NIST Special Database 19
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NIST Special Database 19 is a large, publicly available collection of handwritten character images created by the National Institute of Standards and Technology for use in developing and evaluating handwriting recognition and related pattern-recognition systems.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| NIST Special Database 19 canonical | 3 |
| NIST handwriting databases | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15217963 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NIST Special Database 19 Context triple: [NIST Special Database 1, relatedTo, NIST Special Database 19]
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A.
NIST Special Database 1
NIST Special Database 1 is a U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology collection of handwritten digit images that served as a primary source for creating the widely used MNIST dataset.
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B.
NIST Special Database 3
NIST Special Database 3 is a U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology collection of handwritten character images that served as a foundational source for later benchmark datasets in pattern recognition and machine learning.
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C.
NIST Special Database program
The NIST Special Database program is a U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology initiative that curates and distributes standardized scientific and technical datasets for research, testing, and benchmarking.
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D.
Modified National Institute of Standards and Technology database
The Modified National Institute of Standards and Technology database is a large, standardized collection of handwritten digit images widely used for training and evaluating image processing and machine learning algorithms.
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E.
Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System
The Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System is the FBI’s large-scale computerized system for storing, searching, and matching fingerprint and biometric data to support criminal identification and investigative work.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NIST Special Database 19 Target entity description: NIST Special Database 19 is a large, publicly available collection of handwritten character images created by the National Institute of Standards and Technology for use in developing and evaluating handwriting recognition and related pattern-recognition systems.
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A.
NIST Special Database 1
NIST Special Database 1 is a U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology collection of handwritten digit images that served as a primary source for creating the widely used MNIST dataset.
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B.
NIST Special Database 3
NIST Special Database 3 is a U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology collection of handwritten character images that served as a foundational source for later benchmark datasets in pattern recognition and machine learning.
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C.
NIST Special Database program
The NIST Special Database program is a U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology initiative that curates and distributes standardized scientific and technical datasets for research, testing, and benchmarking.
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D.
Modified National Institute of Standards and Technology database
The Modified National Institute of Standards and Technology database is a large, standardized collection of handwritten digit images widely used for training and evaluating image processing and machine learning algorithms.
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E.
Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System
The Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System is the FBI’s large-scale computerized system for storing, searching, and matching fingerprint and biometric data to support criminal identification and investigative work.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
NIST handwriting databases