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That seems less like a reasoning issue and more an issue of building up an ASCII chart in a single pass. I doubt most humans would be able to accomplish that. To demonstrate this a bit, I asked for HP's family tree as JSON, suitable for use in a charting library, and this is what it came up with: --- {
"nodes": [
{ "id": "Harry Potter" },
{ "id": "Ginny Weasley" },
{ "id": "James Potter" },
{ "id": "Lily Potter (née Evans)" },
{ "id": "Arthur Weasley" },
{ "id": "Molly Weasley (née Prewett)" },
{ "id": "Fleamont Potter" },
{ "id": "Euphemia Potter" },
{ "id": "Mr. Evans" },
{ "id": "Mrs. Evans" },
{ "id": "Vernon Dursley" },
{ "id": "Petunia Dursley (née Evans)" },
{ "id": "Dudley Dursley" },
{ "id": "James Sirius Potter" },
{ "id": "Albus Severus Potter" },
{ "id": "Lily Luna Potter" }
],
"links": [
{ "source": "Harry Potter", "target": "James Potter" },
{ "source": "Harry Potter", "target": "Lily Potter (née Evans)" },
{ "source": "Ginny Weasley", "target": "Arthur Weasley" },
{ "source": "Ginny Weasley", "target": "Molly Weasley (née Prewett)" },
{ "source": "James Potter", "target": "Fleamont Potter" },
{ "source": "James Potter", "target": "Euphemia Potter" },
{ "source": "Lily Potter (née Evans)", "target": "Mr. Evans" },
{ "source": "Lily Potter (née Evans)", "target": "Mrs. Evans" },
{ "source": "Petunia Dursley (née Evans)", "target": "Mr. Evans" },
{ "source": "Petunia Dursley (née Evans)", "target": "Mrs. Evans" },
{ "source": "Vernon Dursley", "target": "Petunia Dursley (née Evans)" },
{ "source": "Dudley Dursley", "target": "Vernon Dursley" },
{ "source": "Dudley Dursley", "target": "Petunia Dursley (née Evans)" },
{ "source": "James Sirius Potter", "target": "Harry Potter" },
{ "source": "James Sirius Potter", "target": "Ginny Weasley" },
{ "source": "Albus Severus Potter", "target": "Harry Potter" },
{ "source": "Albus Severus Potter", "target": "Ginny Weasley" },
{ "source": "Lily Luna Potter", "target": "Harry Potter" },
{ "source": "Lily Luna Potter", "target": "Ginny Weasley" }
]
} --- Sorry about HN formatting, but you get the idea. This looks fairly accurate to me. What about this demonstrates less "reasoning" then turning it into an ASCII chart? |