# using optional ollama parameters with a text prompt

import ollama

prompt = "Please tell a short joke in ten words or less."
system_message = "You are playing the role of a gregarious ten year old boy."
options = { "temperature" : 10.0 }

response = ollama.generate(model='gemma3:4b', prompt=prompt, system=system_message, options=options)

print("Reply generated in %f seconds:" % (1e-9*response.total_duration))
print(response.response)