Optional conditions?

Configuration
1

I come from a Control4 background and in Control4 I can nest IFs. An example

If motion not detected
→ turn off light
If TV on
→ turn off TV

This essentially says when motion not detected turn off the light… optionally also turn off the TV if it is on.

So I have this existing automation and I want to put in a similar conditional that says if the TV is also on, turn it off without having to create a whole separate CHOOSE section. Is this possible? Or am I creating a third Choose?

alias: Front Parlor Occupancy Monitor
description: ''
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.front_parlor_foyer_occupancy_monitors
    id: state
  - platform: event
    event_type: timer.finished
    event_data:
      entity_id: timer.front_parlor_occupancy_timer
    id: timer
condition: []
action:
  - choose:
      - conditions:
          - condition: state
            entity_id: binary_sensor.front_parlor_foyer_occupancy_monitors
            state: 'on'
          - condition: state
            entity_id: timer.front_parlor_occupancy_timer
            state: active
          - condition: trigger
            id: state
        sequence:
          - service: timer.cancel
            data: {}
            target:
              entity_id: timer.front_parlor_occupancy_timer
      - conditions:
          - condition: state
            entity_id: binary_sensor.front_parlor_foyer_occupancy_monitors
            state: 'off'
          - condition: state
            entity_id: timer.front_parlor_occupancy_timer
            state: idle
          - condition: trigger
            id: state
        sequence:
          - service: timer.start
            data: {}
            target:
              entity_id: timer.front_parlor_occupancy_timer
      - conditions:
          - condition: trigger
            id: timer
        sequence:
          - service: rest_command.deshler_front_parlor_unoccupied
            data: {}
    default: []
mode: single
2

You could have an entirely separate choose block that turns it off if it’s on.

Oh, and you can nest both choose and if.

3

Note my request to NOT have a separate choose block. I understand how to do that.

How does nesting choose and if work as Google and the docs haven’t turned anything up?

4

You put the nested choose inside the sequence. Just like you would in a script sequence or action section of an automation.

5

Are there syntax examples somewhere?

6

All you need is an example of a choose

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7

Ok, I see what you’re after. I think the easy answer here is yes you can do it, but it isn’t significantly easier/less code than a separate choose block so I might as well copypasta a new choose block and add a condition. Thanks!