Siri won't recognize certain words

I tried to create a reminder today for a Parents evening I had to attend .
I used Siri as usual and when asked what the reminder was for I said "parents evening". The two words came up but the reminder just said "parents"
I tried it again and the same happened so I tried "Parents Night" but the same thing happened.I then tried to just create a reminder for "evening" The word came up but Siri asked what I wanted to be reminded about again so I tried "night" and the same thing happened. I have tried on a 5s and a 6 both running the latest IOS anyone got any answers ?.Is there certain words you can't use

Reminders uses data detectors to automatically convert text, or speech via Siri, that refers to date and time into a scheduled date and time (i.e. Today, 6:00 PM). There is no option to turn data detectors off.
However, you can use a word that they do recognize to schedule a time of day after the word "evening". Depending upon the time of day the reminder is made it will either be scheduled for today, or tomorrow if the time of day has already passed.
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remember parents evening morning
Parents evening
Today, 7:00 AM
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Parents evening
Today, 12:00 PM
remember parents evening evening
Parents evening
Today, 6:00 PM
remember parents evening night
Parents evening
Today, 7:00 PM
remember parents evening midnight
Parents evening
Tomorrow, 12:00 AM
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