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v2: per-trial structured configs from Old Bailey Online XML 7.2 (trials / sessions / ordinarys_accounts + verbatim TEI) (#4)
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| """Parse Old Bailey Online XML (v7.2, figshare 10.15131/shef.data.4775434.v2) into one row per trial, with typed | |
| persons, offences, verdicts, punishments and the defendant→offence→verdict→punishment joins; one row per session; one | |
| row per Ordinary's Account. Verbatim TEI is kept in an `xml` column. | |
| Usage: python parse_obo.py <xml_root> <out_dir> [--limit N] [--stats] | |
| Conventions (see dataset card): | |
| - persons.type is null when the source assigns no role (part-1 names tagged by GATE without a role). | |
| - name = the person's own surface text (nested <persName> excluded); given/surname/gender/age/occupation/place/aliases | |
| come from <interp> children and persNameOccupation / persNamePlace / nameAlias joins (first value wins for interps — | |
| no repeated interp types were found in the corpus sample). | |
| - <lb/> inside text: joined without a space (hyphenation-style breaks are the majority) unless the break sits between a | |
| word character and an upper-case letter, where a space is inserted. | |
| - punishments: attached via defendantPunishment joins file-wide (part-1 sentences sit in a separate punishmentSummary | |
| div; a few joins point across trial divs — kept as the source has them, and the punishment row records the trial div | |
| it was found in). An in-trial punishment with no join anywhere is kept with defendant_ids = []. | |
| - charges: criminalCharge joins; target ids that resolve to nothing in the trial are kept in `unresolved_ids`. | |
| - sessions.summary_items: every <rs> outside a trialAccount div (offence/verdict/punishment/alias/occupation/crimeDate) with its | |
| category, text, containing div and joined ids — the 1670s–80s sessions record outcomes in supplementaryMaterial, not trials. | |
| """ | |
| import re, sys, json, collections | |
| from pathlib import Path | |
| from lxml import etree | |
| import polars as pl | |
| ROOT = Path(sys.argv[1]); OUT = Path(sys.argv[2]); OUT.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) | |
| LIMIT = int(sys.argv[sys.argv.index("--limit") + 1]) if "--limit" in sys.argv else None | |
| STATS = "--stats" in sys.argv | |
| STRICT = etree.XMLParser(huge_tree=True) | |
| LENIENT = etree.XMLParser(recover=True, huge_tree=True) | |
| WS = re.compile(r"\s+") | |
| ENC_RE = re.compile(rb'^<\?xml[^>]*encoding\s*=\s*["\']([A-Za-z0-9._-]+)["\']') | |
| stats = collections.Counter(); warnings = [] | |
| def read_xml(path): | |
| """Return (root, verbatim_text). Decode with the declared encoding; parse strictly, fall back to recovery + warn.""" | |
| raw = path.read_bytes() | |
| m = ENC_RE.match(raw[:200]); enc = m.group(1).decode() if m else "utf-8" | |
| if raw.startswith(b"\xef\xbb\xbf"): enc = "utf-8-sig" | |
| elif raw.startswith((b"\xff\xfe", b"\xfe\xff")): enc = "utf-16" | |
| try: text = raw.decode(enc) # verbatim column must be lossless: no errors="replace" | |
| except (UnicodeDecodeError, LookupError) as e: | |
| raise SystemExit(f"{path.name}: cannot decode with declared encoding {enc!r}: {e}") | |
| try: root = etree.fromstring(raw, STRICT) | |
| except etree.XMLSyntaxError as e: | |
| root = etree.fromstring(raw, LENIENT); warnings.append(f"{path.name}: recovered parse ({str(e)[:80]})"); stats["recovered_parse"] += 1 | |
| return root, text | |
| def norm(s): return WS.sub(" ", s or "").strip() | |
| def _collect(el, parts, skip_tag=None): | |
| if el.tag == "lb": parts.append("\x00") | |
| elif el.text: parts.append(el.text) | |
| for c in el: | |
| if not (skip_tag is not None and c.tag == skip_tag): _collect(c, parts, skip_tag) | |
| if c.tail: parts.append(c.tail) | |
| def text_of(el, skip_tag=None): | |
| parts = []; _collect(el, parts, skip_tag) | |
| s = "".join(parts) | |
| s = re.sub(r"(\w)\x00(?=[A-Z])", r"\1 ", s).replace("\x00", "") | |
| return norm(s) | |
| def interps(el): | |
| d = {} | |
| for i in el.findall("interp"): d.setdefault(i.get("type"), i.get("value")) | |
| return d | |
| def parse_person(p): | |
| d = interps(p) | |
| has_nested = p.find(".//persName") is not None | |
| name = text_of(p, skip_tag="persName") | |
| if (has_nested or not name) and (d.get("given") or d.get("surname")): name = norm(f"{d.get('given') or ''} {d.get('surname') or ''}") | |
| if not name: name = text_of(p) | |
| return {"id": p.get("id"), "type": (p.get("type").replace("Name", "") if p.get("type") else None), | |
| "name": name, "given": d.get("given"), "surname": d.get("surname"), "gender": d.get("gender"), "age": d.get("age"), | |
| "occupation": d.get("occupation"), "place": None, "aliases": []} | |
| def parse_rs(rs): | |
| d = interps(rs) | |
| return {**d, "id": rs.get("id"), "text": text_of(rs)} | |
| trials, oas, sessions = [], [], [] | |
| def index_file(root): | |
| """File-level indexes: rs by id, persons by id (enriched from joins), places, joins by member id.""" | |
| all_rs = {rs.get("id"): (rs, parse_rs(rs)) for rs in root.iter("rs") if rs.get("id")} | |
| all_place = {x.get("id"): text_of(x) for x in root.iter("placeName") if x.get("id")} | |
| pers_el = [p for p in root.iter("persName")] | |
| all_pers = {p.get("id"): parse_person(p) for p in pers_el if p.get("id")} | |
| joins = collections.defaultdict(list); by_member = collections.defaultdict(list) | |
| for j in root.iter("join"): | |
| res, targets = j.get("result"), j.get("targets", "").split() | |
| stats[f"join:{res}"] += 1; joins[res].append(targets) | |
| for t in targets: by_member[t].append((res, targets)) | |
| for pid, per in all_pers.items(): # enrich persons from joins, once, file-wide | |
| for res, targets in by_member.get(pid, []): | |
| others = [t for t in targets if t != pid] | |
| if res == "persNameOccupation" and per["occupation"] is None: | |
| for t in others: | |
| if t in all_rs: per["occupation"] = all_rs[t][1]["text"] | |
| elif res == "persNamePlace" and per["place"] is None: | |
| for t in others: | |
| if t in all_place: per["place"] = all_place[t] | |
| elif res == "nameAlias": | |
| for t in others: | |
| if t in all_rs and all_rs[t][1]["text"] not in per["aliases"]: per["aliases"].append(all_rs[t][1]["text"]) | |
| return all_rs, all_place, all_pers, pers_el, joins, by_member | |
| def parse_session(path): | |
| root, raw_text = read_xml(path) | |
| if root is None: stats["unparseable"] += 1; return | |
| session_id = path.stem | |
| all_rs, all_place, all_pers, pers_el, joins, by_member = index_file(root) | |
| rs_div = {} | |
| for rs in root.iter("rs"): | |
| if rs.get("id"): | |
| anc = next(rs.iterancestors("div1"), None); rs_div[rs.get("id")] = anc.get("id") if anc is not None else None | |
| body = root.find(".//body") | |
| div_types = collections.Counter(d.get("type") for d in root.iter("div1")) | |
| summary_items = [] # rs elements outside trialAccount divs (supplementaryMaterial / punishmentSummary / no div): early sessions record outcomes here | |
| for rs in root.iter("rs"): | |
| anc = next(rs.iterancestors("div1"), None) | |
| if rs.get("id") and (anc is None or anc.get("type") != "trialAccount"): | |
| d = all_rs[rs.get("id")][1] | |
| linked = sorted({t for res, targets in by_member.get(rs.get("id"), []) for t in targets if t != rs.get("id")}) | |
| cat = d.get("offenceCategory") or d.get("verdictCategory") or d.get("punishmentCategory") | |
| sub = d.get("offenceSubcategory") or d.get("verdictSubcategory") or d.get("punishmentSubcategory") | |
| summary_items.append({"id": rs.get("id"), "type": rs.get("type"), "category": cat, "subcategory": sub, "text": d["text"], | |
| "found_in": anc.get("id") if anc is not None else None, "linked_ids": linked}) | |
| stats[f"summary_item:{rs.get('type')}"] += 1 | |
| sessions.append({"summary_items": summary_items, "session_id": session_id, "date": session_id[:8], "part": 1 if session_id[:8] <= "18341024" else 2, | |
| "text": text_of(body) if body is not None else text_of(root), "xml": raw_text, "n_trials": div_types.get("trialAccount", 0), | |
| "div_types": json.dumps(dict(div_types)), "persons": [all_pers[p.get("id")] if p.get("id") else parse_person(p) for p in pers_el], | |
| "places": [text_of(x) for x in root.iter("placeName")], "obo_url": f"https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?name={session_id}"}) | |
| for div in root.iter("div1"): | |
| stats[f"div1:{div.get('type')}"] += 1 | |
| if div.get("type") != "trialAccount": continue | |
| tid = div.get("id"); di = interps(div) | |
| persons = [all_pers[p.get("id")] if p.get("id") else parse_person(p) for p in div.iter("persName")] | |
| def_ids = [p["id"] for p in persons if p["type"] == "defendant" and p["id"]] # source order | |
| def_set = set(def_ids) | |
| offences = [parse_rs(rs) for rs in div.iter("rs") if rs.get("type") == "offenceDescription"] | |
| verdicts = [parse_rs(rs) for rs in div.iter("rs") if rs.get("type") == "verdictDescription"] | |
| off_ids = {o["id"] for o in offences}; ver_ids = {v["id"] for v in verdicts} | |
| for o in offences: | |
| o["victim_ids"] = []; o["crime_date"] = None; o["place"] = None | |
| for res, targets in by_member.get(o["id"], []): | |
| others = [t for t in targets if t != o["id"]] | |
| if res == "offenceVictim": o["victim_ids"] += others | |
| elif res == "offencePlace": | |
| for t in others: | |
| if t in all_place: o["place"] = all_place[t] | |
| elif res == "offenceCrimeDate": | |
| for t in others: | |
| if t in all_rs: o["crime_date"] = all_rs[t][1]["text"] | |
| charges = [] | |
| for targets in joins.get("criminalCharge", []): | |
| if not any(t in def_set for t in targets): continue | |
| unresolved = [t for t in targets if t not in def_set and t not in off_ids and t not in ver_ids] | |
| if unresolved: stats["charge_unresolved_targets"] += 1 | |
| charges.append({"defendant_ids": [t for t in targets if t in def_set], "offence_ids": [t for t in targets if t in off_ids], | |
| "verdict_ids": [t for t in targets if t in ver_ids], "unresolved_ids": unresolved}) | |
| pun_rows = {} | |
| for d_id in def_ids: # deterministic: defendant source order | |
| for res, targets in by_member.get(d_id, []): | |
| if res != "defendantPunishment": continue | |
| for t in targets: | |
| if t in all_rs and all_rs[t][0].get("type") == "punishmentDescription": | |
| row = pun_rows.setdefault(t, {**all_rs[t][1], "defendant_ids": [], "found_in": rs_div.get(t)}) | |
| if d_id not in row["defendant_ids"]: row["defendant_ids"].append(d_id) | |
| if rs_div.get(t) not in (None, tid): stats["punishment_cross_trial"] += 1 | |
| for rs in div.iter("rs"): # every punishment whose text lives in this trial, with whatever defendants the joins name (possibly another trial's) | |
| pid = rs.get("id") | |
| if rs.get("type") == "punishmentDescription" and pid and pid not in pun_rows: | |
| joined = [t for res, targets in by_member.get(pid, []) if res == "defendantPunishment" for t in targets if t != pid and t in all_pers] | |
| pun_rows[pid] = {**parse_rs(rs), "defendant_ids": joined, "found_in": tid} | |
| if not joined: stats["punishment_unjoined"] += 1 | |
| elif not any(j in def_set for j in joined): stats["punishment_text_here_defendant_elsewhere"] += 1 | |
| trials.append({ | |
| "trial_id": tid, "session_id": session_id, "date": di.get("date") or session_id[:8], "part": 1 if session_id[:8] <= "18341024" else 2, | |
| "text": text_of(div), "xml": etree.tostring(div, encoding="unicode"), "n_defendants": len(def_ids), "persons": persons, | |
| "offences": [{"id": o["id"], "category": o.get("offenceCategory"), "subcategory": o.get("offenceSubcategory"), "text": o["text"], | |
| "crime_date": o["crime_date"], "place": o["place"], "victim_ids": o["victim_ids"]} for o in offences], | |
| "verdicts": [{"id": v["id"], "category": v.get("verdictCategory"), "subcategory": v.get("verdictSubcategory"), "text": v["text"]} for v in verdicts], | |
| "punishments": [{"id": p["id"], "category": p.get("punishmentCategory"), "subcategory": p.get("punishmentSubcategory"), "text": p["text"], | |
| "defendant_ids": p["defendant_ids"], "found_in": p["found_in"]} for p in pun_rows.values()], | |
| "charges": charges, "places": [text_of(x) for x in div.iter("placeName")], | |
| "obo_url": f"https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?div={tid}"}) | |
| stats["trials"] += 1 | |
| def parse_oa(path): | |
| root, raw_text = read_xml(path) | |
| if root is None: stats["unparseable_oa"] += 1; return | |
| _, _, all_pers, pers_el, _, _ = index_file(root) | |
| div = root.find(".//div0"); di = interps(div) if div is not None else {} | |
| body = root.find(".//body") | |
| oas.append({"oa_id": path.stem, "date": di.get("date") or path.stem[2:10], "text": text_of(body) if body is not None else text_of(root), "xml": raw_text, | |
| "persons": [all_pers[p.get("id")] if p.get("id") else parse_person(p) for p in pers_el], | |
| "places": [text_of(x) for x in root.iter("placeName")], "obo_url": f"https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?name={path.stem}"}) | |
| stats["oa"] += 1 | |
| files = sorted((ROOT / "sessionsPapers").glob("*.xml")) | |
| if LIMIT: files = files[::max(1, len(files) // LIMIT)][:LIMIT] | |
| for i, f in enumerate(files): | |
| parse_session(f) | |
| if i % 200 == 0: print(f"{i}/{len(files)} {f.name} trials so far {stats['trials']}", flush=True) | |
| oa_files = sorted((ROOT / "ordinarysAccounts").glob("*.xml")) | |
| if LIMIT: oa_files = oa_files[:max(2, LIMIT // 5)] | |
| for f in oa_files: parse_oa(f) | |
| used = set() | |
| for t in trials: # source quirk: a few supplementary items share an id (e.g. s16980504-1) — suffix collision-safely and report | |
| base = t["trial_id"] | |
| if base in used: | |
| k = 2 | |
| while f"{base}-dup{k}" in used: k += 1 | |
| t["trial_id"] = f"{base}-dup{k}"; stats["dup_trial_id"] += 1; warnings.append(f"duplicate trial id {base} -> {t['trial_id']}") | |
| used.add(t["trial_id"]) | |
| PERSON = pl.Struct({"id": pl.Utf8, "type": pl.Utf8, "name": pl.Utf8, "given": pl.Utf8, "surname": pl.Utf8, "gender": pl.Utf8, "age": pl.Utf8, | |
| "occupation": pl.Utf8, "place": pl.Utf8, "aliases": pl.List(pl.Utf8)}) | |
| SCHEMA = { | |
| "trial_id": pl.Utf8, "session_id": pl.Utf8, "date": pl.Utf8, "part": pl.Int8, "text": pl.Utf8, "xml": pl.Utf8, "n_defendants": pl.Int32, | |
| "persons": pl.List(PERSON), | |
| "offences": pl.List(pl.Struct({"id": pl.Utf8, "category": pl.Utf8, "subcategory": pl.Utf8, "text": pl.Utf8, "crime_date": pl.Utf8, "place": pl.Utf8, "victim_ids": pl.List(pl.Utf8)})), | |
| "verdicts": pl.List(pl.Struct({"id": pl.Utf8, "category": pl.Utf8, "subcategory": pl.Utf8, "text": pl.Utf8})), | |
| "punishments": pl.List(pl.Struct({"id": pl.Utf8, "category": pl.Utf8, "subcategory": pl.Utf8, "text": pl.Utf8, "defendant_ids": pl.List(pl.Utf8), "found_in": pl.Utf8})), | |
| "charges": pl.List(pl.Struct({"defendant_ids": pl.List(pl.Utf8), "offence_ids": pl.List(pl.Utf8), "verdict_ids": pl.List(pl.Utf8), "unresolved_ids": pl.List(pl.Utf8)})), | |
| "places": pl.List(pl.Utf8), "obo_url": pl.Utf8, | |
| } | |
| df = pl.from_dicts(trials, schema=SCHEMA); assert df["trial_id"].n_unique() == df.height | |
| df.write_parquet(OUT / "trials.parquet", compression="zstd") | |
| oa = pl.from_dicts(oas, schema={"oa_id": pl.Utf8, "date": pl.Utf8, "text": pl.Utf8, "xml": pl.Utf8, "persons": pl.List(PERSON), "places": pl.List(pl.Utf8), "obo_url": pl.Utf8}) | |
| oa.write_parquet(OUT / "ordinarys_accounts.parquet", compression="zstd") | |
| ses = pl.from_dicts(sessions, schema={"session_id": pl.Utf8, "date": pl.Utf8, "part": pl.Int8, "text": pl.Utf8, "xml": pl.Utf8, "n_trials": pl.Int32, "div_types": pl.Utf8, | |
| "persons": pl.List(PERSON), "places": pl.List(pl.Utf8), | |
| "summary_items": pl.List(pl.Struct({"id": pl.Utf8, "type": pl.Utf8, "category": pl.Utf8, "subcategory": pl.Utf8, "text": pl.Utf8, "found_in": pl.Utf8, "linked_ids": pl.List(pl.Utf8)})), | |
| "obo_url": pl.Utf8}) | |
| ses.write_parquet(OUT / "sessions.parquet", compression="zstd") | |
| print("\nwrote", df.shape, "trials;", ses.shape, "sessions;", oa.shape, "OA") | |
| (OUT / "parse_warnings.txt").write_text("\n".join(warnings)) | |
| if warnings: print(f"{len(warnings)} parse warnings -> {OUT / 'parse_warnings.txt'}") | |
| if STATS: | |
| for k, v in sorted(stats.items()): print(f" {k:32s} {v}") | |
| g = df.filter(pl.col("verdicts").list.eval(pl.element().struct.field("category") == "guilty").list.any()) | |
| print("guilty trials:", g.height, "| guilty with 0 punishments:", g.filter(pl.col("punishments").list.len() == 0).height) | |
| print("trials with 0 offences:", df.filter(pl.col("offences").list.len() == 0).height, "| 0 charges:", df.filter(pl.col("charges").list.len() == 0).height, | |
| "| punishments with no defendant:", df.explode("punishments").filter(pl.col("punishments").struct.field("defendant_ids").list.len() == 0).height) | |