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Should j nee smith read like J NEE SMITH? A lowercase single letter isn't an initial in a one-case name #723
In a name written entirely in one case, the writing says nothing about any letter in it, so the all-lowercase and all-caps spellings should parse alike. For single letters they don't. A bare capital is tagged as an initial; a bare lowercase letter is not, except v, i and x (#721) and the marked connectives e and i (P3). Every rule that consults the initial tag then reads the two spellings differently:
>>>parse("j nee smith") # family 'j' -- M4: the lone word before a marker is the family...>>>parse("J NEE SMITH") # given 'J' -- ...unless it is an initial>>>parse("j") # given 'j', reports given-or-family>>>parse("J") # given 'J', no report (O5 is silenced by an initial)>>>parse("jose j y lopez") # given 'jose', family 'j y lopez'>>>parse("JOSE J Y LOPEZ") # given 'JOSE', middle 'J Y', family 'LOPEZ'>>>parse("smith, j y lopez") # given 'j y lopez'>>>parse("SMITH, J Y LOPEZ") # given 'J', middle 'Y LOPEZ'
These read the same on master before #721, so this isn't a regression. #721 closed the gap for the roman-numeral letters only, the ones that issue was about. An ordinary middle initial already agrees (john b smith / JOHN B SMITH both give middle b).
Proposed: in a one-case name, tag a bare single cased letter as an initial whenever its capital would be, so the lowercase spelling reads as the capitals do. The invariant test test_a_one_case_name_reads_as_its_capitals (tests/v2/test_properties.py) would extend from numerals to every letter.
To settle before implementing:
Will tests move? A prototype during Read a one-case one-letter numeral as its capital does (#721) #722's review moved readings and failed two tests, one of them test_a_word_after_the_maiden_marker_reads_as_plain_vocabulary. Measure which readings move and whether each is wanted.
Connectives: how a letter that is also a connective (y, e, i) interacts with P3's both-ways marking.
Activity
Describe the one-case single-letter question as what it is, and point…
Read a one-case one-letter numeral as its capital does (#721) (#722)
Read a one-case bare letter as the initial its capital is (#723) (#726)
Ask the maiden take's numeral candidates the one-case fact (#731) (#732)