We need to design a Conversational Language Understanding (CLU) model for smart home commands.

The sample utterances:

“Set all the lights to on.” → Intent = change setting, Entity = device (lights)

“Turn off the lights in the living room.” → Intent = change setting, Entities = device (lights) + location (living room)

“What is the current thermostat temperature?” → Intent = query setting, Entity = device (thermostat)

“Lower the temperature of the thermostat by five degrees.” → Intent = change setting, Entity = device (thermostat)

Breakdown:

Intents needed:

Change setting intent (D): Covers actions like turning devices on/off, lowering temperature.

Query setting intent (E): Covers questions about current state, like “What is the thermostat temperature?”

Entities needed:

Device entity (F): Identifies devices such as lights and thermostat .

Why not the others:

A. a location intent → Location (like “living room”) should be modeled as an entity, not an intent.

B. a change setting entity → Change setting is an action (intent), not an entity.

C. a device intent → Devices are entities, not intents.

Correct Answer:

D. a change setting intent

E. a query setting intent

F. a device entity

Microsoft References

Intents and entities in CLU

CLU model design best practices