Local DNA Index System
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The Local DNA Index System is a regional forensic DNA database used by individual laboratories or jurisdictions to store and compare DNA profiles before they are uploaded to larger state or national systems.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Local DNA Index System canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5414988 — 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: Local DNA Index System Context triple: [Combined DNA Index System, hasPart, Local DNA Index System]
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A.
Combined DNA Index System
The Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) is a national DNA database in the United States that enables law enforcement agencies to store, compare, and match DNA profiles for criminal investigations and identification.
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B.
Crime Laboratory System
The Crime Laboratory System is the forensic science division of the Massachusetts State Police that conducts scientific analysis of evidence for criminal investigations.
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C.
Central Identification Laboratory
The Central Identification Laboratory is a U.S. Department of Defense forensic laboratory specializing in the recovery and identification of missing American service members’ remains from past conflicts.
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D.
National Crime Information Center
The National Crime Information Center is a nationwide computerized database system in the United States that provides law enforcement agencies with real-time access to criminal justice information such as wanted persons, stolen property, and missing persons records.
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E.
National Instant Criminal Background Check System
The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) is a U.S. system used to quickly determine whether a prospective firearm buyer is legally eligible to purchase guns.
- 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: Local DNA Index System Target entity description: The Local DNA Index System is a regional forensic DNA database used by individual laboratories or jurisdictions to store and compare DNA profiles before they are uploaded to larger state or national systems.
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A.
Combined DNA Index System
The Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) is a national DNA database in the United States that enables law enforcement agencies to store, compare, and match DNA profiles for criminal investigations and identification.
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B.
Crime Laboratory System
The Crime Laboratory System is the forensic science division of the Massachusetts State Police that conducts scientific analysis of evidence for criminal investigations.
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C.
Central Identification Laboratory
The Central Identification Laboratory is a U.S. Department of Defense forensic laboratory specializing in the recovery and identification of missing American service members’ remains from past conflicts.
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D.
National Crime Information Center
The National Crime Information Center is a nationwide computerized database system in the United States that provides law enforcement agencies with real-time access to criminal justice information such as wanted persons, stolen property, and missing persons records.
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E.
National Instant Criminal Background Check System
The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) is a U.S. system used to quickly determine whether a prospective firearm buyer is legally eligible to purchase guns.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
forensic DNA database
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law enforcement information system ⓘ regional DNA index ⓘ |
| abbreviation | LDIS ⓘ |
| accessControlledBy |
authorized law enforcement users
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forensic laboratory personnel ⓘ |
| benefit |
early detection of DNA links between local cases
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faster local DNA searching ⓘ reduced dependence on state-level searches for local cases ⓘ |
| dataType |
DNA profile
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forensic DNA record ⓘ short tandem repeat profile ⓘ |
| feedsInto |
National DNA Index System
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linked to:
Combined DNA Index System
State DNA Index System ⓘ |
| governedBy |
federal DNA database regulations
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local policies ⓘ state laws ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
compare DNA profiles
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identify potential suspects ⓘ link crimes to each other ⓘ store DNA profiles ⓘ support criminal investigations ⓘ support forensic casework ⓘ |
| implementedAs | software component of CODIS ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | participating forensic laboratories ⓘ |
| partOf | Combined DNA Index System ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
CODIS
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linked to:
Combined DNA Index System
National DNA Index System ⓘ
linked to:
Combined DNA Index System
State DNA Index System ⓘ |
| requires |
chain of custody documentation
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standardized DNA profile formats ⓘ validated DNA typing methods ⓘ |
| scope |
local jurisdiction
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regional jurisdiction ⓘ |
| securityRequirement |
audit logging of user activity
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data encryption ⓘ restricted access ⓘ |
| supports |
case-to-case DNA comparisons
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case-to-offender DNA comparisons ⓘ offender-to-offender DNA comparisons ⓘ |
| usedBy |
individual forensic laboratories
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local law enforcement agencies ⓘ regional crime laboratories ⓘ |
| usedFor |
local casework comparisons
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pre-screening of DNA profiles ⓘ quality control of DNA profiles before upload ⓘ searching unknown forensic profiles against arrestee databases ⓘ searching unknown forensic profiles against known offenders ⓘ searching unknown forensic profiles against other casework profiles ⓘ |
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: Local DNA Index System Description of subject: The Local DNA Index System is a regional forensic DNA database used by individual laboratories or jurisdictions to store and compare DNA profiles before they are uploaded to larger state or national systems.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.