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, '}]