Paste a single deposition question and answer. In seconds, see whether it looks like a non-answer, carries a recall escape hatch, or simply ran too long — then get the focused next move.
This is a transparent pattern check, not a finding about credibility, completeness, or admissibility. A long answer may still be responsive; counsel makes the call.
Run the full, private pass to surface every non-answer, long narrative, and open outline topic in a closed transcript — or ask us to grade it with you.
The bad moment is familiar: a witness gives you a paragraph, you take the next question, and the transcript tells you later that the answer never arrived. This checker is deliberately narrow. It finds the three patterns that are worth stopping on before the record moves away from them.
Use the question you asked and the answer you got. Leave names and case details out if you prefer.
The readout shows answer length, question-term overlap, and any recall phrase it found.
Use the next move, then keep the original question in the record until it has an answer.
A narrative can sound complete while never touching the thing you asked. Reset it: “My question was narrower,” then ask the same question again.
A memory answer is not the end of the examination. Establish what the witness reviewed, what would refresh memory, and whether the source is available.
Length is not guilt. It is a reason to separate the narrative into propositions and confirm the original question still has an answer.
It is an answer that does not reach the proposition in the question. It may be long, evasive, or both, but a long answer alone is not enough. The useful follow-up returns the witness to the exact question before the examination moves on.
Say that the prior answer did not answer the narrower question, then put that question back cleanly. For a memory answer, establish the limits of the memory and use the relevant record where appropriate. The non-answer ladder lays out the three common moves.
No. A long answer may be entirely responsive. This tool marks length as a prompt to check the substance; it does not make a credibility finding or tell you what is legally sufficient.
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