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Section of Helping Someone (so that "mum, help me" works)

Helping is an action applying to one visible thing.

Understand "help [something]" as helping.

Check helping:

if the noun is not a person:

say "You can only help somebody an animate thing." instead;

Carry out helping:

if the noun is the player:

say "You don't need help right now.";

otherwise:

say "It looks like [the noun] can't use help right now."