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+## Description
+
+### What changed
+
+<-- Tell us what you changed in the PR -->
+
+### Motivation and context
+
+<-- Tell us why the change is important -->
+
+## Tests
+
+### Scala tests (if applicable)
+
+- [ ] New tests were added to `direct-file-factgraph/direct-file/fact-graph-scala/shared/src/test/...` that cover this functionality
+- [ ] `sbt test`, `sbt scalafmt`, `sbt compile`, `sbt clean`, and `sbt fastOptJS` all ran successfully.
+- [ ] I have run `npm run copy-transpiled-js` from `/direct-file/df-client/df-client-app`
+- [ ] I have run `docker-compose build` from `/direct-file/df-client/df-client-app`
+
+### Fact dictionary tests (for all changes)
+
+- [ ] I have added fact dictionary tests as appropriate.
+- [ ] I have run `npm run generate-fact-dictionary` from `/direct-file-factgraph/direct-file/df-client/df-client-app`
+- [ ] I have run `npm run test factDictionaryTests` from `/direct-file-factgraph/direct-file/df-client/df-client-app/src/test` and all tests pass.
+
+### Manual tests
+
+Describe how you verified that your changes worked as expected, if you did so outside of the automated tests. 
+
+## Is there anything reviewers should look at carefully?
+
+## Are there any loose ends or TODO items for the future?
+