certain words will not work with sets and maps

I tested your bot, and it has another script "aiml" that is responding to the question before your new script.

The pattern in the script is "[can who how is how do does] *", you should move this script down in priority, or change the pattern, or merge the scripts.

2018-11-05 16:09:40.143 - FINE -- Language:SCRIPT - <888725 {aiml} a:1,c:0,p> - <979688 {is joe a living thing?} a:1,c:0>
2018-11-05 16:09:40.143 - FINE -- Language:PATTERN MATCH - <295716 Pattern("[can who how is how do does] *") a:1,c:0,p> - <929817 a living thing a:1,c:0,p> 
2018-11-05 16:09:40.143 - FINE -- Language:Template is template formula - <790096 {Template("{random (Template("i do not have the answer {Date.printAIMLDate(Date.timestamp(), "%I", "+6", "es_US")} o clock"), Template("I do not know the answer to your question it is{Date.printAIMLDate(Date.timestamp(), "%I", "+6", "es_US")} o clock"))}")} Template("{random (Template("i do not have the answer {Date.printAIMLDate(Date.timestamp(), "%I", "+6", "es_US")} o clock"), Template("I do not know the answer to your question it is{Date.printAIMLDate(Date.timestamp(), "%I", "+6", "es_US")} o clock"))}") a:1,c:0,p> 2018-11-05 16:09:40.144 - FINE -- Language:State processing time - 3 2018-11-05 16:09:40.144 - FINE -- Language:Sentence understood - <979592 is joe a living thing? a:1,c:0> - <953210 I do not know the answer to your question it is4 o clock a:1,c:0> 
2018-11-05 16:09:40.144 - FINE -- Language:Question known response - <953210 I do not know the answer to your question it is4 o clock a:1,c:0>
2018-11-05 16:09:40.145 - INFO -- Language:Response - <953210 I do not know the answer to your question it is4 o clock a:1,c:0> - <112841 {Admin} a:1,c:0> - <979552 a:1,c:0>

i merged it with my living thing script and it still does not work.[can who how is how do does] part of the aiml script handles questions it does not know the answer to.

I do not know why that would interfere with my living thing aiml script.Because it did not do that before. 

The pattern "[can who how is how do does] *" will match "is joe a living thing", so you need to either move that script to the bottom, or move the other script to the top.

I did that to Sheila bing my chatbot.sheila bing is under entertainment in the search.

I tested your bot, and the issue is that you had set "a living thing" and "living thing" as compound words. This caused it to match your * pattern before the living thing pattern.

I fixed the issue by removing the compound words.

I also found an invalid category in your script,

<category>
<srai>what hour is it</srai> 
<pattern>*</pattern>
<template>wait here.walks away down the hallway.comes back 30 minutes.here is your <star/> on a tray.</template>
</category>

"srai" is not a valid tag, perhaps you meant "that"?

We will investigate the pattern issue with compound words.

thankyou but I did not realize I had set a living thing and living thing as compound words.i must have accidently set them as compound words.

did you fix the pattern issue with compound words.because some parts of my aiml script won't work without it

how would I edit words I made into compound words accidently when working with sets and maps?

I will be waiting for that fix.