Greek Question Mark Semicolon Quirk

Audit caller plain Greek punctuation and NFC-normalize U+037E to canonical semicolon question mark; semicolons are interpreted under explicit Greek context, not automatically identified in mixed-language text.

Description

Greek question-mark code point U+037E is canonically equivalent to a semicolon.

Greek question-mark code point U+037E is canonically equivalent to a semicolon. Interpreting semicolons as questions requires the caller’s Greek context.^{[1, 2]}

Enter plain Greek-context text. Return NFC text, normalized semicolon question-mark count and original literal U+037E count.

When to use Greek Question Mark Semicolon Quirk

Use Greek Question Mark Semicolon Quirk when you need to evaluate the supplied records under the calculation and evidence rules below. Other NFC changes also apply. Semicolons in mixed-language text are not automatically disambiguated.

Prepare explicit text tokens, annotated language observations, caller mappings or a supported locale as requested. Preserve source evidence and the stated Unicode counting convention.

How to use Greek Question Mark Semicolon Quirk and understand its results

Prepare explicit text tokens, annotated language observations, caller mappings or a supported locale as requested. Preserve source evidence and the stated Unicode counting convention.
Enter greekPlainText using the field table and calculation rules, then run the tool.
Read canonicalSemicolonQuestionMarkText, observedQuestionMarkCount, literalGreekQuestionMarkCodePointCount. The explanation below defines the units, signs, ordering and any flags or placeholder values.
If the tool reports an input issue, correct the values and run it again. Apply the stated assumptions when interpreting a successfully returned result.

Input field	Meaning	Value type; see rules below	Requirement
greekPlainText	Greek plain text	string	Required

Enter plain Greek-context text. Return NFC text, normalized semicolon question-mark count and original literal U+037E count.

NFC maps U+037E to U+003B; count original native and normalized semicolon marks

Units, indexing, boundary conditions and exceptional cases are defined in the calculation rules above.

Output field	Meaning	Value type
canonicalSemicolonQuestionMarkText	Canonical semicolon question mark text	string
observedQuestionMarkCount	Observed question mark count	number
literalGreekQuestionMarkCodePointCount	Literal greek question mark code point count	number

json

{
  "input": {
    "greekPlainText": "Πώς; ναι;"
  },
  "output": {
    "canonicalSemicolonQuestionMarkText": "Πώς; ναι;",
    "observedQuestionMarkCount": 2,
    "literalGreekQuestionMarkCodePointCount": 1
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

Other NFC changes also apply. Semicolons in mixed-language text are not automatically disambiguated.

Numeric inputs, where present, must be finite. Follow the calculation-specific rules for overflow, underflow and exceptional cases. Extremely large text inputs are rejected. Missing required fields, extra fields, wrong value types and violations of the calculation rules are input errors.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Use Spanish Inverted Punctuation Placement Rule: Spanish inverted punctuation can be checked for structural pairing. Balanced marks do not identify the grammatical scope of a question or exclamation. For a complementary task, use French Space-Before-Punctuation Rule: French punctuation spacing follows a declared style and region. Nonbreaking and narrow nonbreaking spaces have different layout behavior.

Further background: Unicode Normalization Forms.

References

Greek Question Mark Semicolon Quirk — tool.io
Unicode Normalization Forms — Unicode Consortium

Similar or alternative tools

Spanish Inverted Punctuation Placement Rule
Spanish inverted punctuation can be checked for structural pairing. Balanced marks do not identify the grammatical scope of a question or exclamation.
French Space-Before-Punctuation Rule
French punctuation spacing follows a declared style and region. Nonbreaking and narrow nonbreaking spaces have different layout behavior.