MRZ
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MRZ (Machine Readable Zone) is the standardized, optically scannable text area on passports and other travel documents that encodes key personal and document data for automated identity verification.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MRZ canonical | 1 |
| Machine Readable Zone | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13490469 — 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: MRZ Context triple: [Machine Readable Travel Documents, hasComponent, MRZ]
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A.
MZ
MZ is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code assigned to Mozambique.
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B.
MZ
MZ is the vehicle registration code for the Mainz region in Germany, which includes Ingelheim am Rhein.
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C.
MRK
MRK is the stock ticker symbol for Merck & Co., a major global pharmaceutical company known for developing prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products.
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D.
MRK
MRK is the station code for Merrick, a Long Island Rail Road commuter rail station in Merrick, New York.
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E.
MSZ
MSZ is the commonly used abbreviation for Poland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the government body responsible for the country's foreign policy and international relations.
- 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: MRZ Target entity description: MRZ (Machine Readable Zone) is the standardized, optically scannable text area on passports and other travel documents that encodes key personal and document data for automated identity verification.
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A.
MZ
MZ is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code assigned to Mozambique.
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B.
MZ
MZ is the vehicle registration code for the Mainz region in Germany, which includes Ingelheim am Rhein.
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C.
MRK
MRK is the stock ticker symbol for Merck & Co., a major global pharmaceutical company known for developing prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products.
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D.
MRK
MRK is the station code for Merrick, a Long Island Rail Road commuter rail station in Merrick, New York.
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E.
MSZ
MSZ is the commonly used abbreviation for Poland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the government body responsible for the country's foreign policy and international relations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
machine readable zone
ⓘ
standard for travel documents ⓘ |
| characterSet |
0–9
ⓘ
< as filler character ⓘ A–Z ⓘ |
| definedBy | International Civil Aviation Organization ⓘ |
| enables |
error detection via check digits
ⓘ
fast data entry ⓘ |
| encodes |
date of birth
ⓘ
date of expiry ⓘ document number ⓘ document type ⓘ holder name ⓘ issuing state or organization ⓘ nationality ⓘ optional personal number ⓘ sex ⓘ |
| fullForm | Machine Readable Zone ⓘ |
| governedByStandard | ICAO Doc 9303 ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
three-line MRZ
ⓘ
two-line MRZ ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
contains check digits
ⓘ
encodes document data ⓘ encodes personal data ⓘ fixed format ⓘ optically scannable ⓘ uses OCR-B font ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
automated identity verification
ⓘ
border control automation ⓘ machine readability ⓘ optical character recognition ⓘ |
| introducedBy | ICAO standards for MRTDs ⓘ |
| locationOnDocument | data page of passport ⓘ |
| partOf | machine readable travel document ⓘ |
| readBy |
OCR software
ⓘ
optical scanners ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
contactless chip data in passports
ⓘ
ePassport ⓘ
linked to:
ePassports
|
| securityRole |
supports verification of printed data consistency
ⓘ
used as seed for access to ePassport chip ⓘ |
| usedFor |
airline check-in systems
ⓘ
automated border control gates ⓘ data capture in travel industry ⓘ document authentication ⓘ |
| usedIn |
identity cards
ⓘ
machine readable passports ⓘ passports ⓘ travel documents ⓘ visas ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: MRZ Description of subject: MRZ (Machine Readable Zone) is the standardized, optically scannable text area on passports and other travel documents that encodes key personal and document data for automated identity verification.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Malaysian passports
linked to: MRZ