Deposition Question Development

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name: relativity-deposition-question-builder description: Develop deposition question sets from Relativity-exported PDF productions using a user-provided legal theory. Use when tasks involve reviewing opponent-produced PDFs, extracting per-page document IDs from the bottom-right corner (if two numbers appear, use the smaller one), mapping document relevance to a legal theory, and drafting questions grouped by document ID with required rationale and supporting quotes.

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Relativity Deposition Question Builder

Overview

Analyze one or more Relativity-exported PDF productions against a legal theory and generate deposition questions organized by document ID. Each question includes a reason for asking and a document quote that can be used if the witness denies.

Required Behavior

Ask for the legal theory first before producing analysis or questions.

Ask for PDF path(s) if not already provided.

Extract page-level document IDs from the bottom-right area of each page.

If two numeric IDs appear in that area, choose the smaller number as the page document ID.

Keep quotes verbatim and include source file plus page number for each quote.

Group outputs by document ID and place each question under its document ID heading.

Under every question, include:

- Reason why we ask this question - Quote from the document to use in deposition in case the opponent party denies

Workflow

1. Gather inputs. - Confirm the user's legal theory. - Confirm PDF source path(s). - Optionally gather witness name/role and priority topics. 2. Extract per-page text and document IDs. - Run:

     python scripts/extract_relativity_pages.py \
       --input  \
       --recurse \
       --output 
     

- Review pages where selected_document_id is null and flag for manual check. 3. Build a relevance map for the legal theory. - For each page, classify relation to theory: supports, undermines, neutral. - Focus question drafting on supports pages first, then undermines pages for impeachment. 4. Draft deposition questions grouped by document ID. - Use short, concrete, single-issue questions. - Start with authentication/foundation, then admission and contradiction questions. - Use direct quotes from page text for denial follow-up. 5. Return output in required structure. - Follow references/deposition_output_template.md. - Keep document IDs in ascending numeric order.

Output Rules

Do not merge different document IDs into one section.

Do not omit Reason or Quote sections under any question.

If no reliable quote exists, mark:

- Quote from the document to use in deposition in case the opponent party denies: [No direct quote located - manual verification required]

Prefer quotes that are short, specific, and tied to one factual proposition.

Resources

Extraction tool: scripts/extract_relativity_pages.py

Output template: references/deposition_output_template.md

Dependencies

Install once if missing:

python -m pip install --user pdfplumber