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"""Type stubs for words_to_data"""
"""A hierarchical element in a USLM document tree"""
"""Element metadata and content"""
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"""Child elements in document order"""
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"""Find an element by its structural path.
Args:
path: The full structural path of the element
Returns:
The matching element, or None if not found
"""
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"""Serialize the element to a JSON string."""
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"""Deserialize a JSON string to a USLMElement."""
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"""A single word-level change within a text field"""
"""The text value of this change"""
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"""Position in the original text (None for insertions)"""
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"""Position in the new text (None for deletions)"""
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"""The type of change"""
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"""Serialize the change to a JSON string."""
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"""Deserialize a JSON string to a TextChange."""
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"""A change detected in a single text content field"""
"""Which text content field changed"""
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"""The publication date of the original version"""
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"""The publication date of the new version"""
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"""The complete original text of the field"""
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"""The complete new text of the field"""
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"""Word-level changes showing insertions, deletions, and unchanged portions"""
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"""Serialize the field change event to a JSON string."""
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"""Deserialize a JSON string to a FieldChangeEvent."""
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"""A hierarchical diff between two versions of a USLM document tree"""
"""The structural path of the element being compared"""
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"""Text content field changes for this element"""
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"""Metadata from the original version of this element"""
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"""Metadata from the new version of this element"""
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"""Child elements that were added in the new version"""
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"""Child elements that were removed from the old version"""
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"""Recursive diffs for child elements present in both versions"""
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"""Find a diff by its structural path.
Args:
path: The full structural path of the element
Returns:
The matching diff, or None if not found
"""
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"""Calculate similarity between this TreeDiff and amendment data from a bill.
Args:
amendment_data: The parsed amendment data from a bill
Returns:
List of AmendmentSimilarity objects for TreeDiff paths that match
"""
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"""Serialize the diff to a JSON string."""
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"""Deserialize a JSON string to a TreeDiff."""
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"""Similarity between a TreeDiff and a bill amendment.
Used to rank how likely a BillAmendment caused the changes at a TreeDiff location.
"""
"""The structural path of the TreeDiff node"""
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"""The ID of the matched BillAmendment"""
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"""Primary ranking metric (F1 score of best-matching BillDiff)"""
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"""How well the amendment explains the TreeDiff's changes (0.0-1.0)"""
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"""How much of the amendment is represented in this TreeDiff (0.0-1.0)"""
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"""Number of words that matched between TreeDiff and Amendment"""
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"""Total significant words in the TreeDiff's changes"""
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"""Serialize to a JSON string."""
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"""Deserialize a JSON string to an AmendmentSimilarity."""
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"""Parse a USLM XML file and return as a USLMElement.
Args:
path: Path to the USLM XML file
date: Publication date in YYYY-MM-DD format
Returns:
Parsed document as a USLMElement tree
"""
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"""Compute word-level diff between two USLM documents.
Args:
old_element: The original (older) version of the element
new_element: The new (newer) version of the element
Returns:
TreeDiff containing all detected changes
Raises:
ValueError: If the two elements don't have the same structural path
"""
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"""Word-level changes from a bill amendment instruction.
Each BillDiff represents one atomic change instruction, such as
"strike 'specified' and insert 'foreign'".
"""
"""Create a new BillDiff.
Args:
added: Words that were added by this instruction
removed: Words that were removed by this instruction
"""
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"""Words that were added by this instruction"""
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"""Words that were removed by this instruction"""
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"""Serialize to a JSON string."""
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"""Deserialize a JSON string to a BillDiff."""
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"""An amendment found in a bill that modifies the US Code"""
"""Content-based ID: sha256("{bill_id}:{amending_text}") - 64 hex chars"""
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"""Types of amending actions performed by this amendment"""
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"""The full readable text of the amending instruction"""
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"""Word-level changes extracted from this amendment (populated externally)"""
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"""Create a new BillAmendment with updated changes.
Returns a new BillAmendment with the same id, action_types, and amending_text,
but with the provided changes.
Args:
changes: The new list of BillDiff changes
Returns:
A new BillAmendment with the updated changes
"""
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"""Serialize the amendment to a JSON string."""
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"""Deserialize a JSON string to a BillAmendment."""
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"""Data extracted from a bill document"""
"""Create a new AmendmentData.
Args:
bill_id: The bill identifier (e.g., '119-21' for the 119th Congress, 21st law)
amendments: List of BillAmendment objects extracted from the bill
"""
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"""The bill identifier (e.g., '119-21' for the 119th Congress, 21st law)"""
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"""All amendments extracted from the bill"""
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"""Serialize the amendment data to a JSON string."""
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"""Deserialize a JSON string to an AmendmentData."""
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"""Parse a Public Law bill and extract amendments to the US Code.
Args:
path: Path to the Public Law XML file
Returns:
AmendmentData containing the bill ID and all extracted amendments
Raises:
ValueError: If the XML is invalid or not a Public Law document
OSError: If the file cannot be read
"""
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# ============================================================================
# LegalDiff types
# ============================================================================
"""A reference to a bill that caused a change"""
"""Create a new bill reference.
Args:
bill_id: The bill identifier (e.g., "119-21")
amendment_id: The amendment ID (content-hash) linking back to BillAmendment
causative_text: Text of the amending instruction from the bill
"""
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"""The bill identifier (e.g., "119-21" for Pub. L. 119-21)"""
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"""The amendment ID (content-hash) linking back to BillAmendment"""
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"""Text of the amending instruction from the bill"""
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"""Serialize to a JSON string."""
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"""Deserialize a JSON string to a BillReference."""
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"""Metadata about an annotation"""
"""Current verification status of this annotation"""
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"""Confidence score for AI-generated annotations (0.0 - 1.0), None for human annotations"""
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"""Identifier for who/what created this annotation (e.g., "human:username" or "model:gpt-4")"""
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"""When this annotation was created (ISO 8601 format)"""
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"""Freeform notes about the annotation"""
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"""Explanation of how/why this annotation was determined"""
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"""Serialize to a JSON string."""
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"""Deserialize a JSON string to an AnnotationMetadata."""
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"""An annotation linking a change to its legal cause"""
"""Create a new change annotation.
Args:
operation: The type of legal operation that caused this change
bill_id: The bill identifier (e.g., "119-21")
amendment_id: The amendment ID (content-hash) linking back to BillAmendment
causative_text: Text of the amending instruction from the bill
annotator: Identifier for who/what created this annotation
paths: Structural paths of related changes (for moves, redesignations)
confidence: Confidence score for AI-generated annotations (0.0 - 1.0)
notes: Freeform notes about the annotation
reasoning: Explanation of how/why this annotation was determined
"""
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"""The type of legal operation that caused this change"""
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"""Reference to the bill that enacted the change"""
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"""Metadata about the annotation itself"""
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"""Serialize to a JSON string."""
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"""Deserialize a JSON string to a ChangeAnnotation."""
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"""A legal diff combining word-level changes with semantic annotations"""
"""Create a new LegalDiff from an existing TreeDiff with no annotations.
Args:
tree_diff: The underlying word-level diff
"""
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"""The underlying word-level diffs"""
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"""All annotations as a dictionary (path -> list of annotation dicts)"""
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"""Add an annotation for a specific structural path.
Args:
path: The structural path to annotate
annotation: The annotation to add
"""
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"""Get all annotations for a specific path.
Args:
path: The structural path to look up
Returns:
List of annotations for the path, or None if no annotations exist
"""
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"""Get the TreeDiff node for a specific path.
Args:
path: The structural path to look up
Returns:
The TreeDiff node, or None if not found
"""
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"""Get all paths that have annotations."""
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"""Get all paths in the TreeDiff that lack annotations."""
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"""Serialize to a JSON string."""
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"""Deserialize a JSON string to a LegalDiff."""
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