# An NLG pipeline for a legal expert system: a work in progress

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.02421 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2107.02421/

## Key facts

- No citing papers in the map yet (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 3 of its 12 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 6 Jul 2021.

## Builds on (most cited first, 3 of 3)

- [Constraint Answer Set Programming without Grounding](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1804.11162/) (2018)
- [Catala: A Programming Language for the Law](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2103.03198/) (2021)
- [A Survey and Classification of Controlled Natural Languages](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1507.01701/) (2015)

## Abstract (arXiv)

We present the NLG component for L4, a prototype domain-specific language (DSL) for drafting laws and contracts. As a concrete use case, we describe a pipeline for a legal expert system created from L4 code. The NLG component is used in two steps. The first step is to create an interview, whose answers are processed into a query for an automated reasoner. The second step is to render the answers of the reasoner in natural language.