{
  "id": 671453,
  "title": "About sentencealignment",
  "url": "/competitions/deep-past-initiative-machine-translation/discussion/671453",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2026-02-02T03:37:09.274424600Z",
  "votes": null,
  "comment_count": 2,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Sentences_Oare_FirstWord_LinNum is not always our first choice.there are a few mistakes.for example.transliteration  \\\n0  KIŠIB ma-nu-ba-lúm-a-šur DUMU ṣí-lá-(d)IM KIŠIB šu-(d)EN.LÍL DUMU ma-nu-ki-a-šur KIŠIB MAN-a-šur DUMU a-ta-a 0.33333 ma-na 2 GÍN KÙ.BABBAR SIG₅ i-ṣé-er PUZUR₄-a-šur DUMU a-ta-a a-lá-ḫu-um i-šu iš-tù ḫa-muš-tim ša ì-lí-dan ITU.KAM ša ke-na-tim li-mu-um e-na-sú-in a-na ITU 14 ḫa-am-ša-tim i-ša-qal šu-ma lá iš-qú-ul 1.5 GÍN.TA a-na 1 ma-na-im i-na ITU.1.KAM ṣí-ib-tám ú-ṣa-áb   </p>\n<pre><code>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           translation  \n</code></pre>\n<p>0  Seal of Mannum-balum-Aššur son of Ṣilli-Adad, seal of Šu-Illil son of Mannum-kī-Aššur, seal of Puzur-Aššur son of Ataya. Puzur-Aššur son of Ataya owes 22 shekels of good silver to Ali-ahum. Reckoned from the week of Ilī-dan, month of Ša-kēnātim, in the eponymy of Enna-Suen, he will pay in 14 weeks. If he has not paid in time, he will add interest at the rate 1.5 shekel per mina per month.  </p>\n<p>if we based  on  Sentences_Oare_FirstWord_LinNum . we should splite the first sentence like this KIŠIB ma-nu-ba-lúm-a-šur DUMU ṣí-lá-(d)IM KIŠIB šu-(d)EN.LÍL DUMU ma-nu-ki-a-šur KIŠIB MAN-a-šur DUMU a-ta-a 0.33333 . the second sentence is ma-na 2 GÍN KÙ.BABBAR SIG₅….     .but 0.3333 ma-na could not be splitted.</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "3400674",
      "postDate": "02/02/2026 03:37:09",
      "content": "<p>Sentences_Oare_FirstWord_LinNum is not always our first choice.there are a few mistakes.for example.transliteration  \\\n0  KIŠIB ma-nu-ba-lúm-a-šur DUMU ṣí-lá-(d)IM KIŠIB šu-(d)EN.LÍL DUMU ma-nu-ki-a-šur KIŠIB MAN-a-šur DUMU a-ta-a 0.33333 ma-na 2 GÍN KÙ.BABBAR SIG₅ i-ṣé-er PUZUR₄-a-šur DUMU a-ta-a a-lá-ḫu-um i-šu iš-tù ḫa-muš-tim ša ì-lí-dan ITU.KAM ša ke-na-tim li-mu-um e-na-sú-in a-na ITU 14 ḫa-am-ša-tim i-ša-qal šu-ma lá iš-qú-ul 1.5 GÍN.TA a-na 1 ma-na-im i-na ITU.1.KAM ṣí-ib-tám ú-ṣa-áb   </p>\n<pre><code>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           translation  \n</code></pre>\n<p>0  Seal of Mannum-balum-Aššur son of Ṣilli-Adad, seal of Šu-Illil son of Mannum-kī-Aššur, seal of Puzur-Aššur son of Ataya. Puzur-Aššur son of Ataya owes 22 shekels of good silver to Ali-ahum. Reckoned from the week of Ilī-dan, month of Ša-kēnātim, in the eponymy of Enna-Suen, he will pay in 14 weeks. If he has not paid in time, he will add interest at the rate 1.5 shekel per mina per month.  </p>\n<p>if we based  on  Sentences_Oare_FirstWord_LinNum . we should splite the first sentence like this KIŠIB ma-nu-ba-lúm-a-šur DUMU ṣí-lá-(d)IM KIŠIB šu-(d)EN.LÍL DUMU ma-nu-ki-a-šur KIŠIB MAN-a-šur DUMU a-ta-a 0.33333 . the second sentence is ma-na 2 GÍN KÙ.BABBAR SIG₅….     .but 0.3333 ma-na could not be splitted.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Sentences_Oare_FirstWord_LinNum is not always our first choice.there are a few mistakes.for example.transliteration  \\\n0  KIŠIB ma-nu-ba-lúm-a-šur DUMU ṣí-lá-(d)IM KIŠIB šu-(d)EN.LÍL DUMU ma-nu-ki-a-šur KIŠIB MAN-a-šur DUMU a-ta-a 0.33333 ma-na 2 GÍN KÙ.BABBAR SIG₅ i-ṣé-er PUZUR₄-a-šur DUMU a-ta-a a-lá-ḫu-um i-šu iš-tù ḫa-muš-tim ša ì-lí-dan ITU.KAM ša ke-na-tim li-mu-um e-na-sú-in a-na ITU 14 ḫa-am-ša-tim i-ša-qal šu-ma lá iš-qú-ul 1.5 GÍN.TA a-na 1 ma-na-im i-na ITU.1.KAM ṣí-ib-tám ú-ṣa-áb   \n\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               translation  \n0  Seal of Mannum-balum-Aššur son of Ṣilli-Adad, seal of Šu-Illil son of Mannum-kī-Aššur, seal of Puzur-Aššur son of Ataya. Puzur-Aššur son of Ataya owes 22 shekels of good silver to Ali-ahum. Reckoned from the week of Ilī-dan, month of Ša-kēnātim, in the eponymy of Enna-Suen, he will pay in 14 weeks. If he has not paid in time, he will add interest at the rate 1.5 shekel per mina per month.  \n\nif we based  on  Sentences_Oare_FirstWord_LinNum . we should splite the first sentence like this KIŠIB ma-nu-ba-lúm-a-šur DUMU ṣí-lá-(d)IM KIŠIB šu-(d)EN.LÍL DUMU ma-nu-ki-a-šur KIŠIB MAN-a-šur DUMU a-ta-a 0.33333 . the second sentence is ma-na 2 GÍN KÙ.BABBAR SIG₅....     .but 0.3333 ma-na could not be splitted.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3400705",
      "postDate": "02/02/2026 05:18:09",
      "content": "<p>Yes, if a sentence starts with a number, it will skip that until the next non-digit word. So to automatically spit the sentences, you need some pattern matching.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Yes, if a sentence starts with a number, it will skip that until the next non-digit word. So to automatically spit the sentences, you need some pattern matching.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3400720",
      "postDate": "02/02/2026 06:05:29",
      "content": "<p>thank you </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "thank you",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 3400705,
      "author_name": "joey111mygo",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "02/02/2026 05:18:09",
      "content": "<p>Yes, if a sentence starts with a number, it will skip that until the next non-digit word. So to automatically spit the sentences, you need some pattern matching.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 3400720,
          "author_name": "",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "02/02/2026 06:05:29",
          "content": "<p>thank you </p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    "3400674": "Sentences_Oare_FirstWord_LinNum is not always our first choice.there are a few mistakes.for example.transliteration  \\\n0  KIŠIB ma-nu-ba-lúm-a-šur DUMU ṣí-lá-(d)IM KIŠIB šu-(d)EN.LÍL DUMU ma-nu-ki-a-šur KIŠIB MAN-a-šur DUMU a-ta-a 0.33333 ma-na 2 GÍN KÙ.BABBAR SIG₅ i-ṣé-er PUZUR₄-a-šur DUMU a-ta-a a-lá-ḫu-um i-šu iš-tù ḫa-muš-tim ša ì-lí-dan ITU.KAM ša ke-na-tim li-mu-um e-na-sú-in a-na ITU 14 ḫa-am-ša-tim i-ša-qal šu-ma lá iš-qú-ul 1.5 GÍN.TA a-na 1 ma-na-im i-na ITU.1.KAM ṣí-ib-tám ú-ṣa-áb   \n\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               translation  \n0  Seal of Mannum-balum-Aššur son of Ṣilli-Adad, seal of Šu-Illil son of Mannum-kī-Aššur, seal of Puzur-Aššur son of Ataya. Puzur-Aššur son of Ataya owes 22 shekels of good silver to Ali-ahum. Reckoned from the week of Ilī-dan, month of Ša-kēnātim, in the eponymy of Enna-Suen, he will pay in 14 weeks. If he has not paid in time, he will add interest at the rate 1.5 shekel per mina per month.  \n\nif we based  on  Sentences_Oare_FirstWord_LinNum . we should splite the first sentence like this KIŠIB ma-nu-ba-lúm-a-šur DUMU ṣí-lá-(d)IM KIŠIB šu-(d)EN.LÍL DUMU ma-nu-ki-a-šur KIŠIB MAN-a-šur DUMU a-ta-a 0.33333 . the second sentence is ma-na 2 GÍN KÙ.BABBAR SIG₅....     .but 0.3333 ma-na could not be splitted.",
    "3400705": "Yes, if a sentence starts with a number, it will skip that until the next non-digit word. So to automatically spit the sentences, you need some pattern matching.",
    "3400720": "thank you"
  },
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}