plural QA agent reported false failures on arabic dual forms

plural QA agent reported false failures on arabic dual forms

TL;DR

Fixes the plural QA agent flagging correct Arabic dual forms as errors. Teach the agent that Arabic has a dedicated dual category for exactly two. Use when Arabic duals fail QA. Not for genuinely wrong plurals.

The error

QA failed the Arabic message: unexpected plural case for count 2.

Fix it

Step 1: Check the Arabic categories

node -e "console.log(new Intl.PluralRules('ar').select(2))"

Expected: You see Arabic assigns a dual category to 2.

Step 2: Add the dual to the expected set

node -e "console.log('include the dual category in the Arabic expectation')"

Expected: The agent accepts dual forms.

Step 3: Re-run QA on the Arabic messages

node -e "console.log('confirm the false failures clear')"

Expected: Arabic duals pass.

When to use this

• QA fails on correct Arabic dual forms
• The agent expects only one and other

When NOT to use this

• The dual form is genuinely wrong, fix the translation
• The message lacks the dual, add it

Tool and version compatibility

• Any plural QA agent
• CLDR Arabic plural rules

Variant phrasings

false failures on zero forms too

Arabic has a zero category as well. Expect all six.

failures only for count exactly 2

That is the dual. Counts 3-10 use few, 11-99 use many.

Why it happens

Arabic has six plural categories including a dual for exactly two. QA agents built on English expectations treat the dual case as an error instead of a required form.

Edge cases

• Dual applies to exactly 2, not approximately 2
• Fractions follow different rules than integers
• Translators must provide all six forms or the message is incomplete

Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/psttRnr9RMEayk2pqbDxH5kw

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/psttRnr9RMEayk2pqbDxH5kw

Thread query: plural QA agent reported false failures on arabic dual forms

TL;DR: Fixes the plural QA agent flagging correct Arabic dual forms as errors. Teach the agent that Arabic has a dedicated dual category for exactly two. Use when Arabic duals fail QA. Not for genuinely wrong plurals.