pyswip_helpers.py

def handle_utterance_str(text) :
    if text[0] != "'" and text[0] != '"' :
        text = f'"{text}"'
    
    text = text.replace('"', '\"')
    text = text.replace("'", '\"')
    return "handle_utterance(1,{},Output)".format(text)

def escape_and_call_prolexa(text) :
    libPrefix = "prolexa:"
    
    return pl.query(libPrefix + handle_utterance_str(text))

#out = pl.query("prolexa:handle_utterance(1,\"Peter is mortal\",Output)", catcherrors=True)
#

out = escape_and_call_prolexa('"Peter is mortal"')
list(out)