From 4abed5263e5acd5657cf256169ce92ac113b0dd7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Torsten Schulz (local)" <tsschulz@gmx.net>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 10:50:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] frontend: treat trailing parenthetical notes as optional in
 vocab matching

---
 frontend/src/views/social/VocabLessonView.vue | 10 ++++------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/views/social/VocabLessonView.vue b/frontend/src/views/social/VocabLessonView.vue
index 4f5e882..825ee24 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/social/VocabLessonView.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/social/VocabLessonView.vue
@@ -4154,7 +4154,7 @@ export default {
       return text;
     },
     normalizeVocab(s, options = {}) {
-      const { ignoreTrailingParentheticalNotes = false } = options;
+      const { ignoreTrailingParentheticalNotes = true } = options;
       const source = ignoreTrailingParentheticalNotes
         ? this.stripTrailingParentheticalNotes(s)
         : s;
@@ -4250,15 +4250,13 @@ export default {
         userAnswer = this.vocabTrainerAnswer;
       }
       
-      const useTypingNormalization = this.vocabTrainerMode === 'typing';
-      const normalizedUser = this.normalizeVocab(userAnswer, {
-        ignoreTrailingParentheticalNotes: useTypingNormalization
-      });
+      // Treat parenthetical notes as optional for answer matching.
+      const normalizedUser = this.normalizeVocab(userAnswer);
       const rawAnswers = this.currentVocabQuestion.answers || [this.currentVocabQuestion.answer];
       // Expand alternatives like "A / B" into separate acceptable answers
       const expandedAnswers = rawAnswers.flatMap(a => this.expandAnswerVariants(a));
       const normalizedCorrectAnswers = expandedAnswers
-        .map(answer => this.normalizeVocab(answer, { ignoreTrailingParentheticalNotes: useTypingNormalization }));
+        .map(answer => this.normalizeVocab(answer));
       this.vocabTrainerLastCorrect = normalizedCorrectAnswers.includes(normalizedUser);
       
       // Update Stats