compass.validation.location.DTreeJurisdictionValidator

class DTreeJurisdictionValidator(jurisdiction, **kwargs)

Bases: BaseLLMCaller

Validate ordinance text against a target jurisdiction

Parameters:

• jurisdiction (compass.utilities.location.Jurisdiction) – Jurisdiction descriptor identifying expected applicability.

• **kwargs – Additional keyword arguments forwarded to BaseLLMCaller for configuring LLM temperature, timeout, or similar options.

Methods

check(content)

Determine whether ordinance text matches the jurisdiction

Attributes

META_SCORE_KEY	Key in doc.attrs where score is stored
SYSTEM_MESSAGE	System message for jurisdiction validation LLM calls

META_SCORE_KEY = 'Jurisdiction Validation Score'

Key in doc.attrs where score is stored

SYSTEM_MESSAGE = 'You are a legal expert assisting a user with determining the scope of applicability for their legal ordinance documents.'

System message for jurisdiction validation LLM calls

async check(content)

Determine whether ordinance text matches the jurisdiction

The decision tree checks jurisdiction type, state, and subdivision alignment.

Parameters:

content (str) – Plain-text ordinance content extracted from a document.

Returns:

bool – True when the decision tree concludes the ordinance is scoped to the configured jurisdiction, False otherwise.

Raises:

compass.exceptions.COMPASSError – Raised if the underlying LLM caller propagates an execution failure.

Notes

Empty content returns False without invoking the LLM.