Escapade!
An interactive fiction by Juhana Leinonen (2008) - the Inform 7 source text
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Oiling it with is an action applying to one thing and one carried thing.
Understand "oil [something] with [something]" as oiling it with.
Understand "oil [something]" as oiling it with.
Understand the command "lubricate" as "oil".
Rule for supplying a missing second noun while oiling:
if the player can see the motor oil:
change the second noun to the motor oil;
otherwise:
say "You don't have anything to oil [it-them of the noun] with." instead.
Check oiling it with:
if the second noun is not the motor oil:
say "[The second noun] is not lubricant enough." instead.
Carry out oiling it with:
try pouring the motor oil on the noun instead.