lexnlp.extract.en.acts: Extracting acts

The lexnlp.extract.en.acts module contains methods that allow for the extraction of acts from text. Sample acts that are covered by this module include:

• Advancing Hope Act
• AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004
• section 12 of the Agricultural Act of 1954
• sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act

The full list of current unit test cases can be found here: https://github.com/LexPredict/lexpredict-lexnlp/tree/master/lexnlp/extract/en/tests/test_acts.py

Extracting acts

lexnlp.extract.en.acts.get_act_list(*args, **kwargs) → List[Dict[str, str]]

Example

>>> import lexnlp.extract.en.acts
>>> text = "test section 12 of the VERY Important Act of 1954."
>>> print(lexnlp.extract.en.acts.get_act_list(text))
[{'location_start': 5,
  'location_end': 49,
  'section': '12',
  'year': '1954',
  'ambiguous': False,
  'act_name': 'VERY Important Act',
  'value': 'section 12 of the VERY Important Act of 1954'}]

>>> import lexnlp.extract.en.acts
>>> text = "accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351"
>>> print(lexnlp.extract.en.acts.get_act_list(text))
[{'location_start': 16,
  'location_end': 61,
  'act_name': 'Act',
  'section': '751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1)',
  'year': '',
  'ambiguous': True,
  'value': 'sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, '}]