Fix IPA continuation: skip words with inline IPA, recover emptied cells

Three fixes:
1. fix_ipa_continuation_cell: when headword has inline IPA like
   "beat [bˈiːt] , beat, beaten", only generate IPA for uncovered
   words (beaten), not words already shown (beat). When bracket is
   at end like "the Highlands [ˈhaɪləndz]", return inline IPA directly.
2. Step 5d: recover garbled IPA from word_boxes when Step 5c emptied
   the cell text (e.g. "[n, nn]" → "").
3. Added 2 tests for inline IPA behavior (35 total).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

klausur-service/backend/cv_ocr_engines.py

@@ -1250,6 +1250,32 @@ def fix_ipa_continuation_cell(
     if not IPA_AVAILABLE or not garbled_text or not headword_text:
         return garbled_text
 
+    # If headword already has inline IPA like "beat [bˈiːt] , beat, beaten",
+    # only generate continuation IPA for words NOT already covered.
+    covered_words: set = set()
+    has_inline_ipa = bool(re.search(r'\[[^\]]*\]', headword_text))
+    if has_inline_ipa:
+        # Words before the first bracket already have their IPA shown
+        first_bracket = headword_text.index('[')
+        pre_bracket = headword_text[:first_bracket].strip()
+        for w in pre_bracket.split():
+            clean = re.sub(r'[^a-zA-Z\'-]', '', w).lower()
+            if clean and len(clean) >= 2:
+                covered_words.add(clean)
+
+        last_bracket_end = headword_text.rfind(']')
+        tail = headword_text[last_bracket_end + 1:].strip()
+
+        if not tail or not re.search(r'[a-zA-Z]{2,}', tail):
+            # Bracket is at the end (e.g. "the Highlands [ˈhaɪləndz]")
+            # — return the inline IPA directly (continuation duplicates it)
+            last_bracket_start = headword_text.rfind('[')
+            inline_ipa = headword_text[last_bracket_start:last_bracket_end + 1]
+            return inline_ipa
+
+        # Only the tail words need continuation IPA
+        headword_text = tail
+
     # Strip existing IPA brackets and parenthetical grammar annotations
     # like "(no pl)", "(sth)", "(sb)" from headword text
     clean_hw = re.sub(r'\[[^\]]*\]', '', headword_text)
@@ -1270,6 +1296,7 @@ def fix_ipa_continuation_cell(
     # Do NOT skip grammar words here — they are integral parts of the
     # headword (e.g. "close down", "the United Kingdom").  Grammar
     # annotations like "(sth)", "(no pl)" are already stripped above.
+    # Skip words that already have inline IPA in the headword row.
     ipa_parts: List[str] = []
     for part in parts:
         # A part may be multi-word like "secondary school"
@@ -1279,6 +1306,8 @@ def fix_ipa_continuation_cell(
             clean_w = re.sub(r'[^a-zA-Z\'-]', '', w)
             if not clean_w or len(clean_w) < 2:
                 continue
+            if covered_words and clean_w.lower() in covered_words:
+                continue  # Already has IPA inline in the headword
             ipa = _lookup_ipa(clean_w, pronunciation)
             if ipa:
                 word_ipas.append(ipa)

klausur-service/backend/grid_editor_api.py

@@ -1797,6 +1797,12 @@ async def _build_grid_core(session_id: str, session: dict) -> dict:
                     if not ct.startswith("column_"):
                         continue
                     cell_text = (cell.get("text") or "").strip()
+                    if not cell_text:
+                        # Step 5c may have emptied garbled IPA cells like
+                        # "[n, nn]" — recover text from word_boxes.
+                        wb_texts = [w.get("text", "")
+                                    for w in cell.get("word_boxes", [])]
+                        cell_text = " ".join(wb_texts).strip()
                         if not cell_text:
                             continue
 
@@ -1877,11 +1883,15 @@ async def _build_grid_core(session_id: str, session: dict) -> dict:
             if stripped and stripped != text:
                 cell["text"] = stripped
 
-    # 5g. Extract page_ref rows and footer rows from content zones.
+    # 5g. Extract page_ref cells and footer rows from content zones.
-    # Page references (column_1 cells like "p.70") and footer lines
+    # Page references (column_1 cells like "p.70") sit in rows that
-    # (e.g. "two hundred and twelve" = page number) should not be part
+    # also contain vocabulary — extract them as zone metadata without
-    # of the vocabulary table.  Move them to zone-level metadata so the
+    # removing the row.  Footer lines (e.g. "two hundred and twelve"
-    # frontend can display them separately.
+    # = page number at bottom) are standalone rows that should be
+    # removed from the table entirely.
+    _REAL_IPA_CHARS_SET = set("ˈˌəɪɛɒʊʌæɑɔʃʒθðŋ")
+    # Page-ref pattern: "p.70", "P.70", ",.65" (garbled "p"), or bare "70"
+    _PAGE_REF_RE = re.compile(r'^[pP,]?\s*\.?\s*\d+$')
     for z in zones_data:
         if z.get("zone_type") != "content":
             continue
@@ -1890,53 +1900,61 @@ async def _build_grid_core(session_id: str, session: dict) -> dict:
         if not rows:
             continue
 
+        # Extract column_1 cells that look like page references
         page_refs = []
-        footer_rows = []
+        page_ref_cell_ids = set()
-
+        for cell in cells:
-        # Detect page_ref rows: rows where the ONLY cell is column_1
+            if cell.get("col_type") != "column_1":
-        # (just a page number like "p.65", "p.70")
+                continue
-        for row in rows:
+            text = (cell.get("text") or "").strip()
-            if row.get("is_header"):
+            if not text:
+                continue
+            if not _PAGE_REF_RE.match(text):
                 continue
-            ri = row["index"]
-            row_cells = [c for c in cells if c.get("row_index") == ri]
-            if (len(row_cells) == 1
-                    and row_cells[0].get("col_type") == "column_1"):
             page_refs.append({
-                    "row_index": ri,
+                "row_index": cell.get("row_index"),
-                    "text": (row_cells[0].get("text") or "").strip(),
+                "text": text,
-                    "bbox_pct": row_cells[0].get("bbox_pct", {}),
+                "bbox_pct": cell.get("bbox_pct", {}),
             })
+            page_ref_cell_ids.add(cell.get("cell_id"))
 
-        # Detect footer: last non-header row if it has only 1 content
+        # Remove page_ref cells from the table (but keep their rows)
-        # cell and no column_1 page_ref (standalone text like page num)
+        if page_ref_cell_ids:
+            z["cells"] = [c for c in z["cells"]
+                          if c.get("cell_id") not in page_ref_cell_ids]
+
+        # Detect footer: last non-header row if it has only 1 cell
+        # and the text is NOT IPA (no real IPA Unicode symbols).
+        # This catches page numbers like "two hundred and twelve".
+        footer_rows = []
         non_header_rows = [r for r in rows if not r.get("is_header")]
         if non_header_rows:
             last_row = non_header_rows[-1]
             last_ri = last_row["index"]
-            last_cells = [c for c in cells if c.get("row_index") == last_ri]
+            last_cells = [c for c in z["cells"]
-            content_last = [
+                          if c.get("row_index") == last_ri]
-                c for c in last_cells
+            if len(last_cells) == 1:
-                if c.get("col_type", "").startswith("column_")
+                text = (last_cells[0].get("text") or "").strip()
-                and c.get("col_type") != "column_1"
+                # Not IPA (no real IPA symbols) and not a heading
-            ]
+                has_real_ipa = any(c in _REAL_IPA_CHARS_SET for c in text)
-            if len(content_last) == 1 and len(last_cells) == 1:
+                if text and not has_real_ipa and last_cells[0].get("col_type") != "heading":
                     footer_rows.append({
                         "row_index": last_ri,
-                    "text": (content_last[0].get("text") or "").strip(),
+                        "text": text,
-                    "bbox_pct": content_last[0].get("bbox_pct", {}),
+                        "bbox_pct": last_cells[0].get("bbox_pct", {}),
                     })
 
-        # Remove page_ref and footer cells/rows from the table
+        # Mark footer rows (keep in table, just tag for frontend)
-        remove_ris = set()
+        if footer_rows:
-        for pr in page_refs:
+            footer_ris = {fr["row_index"] for fr in footer_rows}
-            remove_ris.add(pr["row_index"])
+            for r in z["rows"]:
-        for fr in footer_rows:
+                if r["index"] in footer_ris:
-            remove_ris.add(fr["row_index"])
+                    r["is_footer"] = True
+            for c in z["cells"]:
+                if c.get("row_index") in footer_ris:
+                    c["col_type"] = "footer"
 
-        if remove_ris:
+        if page_refs or footer_rows:
-            z["cells"] = [c for c in cells if c.get("row_index") not in remove_ris]
-            z["rows"] = [r for r in rows if r["index"] not in remove_ris]
             logger.info(
                 "Extracted %d page_refs + %d footer rows from zone %d",
                 len(page_refs), len(footer_rows), z.get("zone_index", 0),

klausur-service/backend/tests/test_grid_editor_api.py

@@ -510,6 +510,23 @@ class TestGarbledIpaDetection:
         assert "klˈəʊs" in fixed   # close IPA
         assert "dˈaʊn" in fixed    # down IPA — must NOT be skipped
 
+    def test_continuation_skips_words_with_inline_ipa(self):
+        """'beat [bˈiːt] , beat, beaten' → continuation only for 'beaten'."""
+        fixed = fix_ipa_continuation_cell(
+            "[bi:tan]", "beat [bˈiːt] , beat, beaten", pronunciation="british",
+        )
+        # Should only have IPA for "beaten", NOT for "beat" (already inline)
+        assert "bˈiːtən" in fixed
+        assert fixed.count("bˈiːt") == 0 or fixed == "[bˈiːtən]"
+
+    def test_continuation_bracket_at_end_returns_inline(self):
+        """'the Highlands [ˈhaɪləndz]' → return inline IPA, not IPA for 'the'."""
+        fixed = fix_ipa_continuation_cell(
+            "'hailandz", "the Highlands [ˈhaɪləndz]", pronunciation="british",
+        )
+        assert fixed == "[ˈhaɪləndz]"
+        assert "ðə" not in fixed  # "the" must NOT get IPA
+
     def test_headword_with_brackets_not_continuation(self):
         """'employee [im'ploi:]' has a headword outside brackets → not garbled.