Citation Verification

Citation Graph Neighborhood

Citation neighborhoods expose provenance paths. Honesty note: simplified citation-verification classroom toy model; not legal advice; toy model; structure only; human review required; no live neochart dependency.

Structured Visual

Jurisdiction: US; as of 2026-06-24; not legal advice; Code encodes toy citation verification structure, not legal research advice, authority-weight advice, or live source validation. RENDER STRUCTURE · REFUSE INTERPRETATION · CITE · ABSTAIN · HAND-OFF.

RENDER STRUCTURE · REFUSE INTERPRETATION · CITE · ABSTAIN · HAND-OFF: render structure, refuse interpretation, cite provenance, abstain when unsupported, and hand off to human review.

Citation graph neighborhoodanswer claimid answer cite Toy Answer in0 out1 deg1 reach3cited caseid case_a cite Toy Reporter 10 in1 out2 deg3 reach2quoted caseid case_b cite Toy Reporter 20 in1 out0 deg1 reach0source statuteid statute cite Toy Code sec. 4 in1 out0 deg1 reach0answer->case_a: answer->case_a quotescase_a->case_b: case_a->case_b interpretscase_a->statute: case_a->statute cross_refs
highlighted = computed this step

Citation-verification toy-model honesty note

Honesty note: simplified classroom citation-verification model; sources, citations, authority status, quotations, and retrieval systems vary; as of June 24, 2026; not legal advice; toy model; structure only; human review required; no live neochart dependency.

toy citation-verification model as of June24,2026\text{toy citation-verification model as of }June 24, 2026

Neighborhoods are source graphs

A citation neighborhood is a graph of answer, cited source, quoted source, and cross-reference nodes.

citation neighborhood only\text{citation neighborhood only}

Example graph

The graph has 4 nodes and 3 edge(s).

nodes=4\text{nodes}=4

Reachability is structural

The answer node reaches 3 downstream source node(s), but no authority weight is inferred.

reachable=3\text{reachable}=3

Diagram note

The graph shows source relationships only. It does not rank, validate, or interpret authority.

graph not authority weight\text{graph not authority weight}

Jurisdiction: US; as of 2026-06-24; not legal advice; Code encodes toy citation verification structure, not legal research advice, authority-weight advice, or live source validation. RENDER STRUCTURE · REFUSE INTERPRETATION · CITE · ABSTAIN · HAND-OFF.

RENDER STRUCTURE · REFUSE INTERPRETATION · CITE · ABSTAIN · HAND-OFF: render structure, refuse interpretation, cite provenance, abstain when unsupported, and hand off to human review.

Citation graph neighborhoodanswer claimid answer cite Toy Answer in0 out1 deg1 reach3cited caseid case_a cite Toy Reporter 10 in1 out2 deg3 reach2quoted caseid case_b cite Toy Reporter 20 in1 out0 deg1 reach0source statuteid statute cite Toy Code sec. 4 in1 out0 deg1 reach0answer->case_a: answer->case_a quotescase_a->case_b: case_a->case_b interpretscase_a->statute: case_a->statute cross_refs

Summary

Citation graphs help expose provenance paths before human review.

paths before review\text{paths before review}