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Should a particle that is also a credential (vd, mc) count in a credential run after a comma? #554
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A third place asks the same question. PR #567 (#563) adds a check of whether a word in front of paired initials after a comma makes them a credential. Only an unambiguous suffix word that is not also a title counts.
vdandmcpass that check, so they count:text PR #567 García Márquez, G.J.given G.J., familyGarcía Márquez, reportssuffix-or-nameGarcía Márquez, Ms G.J.title Ms, givenG.J.(a title doesn't count)García Márquez, PhD G.J.given García, familyMárquez, suffixPhD G.J.(the degree counts)García Márquez, vd G.J.given García, familyMárquez, suffixvd G.J., no reportGarcía Márquez, mc G.J./Mc G.J.the same as vd G.J.The surname is split with no report, which is #563's own defect. It sits with this issue's option (a): C1's run test counts
vd/mcas suffix words, and #567's check reads the same words the run test collected. Under (b), the shared "has a live name reading" predicate would answer this third check too, sovd G.J.would keep the family comma. That part matchesMs G.J., but wherevdthen lands is P6's call, not measured here. The fix is in_segment.py's paired-initials check, next to the #544 run test. Found by the/simplifyreview on #567 and left out of that PR because it changes behavior.
#544 gave two rules the same question to answer, can this suffix word stand in a credential run?, and they answer it differently for the two words that are both particles and unambiguous suffix vocabulary,
vdandmc._segment.py) counts them as suffix words._pieces._anchors) excludes them, because a particle chains onto the name after it (rules.md#P2). The anchor exclusion was added on PR fix(#544): a credential run keeps its ambiguous members #552 afterSmith vd Ma, Johnlost the contiguity of its family name.So the same words read differently depending on the path:
John Smith, vd MaJohn Smith vd MaJohn Smith vd Mavd Ma, reportedJohn Smith, PhD vd MaPhD, middleMa, suffixvdPhD, middlevd MaPhD vd Ma, reportedJan Smith PhD vd MaPhD vd Mavd Mavd MaDoe, Jane PhD vd MaMa, suffixPhD vdvd Ma, silentvd Ma, silentJohn Smith, vdvdvdvd(
Mcreads the same way asvd.)With a comma,
vd Mais a credential run; without one, the same two words are a family name. The last row shows why the comma reading isn't simply wrong:vdalone after a comma has always read as a suffix.The question: after a comma, should a particle that is also a suffix word (a) count in the run, as today, so
John Smith, vd Mais a credential; or (b) end the run as it ends the anchor, so the part reads as the listing form?(b) makes one predicate answer both questions: whether a word "has a live name reading" would decide both C1's run membership and the anchor. The cost is that
John Smith, vd Mareturns to master's familyJohn Smith vd Ma, a one-word listing-form part with no given name.Aside:
Doe, Jane PhD vd Maputsvd Mainmiddlewithout any report, on both master and #552. Whichever way this is decided, that silence deserves a look.