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  "id": 667001,
  "title": "Lines with Apostrophes",
  "url": "/competitions/deep-past-initiative-machine-translation/discussion/667001",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2026-01-10T11:45:53.623024100Z",
  "votes": 6,
  "comment_count": 1,
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  "content": "<p>The guide says:</p>\n<blockquote>\n  <p>Lastly, it is important to note that there are modern scribal notations that accompany the text in transliteration and translation. The first of these include line numbers. These are typically numbered 1, 5, 10, 15, etc. However, if there are any broken lines, the line numbers will have an apostrophe immediately following (‘), and if there is a second set of broken lines, the line numbers will have two trailing apostrophes (‘’). These are not quotation marks, but a scribal convention editors sometimes use in publication.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>How should we handle that situation when it occurs? This part of the text-processing is missing. <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/deeppast\" target=\"_blank\">@deeppast</a> </p>\n<ul>\n<li>Should we add some string to the start if <strong>line_start</strong> has apostrophes?</li>\n<li>Should we add some string to the end if <strong>line_end</strong> has apostrophes?</li>\n</ul>\n<p>If yes:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>&lt;big_gap&gt;</code></li>\n<li><code>&lt;gap&gt;</code></li>\n<li><code>{n broken lines}</code></li>\n<li><code>(n broken lines)</code></li>\n<li><code>[n broken lines]</code></li>\n</ul>\n<p>What should the additional string be like?</p>",
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      "id": "3389157",
      "postDate": "01/10/2026 11:45:53",
      "content": "<p>The guide says:</p>\n<blockquote>\n  <p>Lastly, it is important to note that there are modern scribal notations that accompany the text in transliteration and translation. The first of these include line numbers. These are typically numbered 1, 5, 10, 15, etc. However, if there are any broken lines, the line numbers will have an apostrophe immediately following (‘), and if there is a second set of broken lines, the line numbers will have two trailing apostrophes (‘’). These are not quotation marks, but a scribal convention editors sometimes use in publication.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>How should we handle that situation when it occurs? This part of the text-processing is missing. <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/deeppast\" target=\"_blank\">@deeppast</a> </p>\n<ul>\n<li>Should we add some string to the start if <strong>line_start</strong> has apostrophes?</li>\n<li>Should we add some string to the end if <strong>line_end</strong> has apostrophes?</li>\n</ul>\n<p>If yes:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>&lt;big_gap&gt;</code></li>\n<li><code>&lt;gap&gt;</code></li>\n<li><code>{n broken lines}</code></li>\n<li><code>(n broken lines)</code></li>\n<li><code>[n broken lines]</code></li>\n</ul>\n<p>What should the additional string be like?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "The guide says:\n\n>Lastly, it is important to note that there are modern scribal notations that accompany the text in transliteration and translation. The first of these include line numbers. These are typically numbered 1, 5, 10, 15, etc. However, if there are any broken lines, the line numbers will have an apostrophe immediately following (‘), and if there is a second set of broken lines, the line numbers will have two trailing apostrophes (‘’). These are not quotation marks, but a scribal convention editors sometimes use in publication.\n\nHow should we handle that situation when it occurs? This part of the text-processing is missing. @deeppast \n\n- Should we add some string to the start if **line_start** has apostrophes?\n- Should we add some string to the end if **line_end** has apostrophes?\n\nIf yes:\n- `<big_gap>`\n- `<gap>`\n- `{n broken lines}`\n- `(n broken lines)`\n- `[n broken lines]`\n\nWhat should the additional string be like?",
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    {
      "id": "3390685",
      "postDate": "01/13/2026 18:20:22",
      "content": "<p>These instructions you quote here are only applicable when working with the publicaitons.csv or PDFs. The apostrophes mentioned here are only found on the line numbers, not in the text. See this example from AKT 6a, 16:</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F28748094%2F80d2af83dcc09d86addcba8dbe2c8380%2FAKT_6a_16_rev_.png?generation=1768328415103462&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "These instructions you quote here are only applicable when working with the publicaitons.csv or PDFs. The apostrophes mentioned here are only found on the line numbers, not in the text. See this example from AKT 6a, 16:\n\n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F28748094%2F80d2af83dcc09d86addcba8dbe2c8380%2FAKT_6a_16_rev_.png?generation=1768328415103462&alt=media)",
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      "id": 3390685,
      "author_name": "deeppast",
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      "post_date": "01/13/2026 18:20:22",
      "content": "<p>These instructions you quote here are only applicable when working with the publicaitons.csv or PDFs. The apostrophes mentioned here are only found on the line numbers, not in the text. See this example from AKT 6a, 16:</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F28748094%2F80d2af83dcc09d86addcba8dbe2c8380%2FAKT_6a_16_rev_.png?generation=1768328415103462&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></p>",
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    "3389157": "The guide says:\n\n>Lastly, it is important to note that there are modern scribal notations that accompany the text in transliteration and translation. The first of these include line numbers. These are typically numbered 1, 5, 10, 15, etc. However, if there are any broken lines, the line numbers will have an apostrophe immediately following (‘), and if there is a second set of broken lines, the line numbers will have two trailing apostrophes (‘’). These are not quotation marks, but a scribal convention editors sometimes use in publication.\n\nHow should we handle that situation when it occurs? This part of the text-processing is missing. @deeppast \n\n- Should we add some string to the start if **line_start** has apostrophes?\n- Should we add some string to the end if **line_end** has apostrophes?\n\nIf yes:\n- `<big_gap>`\n- `<gap>`\n- `{n broken lines}`\n- `(n broken lines)`\n- `[n broken lines]`\n\nWhat should the additional string be like?",
    "3390685": "These instructions you quote here are only applicable when working with the publicaitons.csv or PDFs. The apostrophes mentioned here are only found on the line numbers, not in the text. See this example from AKT 6a, 16:\n\n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F28748094%2F80d2af83dcc09d86addcba8dbe2c8380%2FAKT_6a_16_rev_.png?generation=1768328415103462&alt=media)"
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