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fix(memory): keep titles like Dr. in the sentence a memory claim is checked on - #555
memory_claim cut a reply at every period, so "I've saved that your dentist is Dr. Mehta" became "...is Dr." and a stored "Dr. Kulkarni" counted as backing it, so the reply got no correction.
memory_claim now splits with the sentence splitter in memory/origins.py, which takes a function that says when a piece continues the previous one (the default is the old abbreviation rule, so quote() is unchanged). A sentence continues after a title with its initials (Dr, Mr, Mrs, Ms, Mx, Prof: "Dr. M. Mehta"), after e.g. and i.e., after a.m. or p.m. before a lowercase word ("7 a.m. on weekdays"), and between "No." and a number ("apartment No. 12"). A name after a title is ignored when looking for hedge and earlier-save words, and only its first word is ignored for the other-place words, so "Dr. May" and "Dr. Page" stay claims while "Dr. May Notes" is still a save to notes.
What I left alone on purpose: St., No. before a capital, a.m./p.m. before a capital and single capitals still end a sentence, as they did before ("You live on Main St. I've saved that..."). Titles such as Fr. or Rev. are not covered, and "7 a.m. could you confirm?" (a lowercase word after a.m. that is a new sentence) is read as one sentence.
I compared the old and new memory_claim on about 8,400 generated replies (claims with titles, initials, numbers and clock times, with prefixes and suffixes such as questions, offers, bullets, numbered lists, ellipses and CRLF). Everything the old code found is still found, except 106 replies of the "7 a.m. could you confirm?" kind and a few contrived ones such as "Done, Dr. M. I've saved...". The other differences are claims that now keep the whole sentence. New checks fail on main and pass here: "Dr. Mehta" and "Dr. M. Mehta" are corrected when a different dentist is stored and left alone when theirs is stored; "Dr. May", "Dr. Page" and "Dr. Brian May" stay claims; "Dr. Mehta?" is a question; "apartment No. 12" and "7 a.m. on weekdays" stay whole; "Main St." and "No." before a capital do not glue the next sentence on.
pytest tests/test_memory_claims.py 32 passed; memory, outcome, source-link and loop tests (-k "origin or memory or outcome or claim or source_links or loop") 632 passed, 1 skipped
ruff check sentient tests clean
Real test
Two engines, each with its own empty SENTIENT_HOME seeded with "Maya's dentist is Dr. Kulkarni" and "Maya's physiotherapist is Dr. M. Kulkarni", driven over POST /api/chat: main (e6d599c) and this branch (b36fba1). The model's words for the false claims came from a small stand-in for Ollama's chat API, because a real model rarely writes them (the same way #553 was tested). nomic-embed-text isn't installed on my machine, so embeddings came from a stand-in too. The memory store, the stored-memory check and the correction are the real ones.
Reply the model gives
main
This branch
"I've saved that your dentist is Dr. Mehta." (only Kulkarni stored)
no correction
corrected
"I've saved that your dentist is Dr. May." (only Kulkarni stored)
no correction
corrected
"I've saved that your dentist is Dr. M. Mehta." (only Dr. M. Kulkarni stored)
no correction
corrected
"I've saved that your dentist is Dr. Kulkarni." (stored)
none
none
"I've saved that your dentist is Dr. Mehta?" (a question)
none
none
"I've saved that you live on Main St. Anything else?" (nothing stored)
corrected
corrected
"No. I've saved that you like tea." (nothing stored)
corrected
corrected
"You live on Main St. I've saved that your dentist is Dr. Kulkarni." (stored)
none
none
"Your dentist is Dr. Kulkarni." (no claim)
none
none
I also ran chats on ollama_chat/llama3.1:8b with no stand-in for the chat model (thinking off, since that model rejects it). It called its memory tool on every turn, so there was no false claim to catch, and both builds behaved the same.
Not tested: the Claude Code backend and the desktop app (nothing there changed).
Checklist
Tests added or updated, and pytest passes locally for what I touched
ruff check sentient tests is clean
docs/API.md updated (no contract change)
A changelog entry in changes/ (changes/554.fixed.md)
No keys, tokens or personal data in the code, tests or screenshots
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Bug Fixes
Chat now handles title abbreviations in names, such as “Dr. Mehta,” without cutting off the rest of the sentence.
Claims about saved information are more accurately distinguished from questions and claims that don’t match saved details, including cases involving abbreviations such as “No.” and “a.m.”
Improvements
Chat now provides a brief note when no information was saved.
Sentence extraction now keeps recognized abbreviations with their sentences. Memory-claim detection uses the shared extractor and filters titled names when checking claims against saved memories. Tests cover name comparisons and sentence boundaries.
A new sentences helper splits text and joins sentence parts after recognized abbreviations. quote now uses the helper.
Memory-claim filtering and regression coverage sentient/agent/outcomes.py, tests/test_memory_claims.py, changes/554.fixed.md
memory_claim uses shared sentence extraction and filters titled names before claim checks. Tests cover stored-name comparisons and sentence boundaries. The change note describes titled-name sentence handling and a note when nothing was saved.
existence-master/Sentient#551 — The change tests stored-memory comparison for titled names but does not change the memory-off behavior described in the issue.
Possibly related PRs
existence-master/Sentient#531 — That PR adds memory_claim; this change updates sentence handling and filtering in the same function.
Merge Risk: Low · up to b36fb
The change preserves common titled names, but some abbreviation boundaries and name-like keywords still produce missing or unnecessary memory corrections. These are bounded response-quality issues; merging carries low risk with explicit follow-up.
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Directly linked issue #554 (open) has two Done-when criteria: (1) "I've saved that your dentist is Dr. Mehta" keeps its whole claim and is corrected when only a different dentist is stored and nothing…
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The title names the main change: memory claim sentence splitting now keeps titles such as "Dr." in the sentence that is checked. The raw summary confirms that the splitter in origins.py now merges pieces after title abbreviations, and that tests cover claims with Dr. The title also mentions the memory-claim scope. The objectives describe the same fix for issue #554. The title is specific and matches the changeset.
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Directly linked issue #554 (open) has two Done-when criteria: (1) "I've saved that your dentist is Dr. Mehta" keeps its whole claim and is corrected when only a different dentist is stored and nothing was saved; (2) a claim backed by stored memory is left alone.
Criterion 1: memory_claim() in sentient/agent/outcomes.py now calls origins.sentences() with _continues. _TITLE joins a piece that ends in Dr., Mr., Mrs., Ms., Mx., Prof., e.g. or i.e. to the next piece. The claim therefore stays one sentence, and the stored-memory comparison receives the full name. The comparison code is outside this diff and is unchanged. The PR report shows the correction for this case.
Criterion 2: The stored-memory comparison is unchanged. The PR report shows no correction when "Dr. Kulkarni" is stored and the claim names Dr. Kulkarni.
_TITLE_NAME and _TITLE_FIRST remove titled names before the hedge, earlier-save and other-place checks. This keeps "Dr. May" and "Dr. Page" as claims. No code path in the diff removes a hedge in the cases the issue describes.
quote() in sentient/memory/origins.py calls sentences(text) with the default callback, which tests the same _ABBREVIATION rule as before. Its behavior is unchanged.
Tests: tests/test_memory_claims.py could not be read. The repository inspection reported missing blobs. The test pass counts and the test cases come from the PR report and the change summary, not from source I read. This review does not verify them.
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The issue Fix lists St., a.m. and p.m. The code does not end-glue St. The PR gives a reason ("Main St. I've saved that..."). a.m. and p.m. are joined only before a lowercase next word, and No. only before a digit. These are narrow, documented author decisions.
The PR description says a.m./p.m. and No. are left out. The code joins them in those narrow cases. The PR description says the splitter takes an abbreviation pattern argument. The code takes a continues callable. These description mismatches do not change the verdict.
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sentient/memory/origins.py: adds sentences() and Callable import. quote() now uses sentences(). The default callback keeps the previous abbreviation join rule, so quote() behavior is unchanged.
sentient/agent/outcomes.py: imports origins; adds _CLOCK, _NUMBER_SIGN, _TITLE, _TITLE_NAME, _TITLE_FIRST and _continues; memory_claim() uses the shared splitter and title-aware checks. Each addition serves the title and abbreviation splitting in #554, including the a.m./p.m. item in the Fix text.
changes/554.fixed.md: change note for #554.
tests/test_memory_claims.py: tests for the #554 cases. Not read directly (blobs missing).
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Non-blocking accuracy point: the change note says that when nothing was saved, Chat adds a short note. The reviewed diffs of outcomes.py and origins.py do not add that note. The correction text appears to be existing behavior. This is a wording issue in documentation, not an out-of-scope code change.
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A rabbit reads each sentence through, And keeps “Dr.” with the name in view. Stored names are checked with care, While question marks end claims there. The notes stay neat; the facts stay true.
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- Around line 546-549: Update the sentence-splitting and suffix-removal logic
around `_not_a_claim` so a question ending in an abbreviation, such as “Dr.
Mehta?”, remains intact rather than losing its final token and being classified
as a claim. Distinguish abbreviation periods from true sentence boundaries
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references such as “No. 12” remain intact. Preserve the existing abbreviation
handling for other cases.
- Line 174: Update the sentence-splitting logic around the
`_ABBREVIATION.search(parts[-1])` check so a preceding sentence ending in “St.”
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Keep surnames in memory claims.
When a reply says “I've saved that your dentist is Dr. May,” the suffix loop removes May as a hedge. A stored Dr. Kulkarni fact can then back the truncated claim, so the false save assertion receives no correction. Preserve names after titles when checking for hedges.
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Update the suffix-trimming loop using _not_a_claim so it preserves a surname
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Preserve questions containing abbreviations.
When a reply says “I've saved that your dentist is Dr. Mehta?”, suffix removal discards Mehta? and classifies the remainder as a claim. If no save succeeds and no memory backs that remainder, the agent appends a correction to the question. Distinguish abbreviation boundaries from sentence boundaries before removing suffixes.
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Update the sentence-splitting and suffix-removal logic around `_not_a_claim` so
a question ending in an abbreviation, such as “Dr. Mehta?”, remains intact
rather than losing its final token and being classified as a claim. Distinguish
abbreviation periods from true sentence boundaries before removing trailing
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Separate a standalone No. from the following claim.
When a reply says No. I've saved that you like tea., the splitter joins both sentences. The negation check then rejects the save claim. If no save succeeded and no memory backs it, the user receives no correction. Separate the standalone answer without breaking numbered references such as No. 12.
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Update the sentence-splitting logic around `_ABBREVIATION` so a standalone “No.”
is separated from the following claim, while numbered references such as “No.
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Exclude preceding sentences from the memory claim.
When a reply ends a sentence with St. before a save claim, the splitter joins both sentences. The unrelated street name can make _memory_backs reject a supported claim and append a false correction. Isolate the claim without splitting titles such as Dr. Mehta.
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Update the sentence-splitting logic around the `_ABBREVIATION.search(parts[-1])`
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- Around line 539-540: Update _TITLE_NAME so it retains initials and the
following surname in claims such as “Dr. M. Mehta,” allowing the full name to be
compared. Preserve sentence boundaries so matching does not join separate
sentences.
- Around line 537-539: Update the sentence-splitting logic around _TITLE so
“No.” followed by an apartment number stays with that number in the claim,
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- Around line 170-172: Update sentences and its abbreviation handling so a claim
continuing after “a.m.” or “p.m.” retains the following qualifier in the same
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Keep names and numbers after abbreviations in the claim.
When a reply claims to save apartment No. 12, the splitter drops 12. A stored apartment No. 13 can then suppress the correction. Recognize abbreviation continuations while preserving sentence boundaries such as No. I've saved....
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Update the sentence-splitting logic around _TITLE so “No.” followed by an
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Keep name initials in memory claims.
When a reply claims it saved Dr. M. Mehta, the claim stops at M.. A stored Dr. M. Kulkarni can then suppress the correction because the surname is missing from the comparison. Keep the surname in the claim without joining separate sentences.
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Update _TITLE_NAME so it retains initials and the following surname in claims
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Keep destination words visible to the memory-claim guard.
When a reply says “I've saved your Dr. May Notes.”, _TITLE_NAME removes Notes before the destination check. The agent can then append a memory correction to a reply about saved notes. Preserve destination words while still allowing names such as Dr. Page.
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Keep qualifiers after a.m. and p.m. in memory claims.
When a claim continues after a.m. or p.m., the splitter drops the qualifier from the memory check. An existing memory can then suppress a correction for an unsupported claim. Preserve the qualifier while still separating a subsequent question or offer.
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Update sentences and its abbreviation handling so a claim continuing after
“a.m.” or “p.m.” retains the following qualifier in the same sentence for memory
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…hecked on
memory_claim cut a reply at every period, so "I've saved that your dentist is Dr. Mehta" became "...is Dr." and a stored Dr. Kulkarni backed it. It now splits with a narrow list of titles (Dr, Mr, Mrs, Ms, Mx, Prof, e.g, i.e) that never end a sentence, and ignores a name after a title when it looks for hedge, earlier-save and other-place words.
Closesexistence-master#554
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- Around line 561-568: Update the hedge detection around `_TITLE_NAME.sub` so
removing a title and name does not also discard a following hedge word, such as
“Might.” Preserve detection of the remaining sentence by `_MEMORY_HEDGE.search`,
and keep the existing save-claim behavior unchanged when no hedge is present.
- Around line 542-555: Update _continues so sentence-ending “e.g.” and “i.e.” do
not cause the following claim to be joined to the previous sentence. Preserve
continuation handling for titles and the existing title-name behavior in
_TITLE_NAME and _TITLE_FIRST.
- Line 567: Update the other-place check using _MEMORY_OTHER_PLACE and
_TITLE_FIRST so it does not classify a person’s surname, such as “Page” in “Dr.
Brian Page,” as a save destination. Preserve filtering for replies that name
actual destinations, while allowing the claim to proceed to the existing
correction behavior when no memory was saved or already backs it.
Review comments at @sentient/memory/origins.py:
- Around line 171-184: Update _after_abbreviation and its use by sentences so
sentence-final forms such as “St.”, “etc.”, and a single capital do not merge
the next sentence into a quote, while abbreviations followed by a name, such as
“Dr. Mehta,” remain joined. Distinguish these cases using the surrounding
sentence context rather than treating every _ABBREVIATION match as continuation.
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Keep separate claim sentences separate after abbreviations.
When a reply says “You could ask Mr. Smith, e.g. I've saved that you like tea,” the splitter joins both sentences. The earlier could then suppresses the save claim, so an unsupported claim receives no correction. Preserve sentence boundaries here while retaining title-name handling.
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Update _continues so sentence-ending “e.g.” and “i.e.” do not cause the
following claim to be joined to the previous sentence. Preserve continuation
handling for titles and the existing title-name behavior in _TITLE_NAME and
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Preserve hedge words after title names.
_TITLE_NAME can remove a capitalized hedge after a name. For example, “Dr. Smith Might be someone I'll remember after you confirm.” is treated as a save claim. If no save succeeds and no memory backs it, Sentient appends an unnecessary correction. Distinguish names from following hedge words.
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Review comment at @sentient/agent/outcomes.py around lines 561 - 568:
Update the hedge detection around `_TITLE_NAME.sub` so removing a title and name
does not also discard a following hedge word, such as “Might.” Preserve
detection of the remaining sentence by `_MEMORY_HEDGE.search`, and keep the
existing save-claim behavior unchanged when no hedge is present.
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When the reply says “I've saved that your dentist is Dr. Brian Page.”, the filter treats Page as a destination and skips the claim. If no memory was saved or already backs it, the user receives no correction. Distinguish surnames from actual save destinations.
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Review comment at @sentient/agent/outcomes.py at line 567:
Update the other-place check using _MEMORY_OTHER_PLACE and _TITLE_FIRST so it
does not classify a person’s surname, such as “Page” in “Dr. Brian Page,” as a
save destination. Preserve filtering for replies that name actual destinations,
while allowing the claim to proceed to the existing correction behavior when no
memory was saved or already backs it.
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Keep sentence-final abbreviations from joining quotes.
When a source sentence ends in St., etc., or a single capital, quote() can include the next sentence in the stored reference. Distinguish sentence-final uses from abbreviations inside a sentence while preserving names such as Dr. Mehta.
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Review comment at @sentient/memory/origins.py around lines 171 - 184:
Update _after_abbreviation and its use by sentences so sentence-final forms such
as “St.”, “etc.”, and a single capital do not merge the next sentence into a
quote, while abbreviations followed by a name, such as “Dr. Mehta,” remain
joined. Distinguish these cases using the surrounding sentence context rather
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What and why
memory_claimcut a reply at every period, so "I've saved that your dentist is Dr. Mehta" became "...is Dr." and a stored "Dr. Kulkarni" counted as backing it, so the reply got no correction.memory_claimnow splits with the sentence splitter inmemory/origins.py, which takes a function that says when a piece continues the previous one (the default is the old abbreviation rule, soquote()is unchanged). A sentence continues after a title with its initials (Dr, Mr, Mrs, Ms, Mx, Prof: "Dr. M. Mehta"), after e.g. and i.e., after a.m. or p.m. before a lowercase word ("7 a.m. on weekdays"), and between "No." and a number ("apartment No. 12"). A name after a title is ignored when looking for hedge and earlier-save words, and only its first word is ignored for the other-place words, so "Dr. May" and "Dr. Page" stay claims while "Dr. May Notes" is still a save to notes.What I left alone on purpose:
St.,No.before a capital, a.m./p.m. before a capital and single capitals still end a sentence, as they did before ("You live on Main St. I've saved that..."). Titles such as Fr. or Rev. are not covered, and "7 a.m. could you confirm?" (a lowercase word after a.m. that is a new sentence) is read as one sentence.Closes #554
How I tested it
I compared the old and new
memory_claimon about 8,400 generated replies (claims with titles, initials, numbers and clock times, with prefixes and suffixes such as questions, offers, bullets, numbered lists, ellipses and CRLF). Everything the old code found is still found, except 106 replies of the "7 a.m. could you confirm?" kind and a few contrived ones such as "Done, Dr. M. I've saved...". The other differences are claims that now keep the whole sentence. New checks fail on main and pass here: "Dr. Mehta" and "Dr. M. Mehta" are corrected when a different dentist is stored and left alone when theirs is stored; "Dr. May", "Dr. Page" and "Dr. Brian May" stay claims; "Dr. Mehta?" is a question; "apartment No. 12" and "7 a.m. on weekdays" stay whole; "Main St." and "No." before a capital do not glue the next sentence on.pytest tests/test_memory_claims.py32 passed; memory, outcome, source-link and loop tests (-k "origin or memory or outcome or claim or source_links or loop") 632 passed, 1 skippedruff check sentient testscleanReal test
Two engines, each with its own empty
SENTIENT_HOMEseeded with "Maya's dentist is Dr. Kulkarni" and "Maya's physiotherapist is Dr. M. Kulkarni", driven overPOST /api/chat:main(e6d599c) and this branch (b36fba1). The model's words for the false claims came from a small stand-in for Ollama's chat API, because a real model rarely writes them (the same way #553 was tested).nomic-embed-textisn't installed on my machine, so embeddings came from a stand-in too. The memory store, the stored-memory check and the correction are the real ones.mainI also ran chats on
ollama_chat/llama3.1:8bwith no stand-in for the chat model (thinking off, since that model rejects it). It called its memory tool on every turn, so there was no false claim to catch, and both builds behaved the same.Not tested: the Claude Code backend and the desktop app (nothing there changed).
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pytestpasses locally for what I touchedruff check sentient testsis cleandocs/API.mdupdated (no contract change)changes/(changes/554.fixed.md)Summary by CodeRabbit