Make P1 Male

On this page: Description, Step by Step, Notes

Description

Make P1 Male inspects all two-principal events. For those with a male and a female participant, it makes sure that the male is principal 1 (P1), and the female is principal 2 (P2).

Step by Step

1. Choose Make P1 Male from the function tree.
2. Choose the event type you would like to process from the list, or leave the option set to "<All two-principal events>".
3. Check or uncheck the Filter by sentence checkbox, as desired. If checked, which is the default, TMGU will inspect all the possible sentences that might apply to an event and will not swap the principals if any of those sentences include [P1] or [P2]. See the Filter by Sentence Notes.
4. Click the [Make P1 Male] button.

Filter by Sentence Notes

As described above, if the Filter by sentence checkbox is checked, TMGU will inspect all the possible sentences that might apply to an event and will not swap the principals if any of those sentences include [P1] or [P2]. The sentences that might apply to an event include:

• All the sentences for all the roles defined for the Tag Type. You can review those sentences via TMG's Edit Tag Type window which you open from the Master Tag Tyle List. This includes all the language-specific variations for the sentences.

  It does not matter whether you use a specific role or language. TMGU does not know whether you ever switch languages, and TMGU also doesn't know whether or not you will add someone to an event using a currently-unused role.

• Any event-specific ("local") sentences that you have customized for an event. So, for example, if you have added a witness to an event, and the witness sentence includes a reference to [P1] or [P2], TMGU will not swap the principals even though the sentences for the principals do not refer to [P1] or [P2].

If TMGU does not swap the principals because of the Filter by sentence processing, but you want it to do so, you have these choices:

1. If you are certain that whether someone is P1 or P2 doesn't matter to you or the sentences you use, uncheck Filter by sentence. It is tedious for a human to track down all the possible sentences that may apply to an event and that's what it takes to find all the possible sentences that may include a reference to [P1] or [P2].
2. If you have sentences that are not sensitive to the gender of the principal, and you want to swap the principals, search the sentences to find and replace [P1] and [P2] with [P] and [PO]:
   • Edit the Tag Type via TMG's Edit Tag Type window which you open from the Master Tag Tyle List. For each language, even language you don't use, review each Role to determine whether it includes a reference to [P1] or [P2]. If there is a reference to [P1], change it to [P]. If there is a reference to [P2], change it to [PO].
   • Edit the event via TMG's Tag Entry window. Use the [Sentences] button to review the sentences for the principals. If either or both "Sentence structures" for the principals are marked "(custom)" and include a reference to [P1] or [P2], change it to [P] or [PO], respectively. If you have customized sentences in multiple languages, review each language and adjust all of them.
   • Back in the Tag Entry window, double-click each witness to review the "Sentence structure". If the "Sentence structure" is marked "(custom)" and includes a reference to [P1] or [P2], change it to [P] or [PO], respectively. If you have customized sentences in multiple languages, review each language and adjust all of them.
3. If you have sentences that are sensitive to the gender of the principal, and you want to swap the principals, you should swap the principals manually then adjust the sentences manually. These situations are not good candidates for automation.

Other Notes

• This is not a sexist function. Some users made convincing cases for having the gender of P1 and P2 be predictable, and Joe Murphy's utility had a similar function.

• In case you are wondering, yes, the program does handle surety swapping, if necessary. In other words, if P1 and P2 are swapped, and any citations assign different sureties to P1 and P2, the program also updates those records and propagates the changes to the "Maximum Surety" fields in the event.

  When any surety shenanigans are necessary, the program includes "(S)" at the end of the log record. I found this useful; in my own data, I had many events where I had used TMG's "Add Wife" or "Add Husband" feature, which does not include the relationship surety for both principals in the marriage citation(s). The (S) was a reminder to check for the case where I forgot to set it manually.