The behavior seems to be much-much better after I added the entities step to my “other” story, thanks!
- story: Ask Attraction Open - Not Recognized with entity and other slot
steps:
- entities:
- AttractionName: Lorem Ipsum
intent: ask_attraction_open
- slot_was_set:
- AttractionName: __other__
- action: utter_ask_attraction_open_not_recognized