first solution

run.py

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+import re
+
+states = ['Alabama', 'Alaska', 'Arizona', 'Arkansas', 'California', 'Colorado', 'Connecticut', 'Delaware', 'Florida', 'Georgia', 
+        'Hawaii', 'Idaho', 'Illinois', 'Indiana', 'Iowa', 'Kansas', 'Kentucky', 'Louisiana', 'Maine', 'Maryland', 
+        'Massachusetts', 'Michigan', 'Minnesota', 'Mississippi', 'Missouri', 'Montana', 'Nebraska', 'Nevada', 'New Hampshire', 'New Jersey', 
+        'New Mexico', 'New York', 'North Carolina', 'North Dakota', 'Ohio', 'Oklahoma', 'Oregon', 'Pennsylvania', 'Rhode Island', 'South Carolina', 
+        'South Dakota', 'Tennessee', 'Texas', 'Utah', 'Vermont', 'Virginia', 'Washington', 'West Virginia', 'Wisconsin', 'Wyoming']
+
+def count_strings(text_in, search_str):
+    pattern = re.compile(search_str)
+    return len(pattern.findall(text_in, re.IGNORECASE))
+
+
+
+def predict_state(text):
+    state_dict = {}
+    for state in states:
+        state_dict[state.replace(" ", "_")] = count_strings(text, state)
+          
+    return max(state_dict, key=state_dict.get)
+
+        
+def get_jurisdiction(file_in, file_out):
+    
+    with open(file_in, 'r', encoding='utf8') as f_in:
+        lines = f_in.readlines()
+    
+    with open(file_out, 'wt')as f_out:
+        for x in lines:
+            f_out.write("jurisdiction="+str(predict_state(x))+'\n')
+            
+    f_out.close()
+    
+
+        
+get_jurisdiction('dev-0/in.tsv', 'dev-0/out.tsv')
+get_jurisdiction('train/in.tsv', 'train/out.tsv')
+get_jurisdiction('test-A/in.tsv', 'test-A/out.tsv')
+