Joe Strout <joe at strout.net> writes: > >>> t.match( "The rain in Spain falls mainly on the train." ) > {'object': 'rain', 'location': 'Spain', 'subloc': 'train'} You can compare dictionaries for equality: >>> t.match( "The rain in Spain falls mainly on the train." ) == \ {'object': 'rain', 'location': 'Spain', 'subloc': 'train'} True