Update app.py

app.py

@@ -648,8 +648,11 @@ def analyze_composite(msg1, date1, msg2, date2, msg3, date3, *answers_and_none):
     import re
 
     def normalize(text):
-        # Lowercase, strip whitespace, and remove most punctuation
-        return re.sub(r"[^a-z0-9 ]", "", text.lower().strip())
+        import unicodedata
+        text = text.lower().strip()
+        text = unicodedata.normalize("NFKD", text)  # handles curly quotes
+        text = text.replace("’", "'")               # smart to straight
+        return re.sub(r"[^a-z0-9 ]", "", text)
 
     def detect_threat_motifs(message, motif_list):
         norm_msg = normalize(message)