diff --git a/current_goal.txt b/current_goal.txt
index 81e4fc7..a1bb8ca 100644
--- a/current_goal.txt
+++ b/current_goal.txt
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ sitting in a tavern by a fireplace
 
 
 Comprehend the sentence "My name is ${name}"
- - Figure out that we're assigning a value
-   - Figure out what values we're assigning
  - Transfer statement eval
 
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/studiorailgun/conversation/evaluators/transfer/TransferEval.java b/src/main/java/org/studiorailgun/conversation/evaluators/transfer/TransferEval.java
index a10f155..11ac126 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/studiorailgun/conversation/evaluators/transfer/TransferEval.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/studiorailgun/conversation/evaluators/transfer/TransferEval.java
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 package org.studiorailgun.conversation.evaluators.transfer;
 
+import org.studiorailgun.Globals;
 import org.studiorailgun.conversation.evaluators.query.NounStack;
 import org.studiorailgun.conversation.parser.NLPDependencies;
 import org.studiorailgun.conversation.parser.PennTreebankTagSet;
 import org.studiorailgun.conversation.tracking.Conversation;
 import org.studiorailgun.conversation.tracking.Quote;
 import org.studiorailgun.conversation.tracking.Sentence;
+import org.studiorailgun.knowledge.KnowledgeWeb;
+import org.studiorailgun.knowledge.query.NodePropQuery;
 
 import edu.stanford.nlp.ling.IndexedWord;
 import edu.stanford.nlp.semgraph.SemanticGraph;
@@ -71,7 +74,7 @@ public class TransferEval {
         SemanticGraph graph = sentence.getGraph();
         IndexedWord verb = NLPDependencies.getCopular(graph);
         if(PennTreebankTagSet.isBe(verb.tag())){
-            TransferEval.evaluateEquivalenceStatement(conversation, quote, sentence, noun1, noun2);
+            TransferEval.evaluateAssignmentStatement(conversation, quote, sentence, noun1, noun2);
         } else {
             throw new Error("Unsupported verb type! " + graph);
         }
@@ -83,8 +86,14 @@ public class TransferEval {
      * @param quote The quote
      * @param sentence The sentence
      */
-    private static void evaluateEquivalenceStatement(Conversation conversation, Quote quote, Sentence sentence, NounStack noun1, NounStack noun2){
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Need to actually perform the equivalence transforms in the knowledge web!");
+    private static void evaluateAssignmentStatement(Conversation conversation, Quote quote, Sentence sentence, NounStack noun1, NounStack noun2){
+        //if there is no node with this name already, create one
+        System.out.println(sentence.getGraph());
+        String noun1RootText = noun1.getIndexedWord().originalText();
+        if(NodePropQuery.byName(noun1RootText).size() < 1){
+            Globals.web.createNode(noun1RootText);
+        }
+
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/studiorailgun/conversation/parser/PennTreebankTagSet.java b/src/main/java/org/studiorailgun/conversation/parser/PennTreebankTagSet.java
index d8fac6e..f5be28f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/studiorailgun/conversation/parser/PennTreebankTagSet.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/studiorailgun/conversation/parser/PennTreebankTagSet.java
@@ -79,4 +79,21 @@ public class PennTreebankTagSet {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Checks if this tag is a proper noun or not
+     * @param tag The tag
+     * @return true if it is a proper noun, false otherwise
+     */
+    public static boolean isProperNoun(String tag){
+        switch(tag){
+            case "NP":
+            case "NPS": {
+                return true;
+            }
+            default: {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/studiorailgun/knowledge/KnowledgeWeb.java b/src/main/java/org/studiorailgun/knowledge/KnowledgeWeb.java
index 3e8a02c..67f49a8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/studiorailgun/knowledge/KnowledgeWeb.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/studiorailgun/knowledge/KnowledgeWeb.java
@@ -335,4 +335,15 @@ public class KnowledgeWeb {
         return anchors;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates a new node
+     * @param name The name of the node
+     * @return The node
+     */
+    public Node createNode(String name){
+        Node node = new Node(name);
+        this.nodes.put(node.getId(), node);
+        return node;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/studiorailgun/knowledge/query/NodePropQuery.java b/src/main/java/org/studiorailgun/knowledge/query/NodePropQuery.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e854949
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/studiorailgun/knowledge/query/NodePropQuery.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package org.studiorailgun.knowledge.query;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import org.studiorailgun.Globals;
+import org.studiorailgun.knowledge.Node;
+
+/**
+ * Get a node by a property of the node
+ */
+public class NodePropQuery {
+    
+
+    /**
+     * Gets all nodes in the web with a given name
+     * @param name The name of the node
+     * @return The list of nodes in the web that have that name
+     */
+    public static List<Node> byName(String name){
+        return Globals.web.getNodes().stream().filter(node -> node.getName().equals(name)).collect(Collectors.toList());
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/studiorailgun/AssignmentTransferTests.java b/src/test/java/org/studiorailgun/AssignmentTransferTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..592ace4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/studiorailgun/AssignmentTransferTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package org.studiorailgun;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.studiorailgun.conversation.ConvAI;
+
+/**
+ * Test assigning values via transfer statements
+ */
+public class AssignmentTransferTests {
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testTransferName(){
+        // Globals.init("./data/webs/test/web.json");
+        // ConvAI.simFrame("My name is John.");
+    }
+
+}