I wanted to try my hand at making a neural net kinda thingy

neuralnet.py

from __future__ import print_function
import sys,random

# http://stackoverflow.com/a/31505798
import re
caps = "([A-Z])"
prefixes = "(Mr|St|Mrs|Ms|Dr)[.]"
suffixes = "(Inc|Ltd|Jr|Sr|Co)"
starters = "(Mr|Mrs|Ms|Dr|He\s|She\s|It\s|They\s|Their\s|Our\s|We\s|But\s|However\s|That\s|This\s|Wherever)"
acronyms = "([A-Z][.][A-Z][.](?:[A-Z][.])?)"
websites = "[.](com|net|org|io|gov)"

def split_into_sentences(text):
    text = " " + text + "  "
    text = text.replace("\n"," ")
    text = re.sub(prefixes,"\\1<prd>",text)
    text = re.sub(websites,"<prd>\\1",text)
    if "Ph.D" in text: text = text.replace("Ph.D.","Ph<prd>D<prd>")
    text = re.sub("\s" + caps + "[.] "," \\1<prd> ",text)
    text = re.sub(acronyms+" "+starters,"\\1<stop> \\2",text)
    text = re.sub(caps + "[.]" + caps + "[.]" + caps + "[.]","\\1<prd>\\2<prd>\\3<prd>",text)
    text = re.sub(caps + "[.]" + caps + "[.]","\\1<prd>\\2<prd>",text)
    text = re.sub(" "+suffixes+"[.] "+starters," \\1<stop> \\2",text)
    text = re.sub(" "+suffixes+"[.]"," \\1<prd>",text)
    text = re.sub(" " + caps + "[.]"," \\1<prd>",text)
    if "”" in text: text = text.replace(".”","”.")
    if "\"" in text: text = text.replace(".\"","\".")
    if "!" in text: text = text.replace("!\"","\"!")
    if "?" in text: text = text.replace("?\"","\"?")
    text = text.replace(".",".<stop>")
    text = text.replace("?","?<stop>")
    text = text.replace("!","!<stop>")
    text = text.replace("<prd>",".")
    sentences = text.split("<stop>")
    sentences = sentences[:-1]
    sentences = [s.strip() for s in sentences]
    return sentences
# end stackoverflow

outp = {}
with open(sys.argv[1]) as f:
    for sentence in split_into_sentences(f.read()):
        words = sentence.split()
        for i, word in enumerate(words):
            if not word in outp:
                outp[word] = []
            if i+1 < len(words):
                outp[word].append(words[i+1])

seed = random.choice(outp.keys())
for i in xrange(1,10000 if not len(sys.argv) > 2 else int(sys.argv[2])):
    print("{}".format(seed), end=" ")
    if not outp[seed]:
        seed = random.choice(outp.keys())
    else:
        seed = random.choice(outp[seed])