuid }))
-      } else {
-        this.get('objects').namespaced[this._uuid] = objects
-        /*
-        if (config._api) {
-          // config._api.objects = objects
-          // config._api.config = () => this
-        }
-        */
-        this.initializerFn(setupInitializerFNArgs(this, { testConfig: this, currentConfig: this, objects, namespace, uuid }))
-      }
-    })
-    this.instances.forEach((instance) => client.loadInstance(this, instance))
-  }
-
-  initialize ({ force = true } = {}) {
+  initialize23 ({ force = true } = {}) {
     if (force || !this.wasInitialized) {
       const objects = this.config.objects.namespaced[this._uuid]
       this.initializerFn(setupInitializerFNArgs(this, { testConfig: this, currentConfig: this, objects, uuid: this._uuid, namespace: '' }))
@@ -2263,7 +2193,7 @@ class Config {
     }
   }
 
-  initializer (fn, options = {}) {
+  async initializer (fn, options = {}) {
     if (options) {
       for (const option of Object.keys(options)) {
         const validOptions = []
@@ -2285,8 +2215,7 @@ class Config {
       currentConfig.wasInitialized = true
       global.transitoryMode = transitoryMode
     }
-    // this.initializeFromConfigs()
-    this.rebuild()
+    await this.rebuild()
   }
 
   nsToString (id) {
@@ -2432,7 +2361,7 @@ class Config {
   }
 
   // rebuild ({ isModule: mainIsModule = false } = {}) {
-  rebuild ({ isModule: mainIsModule } = {}) {
+  async rebuild ({ isModule: mainIsModule } = {}) {
     if (this._stop_auto_rebuild) {
       return
     }
@@ -2600,7 +2529,7 @@ class Config {
         }
         const instance = this.instances.find((instance) => instance.name == name)
         if (instance) {
-          client.loadInstance(this, instance)
+          await client.loadInstance(this, instance)
         }
         this.hierarchy.edges = this.config.hierarchy
       }
@@ -2608,7 +2537,7 @@ class Config {
 
     this.hierarchy.edges = this.config.hierarchy
     this.valid()
-    this.checkBridges()
+    this.checks()
   }
 
   nameToUUID (name) {
@@ -2620,6 +2549,7 @@ class Config {
   //    if undefined namespace applies to first loaded config
   //    if list of name then namespace applied only to those configs
   //    if true then namespace applies to all loaded configs
+  /*
   namespace (moreNames, others) {
     const config = this.copy()
     if (!Array.isArray(moreNames)) {
@@ -2655,6 +2585,7 @@ class Config {
     config.rebuild()
     return config
   }
+  */
 
   setupNamespace (km) {
     let config = km.config
@@ -2673,7 +2604,7 @@ class Config {
 
   // config.initializerFn({ config: this, objects, namespace })
   // this goes through all the configs and sets up this.config
-  initializeConfigFromConfigs ({ others, objects, moreNames, callInitializers = true }) {
+  async initializeConfigFromConfigs ({ others, objects, moreNames, callInitializers = true }) {
     // setup the namespace in the configs
     let first = true
     this.configs.forEach((km) => {
@@ -2822,6 +2753,11 @@ class Config {
     }
   }
 
+  checks () {
+    this.checkOperators()
+    this.checkBridges()
+  }
+
   checkOperators () {
     if (!this.config.operators) {
       return
@@ -2842,53 +2778,19 @@ class Config {
       return
     }
 
-    /*
-      "namespaces": {
-        "634a678b-8d92-4464-bf65-943a82f404d8": {
-          "ids": [ "tankConcept" ],
-          "namespace": [ "ns1" ]
-        },
-       console.log('before check', JSON.stringify(this._eqClasses, null, 2))
-    */
-
-    const errors = []
-    /*
-    const namespaces = this.config.namespaces
-    const nsToIds = {}
-    for (const uuid in namespaces) {
-      const namespace = namespaces[uuid].namespace
-      const ns = namespace.join('#')
-      if (!nsToIds[ns]) {
-        nsToIds[ns] = new Set()
-      }
-      const ids = nsToIds[ns]
-      for (const id of namespaces[uuid].ids) {
-        if (ids.has(id)) {
-          if (ns === '') {
-            const dups = this.config.bridges.filter( (bridge) => bridge.id == id )
-            errors.push(`Id '${id}' is defined more than once in the bridges of the base namespace of the KM ${this.name}, Dups are ${JSON.stringify(dups)}`)
-          } else {
-            errors.push(`Id '${id}' is defined more than once in the bridges of the ${ns} namespace of the KM ${this.name}`)
-          }
-        } else {
-          ids.add(id)
-        }
-      }
-    }
-    */
-
-    const keyIsPresent = {}
+    let duplicated = new Set()
+    const seen = new Set()
     for (const bridge of this.config.bridges) {
-      const key = `${bridge.id}/${bridge.level} (namespace: ${bridge.uuid})`
-      if (keyIsPresent[key]) {
-        errors.push(new Error(`Id '${key}' is defined more than once in bridges of the base namespace of the KM ${this.name}`))
+      const id = `${bridge.id}/${bridge.level} (namespace: ${bridge.uuid || this.uuid})`
+      if (seen.has(id)) {
+        duplicated.add(id)
       } else {
-        keyIsPresent[key] = key
+        seen.add(id)
       }
     }
-
-    if (errors.length > 0) {
-      throw errors
+    duplicated = Array.from(duplicated)
+    if (duplicated.length > 0) {
+      throw new Error(`In the KM ${this.name}, the following operators are duplicated in the bridges: ${duplicated}`)
     }
   };
 
@@ -2945,25 +2847,29 @@ class Config {
     }
   }
 
-  add (...mores) {
-    mores.forEach((km) => {
-      if (km === this) {
-        throw new Error('Cannot add an object to itself.')
+  async add (...createConfigs) {
+    createConfigs.forEach((createConfig, index) => {
+      if (typeof createConfig !== 'function') {
+        throw new Error(`Expected add argument number ${index+1} to be a function that constructs the config.`)
       }
     })
 
-    mores = mores.map((km) => {
-      if (!(km instanceof Config)) {
-        km = new Config(km)
+    const mores = []
+    for (const createConfig of createConfigs) {
+      const more = await createConfig()
+      if (this.name && this.name == more.name) {
+        throw new Error('Cannot add an object to itself for argument number ${index+1}.')
       }
-      return km
-    })
-
-    mores.forEach((more) => {
+      if (this === more) {
+        throw new Error('Cannot add an object to itself.')
+      }
+      mores.push(more)
+    }
+    for (let more of mores) {
       this.valid()
       more.valid()
       // copy so i don't have to copy later
-      more = more.copy()
+      more = await more.copy()
       more.server(this._server, this._key, this._queryParams)
 
       const moreConfigs = more.configs.map((km) => km.name || km.uuid)
@@ -2978,9 +2884,6 @@ class Config {
       const moreKMs1 = [new KM({ config: more, getCounter: (name) => this.getCounter(name), uuid: more.uuid, namespace })]
       const moreKMs2 = more.configs.slice(1).map((km) => {
         return km
-        // const cp = km.copy()
-        // cp.namespace = namespace
-        // return cp;
       })
       const moreKMs = moreKMs1.concat(moreKMs2)
       const eqClass = moreKMs.map((km) => km.uuid)
@@ -2994,7 +2897,7 @@ class Config {
           this.configs.push(moreKM)
         }
       }
-      more.resetToOne()
+      await more.resetToOne()
       this.config.eqClasses = this._eqClasses
       // greg
       // setup instances
@@ -3009,8 +2912,8 @@ class Config {
         }
       }
       this.instances = noDups
-    })
-    this.rebuild()
+    }
+    await this.rebuild() // in add(
     this.valid()
     return this
   }
@@ -3166,7 +3069,7 @@ class Config {
   // assumes this is called in reverse order
   addInternalR (more, useOldVersion = true, skipObjects = false, includeNamespaces = true, allowNameToBeNull = false) {
     if (more instanceof Config) {
-      more.initialize({ force: false })
+      more.initialize23({ force: false })
       if (useOldVersion) {
         more = more.config
       } else {

package/src/generators.js

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class Generator {
     return `Generator(${this.match}, ${this._applyWrapped || this._apply})${this.property ? `\nsee the ${this.property} property` : ''}`
   }
 
-  matches (baseArgs, objects, context, hierarchy, config, options = {}) {
+  async matches (baseArgs, objects, context, hierarchy, config, options = {}) {
     if (objects && objects.namespaced) {
       objects = objects.namespaced[this.uuid]
     }
@@ -63,17 +63,17 @@ class Generator {
     }
     const args = Object.assign({}, baseArgs, moreArgs, (baseArgs.getUUIDScoped || (() => { return {} }))(this.uuid))
     // return this.match(args)
-    const matches = this.match(args)
+    const matches = await this.match(args)
     if ((matches && (options.debug || {}).match) ||
         callId == this.callId) {
       debugger // next line is the matcher
-      this.match(args)
+      await this.match(args)
     }
     return matches
   }
 
   // apply (baseArgs, objects, g, gs, context, hierarchy, config, response, log, options = {}) {
-  apply (baseArgs, objects, context, hierarchy, config, response, log, options = {}) {
+  async apply (baseArgs, objects, context, hierarchy, config, response, log, options = {}) {
     if (!log) {
       throw new Error('generators.apply argument log is required')
     }
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class Generator {
         callId == this.callId) {
       debugger
     }
-    return this._apply(args)
+    return await this._apply(args)
   }
 }
 
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class Generators {
   };
 
   // assumed - properties added to context before the generators are called. For setting paraphrase property
-  apply (args, context, assumed = {}, options = {}) {
+  async apply (args, context, assumed = {}, options = {}) {
     if (Array.isArray(context)) {
       throw new Error('Expected a context not an array')
     }
@@ -186,12 +186,12 @@ class Generators {
     const stack = args.calls.push()
     for (let igenerator = 0; igenerator < this.generators.length; ++igenerator) {
       const generator = this.generators[igenerator]
-      if (generator.matches(args, objects, context, hierarchy, config, options)) {
+      if (await generator.matches(args, objects, context, hierarchy, config, options)) {
         const log = (message) => { this.logs.push(message) }
         // this.logs.push(`Generators: applied ${generator.toString()}\n to\n ${JSON.stringify(context)}`)
         let errorMessage = 'The apply function did not return a value'
         try {
-          generated = generator.apply(args, objects, context, hierarchy, config, response, log)
+          generated = await generator.apply(args, objects, context, hierarchy, config, response, log)
         } catch (e) {
           // the next if handle this
           generated = null

package/src/semantics.js

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class Semantic {
     }
   }
 
-  matches (baseArgs, context, options = {}) {
+  async matches (baseArgs, context, options = {}) {
     const hierarchy = baseArgs.hierarchy
     const config = baseArgs.config
 
@@ -71,16 +71,16 @@ class Semantic {
     }
     const args = Object.assign({}, baseArgs, moreArgs, (baseArgs.getUUIDScoped || (() => { return {} }))(this.uuid))
 
-    const matches = this.matcher(args)
+    const matches = await this.matcher(args)
     if (matches && (options.debug || {}).match ||
         callId == this.callId) {
       debugger // next line is the matcher
-      this.matcher(args)
+      await this.matcher(args)
     }
     return matches
   }
 
-  apply (baseArgs, context, s, log, options = {}) {
+  async apply (baseArgs, context, s, log, options = {}) {
     const { hierarchy, config, response } = baseArgs
     const objects = baseArgs.getObjects(this.uuid)
     if (config && config.debugLoops) {
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class Semantic {
     if (args.breakOnSemantics) {
       debugger
     }
-    this._apply(args)
+    await this._apply(args)
     return contextPrime
   }
 }
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ class Semantics {
     return this.semantics[maxOrdinal]
   }
 
-  applyToContext (args, context, options) {
+  async applyToContext (args, context, options) {
     // let context_prime = {}
     if (!(context instanceof Array || context instanceof Object)) {
       return context
@@ -197,14 +197,14 @@ class Semantics {
       if (semantic.isQuestion && seenQuestion) {
         continue
       }
-      if (semantic.matches(args, context, options)) {
+      if (await semantic.matches(args, context, options)) {
         if (!this.calls[counter]) {
           this.calls[counter] = 0
         }
         this.calls[counter] += 1
         const log = (message) => { this.logs.push(message) }
         try {
-          contextPrime = semantic.apply(args, context, s, log, options)
+          contextPrime = await semantic.apply(args, context, s, log, options)
           if (!contextPrime.controlKeepMotivation && semantic.oneShot) {
             // semantic.tied_ids.forEach((tied_id) => args.config.removeSemantic(tied_id))
             args.config.removeSemantic(semantic)
@@ -310,19 +310,19 @@ class Semantics {
     return contextPrime
   }
 
-  applyToContexts (args, contexts, options) {
+  async applyToContexts (args, contexts, options) {
     const contextsPrime = []
-    contexts.forEach((context) => {
-      contextsPrime.push(this.applyToContext(args, context, options))
-    })
+    for (const context of contexts) {
+      contextsPrime.push(await this.applyToContext(args, context, options))
+    }
     return contextsPrime
   }
 
-  apply (args, context, options) {
+  async apply (args, context, options) {
     if (Array.isArray(context)) {
-      return this.applyToContexts(args, context, options)
+      return await this.applyToContexts(args, context, options)
     } else if (context instanceof Object) {
-      return this.applyToContext(args, context, options)
+      return await this.applyToContext(args, context, options)
     } else {
       return context
     }