What is Grounding?
Tying an AI answer to specific source documents, such as the case file, a statute or a legal database. Each claim can then be traced back and checked against the source.

2 claims tied to a page · 1 has none
Grounding an AI answer means…
Write it in your own words in the app.
In real work
With grounding switched on, the tool answered Sofia's question only from the uploaded lease and linked each sentence to the clause it came from.
In the illustration
Three claim strips come down the feed. The first two meet their source pages under the press and each pair is punched and tied; the third has no page, so it slides into the side tray untied.
Use grounding in your legal AI tool: answer my question from the sample lease below only, quote the clause behind each sentence with its section number, and say 'not in the document' where the lease is silent.
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