Some Lines of Data

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To better illustrate the following examples, it will help to have some data that contains sentence-length strings.

You will note the presence of a few movie lines to make the examples interesting, along with the the characters and movies associated with these examples.

Run the mutation provided here, and then continue to the next lesson.

mutation addBestLines {
  addPerson(input: [
    { xid: "ironman", name: "Tony Stark" }
    { xid: "rescue", name: "Pepper Potts" }
    { xid: "hulk", name: "Bruce Banner" }
    { xid: "fury", name: "Nick Fury" }
    { xid: "warmachine", name: "James Rhodes" }
    { xid: "thor", name: "Thor" }
    { xid: "darcy", name: "Darcy Lewis" }
    { xid: "captainamerica", name: "Steve Rogers" }
    { xid: "carter", name: "Peggy Carter" }
    { xid: "loki", name: "Loki Laufeyson" }
    { xid: "blackwidow", name: "Natasha Romanoff" }
    { xid: "falcon", name: "Sam Wilson" }
    { xid: "starlord", name: "Peter Quill" }
    { xid: "groot", name: "Groot" }
    { xid: "drax", name: "Drax" }
    { xid: "hawkeye", name: "Clint Barton" }
    { xid: "antman", name: "Scott Lang" }
    { xid: "luis", name: "Luis" }
    { xid: "tchalla", name: "T'Challa" }
    { xid: "drstrange", name: "Stephen Vincent Strange" }
    { xid: "wong", name: "Wong" }
    { xid: "yondu", name: "Yondu Udonta" }
    { xid: "rocket", name: "89P13" }
    { xid: "spiderman", name: "Peter Parker" }
    { xid: "captainmarvel", name: "Carol Danvers" }
  ]) { numUids }
  addMovie(input: [
    {
      name: "Iron Man"
      released: "2008-04-30"
      lines: [
        {line: "I am Iron Man.", by: { xid: "ironman" }}
        {line: "I do anything and everything that Mr. Stark requires — including occasionally taking out the trash.", by: { xid: "rescue" }}
      ]
    }
    {
      name: "The Incredible Hulk"
      released: "2008-06-13"
      lines: [
        {line: "Hulk smash!", by: { xid: "hulk" }}
      ]
    }
    {
      name: "Iron Man 2"
      released: "2010-04-28"
      lines: [
        {line: "Sir, I’m going to have to ask you to exit the donut.", by: { xid: "fury" }, to: { xid: "ironman" }}
        {line: "Look, it’s me, I’m here, deal with it. Let’s move on.", by: { xid: "warmachine" }, to: { xid: "ironman" }}
      ]
    }
    {
      name: "Thor"
      released: "2011-04-27"
      lines: [
        {line: "This drink, I like it. Another!", by: { xid: "thor" }}
        {line: "Mew-mew? What’s mew-mew?", by: { xid: "darcy" }}
        {line: "Does he need CPR? Because I totally know CPR.",  by: { xid: "darcy" }}
      ]
    }
    {
      name: "Captain America: The First Avenger"
      released: "2011-06-22"
      lines: [
        {line: "I don’t want to kill anyone. I don’t like bullies. I don’t care where they’re from.", by: { xid: "captainamerica" }}
        {line: "I can do this all day.", by: { xid: "captainamerica" }}
        {line: "I’m gonna need a rain check on that dance.", by: { xid: "captainamerica" }}
        {line: "I’m just a kid from Brooklyn.", by: { xid: "captainamerica" }}
      ]
    }
    {
      name: "The Avengers"
      released: "2012-04-25"
      lines: [
        {line: "That’s my secret, Captain. I’m always angry.", by: { xid: "hulk" }}
        {line: "We have a Hulk.", by: { xid: "ironman" }}
        {line: "There’s only one God, ma’am, and I’m pretty sure he doesn’t dress like that.", by: { xid: "captainamerica" }}
        {line: "He’s adopted.", by: { xid: "thor" }}
        {line: "Puny god.", by: { xid: "hulk" }}
        {line: "Doth mother know you weareth her drapes?", by: { xid: "ironman" }}
        {line: "I understand that the council has made a decision, but given that it’s a stupid-ass decision, I’ve elected to ignore it.", by: { xid: "fury" }}
        {line: "It’s good to meet you, Dr. Banner. Your work on anti-electron collisions is unparalleled. And I’m a huge fan of the way you lose control and turn into an enormous green rage monster.", by: { xid: "ironman" }}
      ]
    }
    {
      name: "Iron Man 3"
      released: "2013-04-24"
      lines: [
        {line: "Oh my God, that was really violent.", by: { xid: "rescue" }}
        {line: "You’re in a relationship with me. Everything will never be okay.", by: { xid: "ironman" }}
      ]
    }
  ]) { numUids }
}

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