Step 3: Create the card type questions

We have our entity and our passage, it's time to create the questions that will capture the card type the user mentions and store it as our entity value.

Let's take a quick look at how entities work:

• An entity has a set of values, which are words or phrases that should match the entity.
• When your user asks a question, the chatbot matches it against all its training phrases.
• If the training phrase that best matches the question uses an entity, the chatbot compares the user's question to the entity values:
  
  • If the words the user mentioned match a value in the entity, that value is assigned as the entity's value for the passage.
    If the matching term was a synonym, the primary value is assigned, not the synonym.
  • If the words the user mentioned don't match any of the entity's values, the training phrase is still selected, but the entity value is blank.

In this case, the chatbot compares the user's words to all the card types and synonyms we defined. If the user asks to apply for a card type we didn't define, such as a Frequent Shopper Card, our training phrase will still match, but the entity value will be blank.

Let's create an Inbound Question to capture the card type:

1. In the Credit card application passage, click Inbound Questions.
2. Add a new Global question.
3. Type a training phrase.
   When you want to use the entity in the phrase, type @ and select the entity from the list.
   Each entity can only be used once per training phrase.
4. Add more training phrases until you have at least five.
   Make sure all your training phrases use the entity. If you use the Generate Training Phrases option, make sure you edit each phrase to use the entity.
5. Click Save.

Now that we've captured a value for our entity, let's use it in our chatbot response.