Mad_Libs_Generator

This is a Mad Libs generator based on the game Mad Libs in which one person prompts others to fill in the blanks of a passage according to parts of speech. This generator randomly takes out words from a passage for the user to replace.

Requirements for Running the Program

Python 3

NLTK

How to Run in Command Line

Enter 'python main.py' or 'python3 main.py' in your command line to run the program.

Follow the printed prompts for input.

Files

The repository contains the files

• main.py which runs the program and handles user interaction
• text_processor.py which deals with training, tagging, and replacing words in passages
• pos_tagger_brown.pkl which stores the POS tagger
• the passages folder which contains .txt files that can be used to generate Mad Libs (see the Sources section below for the source of each .txt file)

Libraries Used

• nltk
• string
• pickle
• io
• os
• contextlib
• random

Sources

• all_star.txt: from All Star (by Smashmouth)
• do_not_go_gentle.txt: from Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (by Dylan Thomas)
• doctor_who.txt: from Doctor Who
• famous_blue_raincoat: from Famous Blue Raincoat (by Leonard Cohen)
• moana.txt: from How Far I'll Go (by Lin-Manuel Miranda)
• pain.txt: from The Princess Bride (by William Goldman)
• shia.txt: from Shia LaBeouf (by Rob Cantor)
• true_detective.txt: from True Detective
• unfortunate_events.txt: from A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Slippery Slope (by Lemony Snicket)
• zelda.txt: from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
• zootopia.txt: from Zootopia