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Compare two fictional witness accounts with a vessel log, preserve time and source details, and prepare questions for attorney review.
Prepare a deposition comparison around one event at a time: the time, the speaker, what they could observe, and the supporting exhibit. A discrepancy is a lead for examination, not an automatic finding that someone lied.
The question this exercise answers
The maritime exercise provides two testimony excerpts and a recorder extract. Start with the accounts of vessel speed before comparing either account with the log. This keeps a witness’s memory separate from instrument readings.
Download the fictional records
Download the separate records as a ZIP, extract it, and import the TXT files individually:
- Record 1: Deposition of captain thomas vance (excerpt)
- Record 2: Deposition of chief mate erik lindqvist (excerpt)
- Record 3: Trial exhibit 4 — voyage data recorder (vdr) & engine log extract
The combined reading copy remains available. Import either the separate files or the combined copy, not both. Question Scope selects whole imported Documents; headings such as “Record 1” inside a single TXT file cannot be selected independently. Use the separate files for this walkthrough.
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Locate the passages before asking for a comparison
Create a separate Workspace for the exercise. Import the individual records and wait for each to show Ready. Open Document details and check the retained text. These TXT exercises do not demonstrate PDF layout extraction or OCR.
In Search, try 03:15 in Exact phrase mode, without adding quotation marks. Search each relevant file as well as the collection. If wording differs, try Keyword or Hybrid and inspect the returned passages. A missing result is a reason to check wording, scope, and extraction—not proof of absence.
Choose the records allowed to answer
Select record-01.txt and record-02.txt to compare the witnesses. Add record-03.txt for the recorder cross-check. In Chat, use Answering from → Selected documents. Search filters and Question Scope are separate controls; setting one does not set the other.
Try this focused question:
Compare what the captain and chief mate say about vessel speed between 03:10 and 03:25 UTC. Attribute statements and preserve approximate times. Identify passages that may conflict without making a credibility judgment.
Check the result against the source
The following is an editorial answer key derived from the fictional files, not a recorded model response. Answers may omit relevant evidence; use Direct Search and the original records to complete the review.
| Review question | Evidence to inspect |
|---|---|
| Did the captain describe an engine-order change? | Record 1: the Slow Ahead account and its timing. |
| What did the chief mate report observing? | Record 2: the Doppler display and the 03:20 observation of 15.9 knots. |
| Does the instrument record corroborate either account? | Record 3: compare the same timestamps, measurement units, and engine-order field. |
Do not equate an engine command with measured speed or compare different timestamps as though they were simultaneous. The downloadable TXT excerpts have no certified transcript page-and-line numbering. Preserve any page/line labels from real transcripts yourself and verify them in the authoritative transcript.
Keep a review record
Prepare a question outline with the proposition, witness passage, exhibit passage, time basis, and unresolved explanation. Counsel should assess authenticity, admissibility, completeness, and the examination strategy.
When a question needs two sides, open evidence from both. Check the filename, retained passage, surrounding conditions, and the original source where layout matters. A saved citation supports inspection; it does not certify the source or the conclusion.
Processing and professional boundaries
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Method
Revised September 21, 2026. The two screenshots show the downloadable fictional records imported separately into the locally installed OriginPage 1.0.35.0 candidate. We ran the stated Exact phrase query, opened the shown source passage, and applied the illustrated Selected documents scope. These captures demonstrate retrieval and scope, not generated-answer quality or professional validation. The source inspector clips part of the main pane in this candidate; the screenshots preserve that observed layout. The exercise findings are an editorial answer key, not a captured model response.