NDIS
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NDIS is the National DNA Index System, a central U.S. database that stores DNA profiles to help law enforcement identify suspects and solve crimes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NDIS canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5414989 — 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: NDIS Context triple: [Combined DNA Index System, shortName, NDIS]
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A.
NICTS
NICTS is the government agency responsible for administering courts and tribunals in Northern Ireland.
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B.
National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research
The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research is a U.S. federal agency that funds and promotes research to improve the lives, independence, and community participation of people with disabilities.
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C.
NDAC
NDAC is a dedicated handshake signal line in the IEEE 488 (GPIB) interface used by devices to indicate that they have not yet accepted data.
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D.
NDX
NDX is the ticker symbol for the NASDAQ-100 Index, a major stock market index tracking 100 of the largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq exchange.
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E.
RDI
RDI is a Canadian French-language specialty news channel operated by Ici Radio-Canada Télé that focuses on continuous news coverage and current affairs programming.
- 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: NDIS Target entity description: NDIS is the National DNA Index System, a central U.S. database that stores DNA profiles to help law enforcement identify suspects and solve crimes.
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A.
NICTS
NICTS is the government agency responsible for administering courts and tribunals in Northern Ireland.
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B.
National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research
The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research is a U.S. federal agency that funds and promotes research to improve the lives, independence, and community participation of people with disabilities.
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C.
NDAC
NDAC is a dedicated handshake signal line in the IEEE 488 (GPIB) interface used by devices to indicate that they have not yet accepted data.
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D.
NDX
NDX is the ticker symbol for the NASDAQ-100 Index, a major stock market index tracking 100 of the largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq exchange.
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E.
RDI
RDI is a Canadian French-language specialty news channel operated by Ici Radio-Canada Télé that focuses on continuous news coverage and current affairs programming.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
National DNA database
ⓘ
criminal justice information system ⓘ |
| abbreviation | NDIS ⓘ |
| accessRestrictedTo | authorized criminal justice agencies ⓘ |
| category |
forensic science infrastructure
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law enforcement database ⓘ |
| comparisonMethod | automated DNA profile matching ⓘ |
| contains |
DNA profiles from arrestees (subject to state and federal law)
ⓘ
DNA profiles from convicted offenders ⓘ DNA profiles from forensic crime scene evidence ⓘ DNA profiles from missing persons ⓘ DNA profiles from relatives of missing persons ⓘ DNA profiles from unidentified human remains ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| dataRetention | governed by federal and state statutes ⓘ |
| dataType |
STR DNA profiles
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short tandem repeat profiles ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ |
| fullName |
National DNA Index System
ⓘ
linked to:
Combined DNA Index System
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| governedBy |
FBI quality assurance standards for DNA laboratories
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NDIS Procedures Manual ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
DNA Identification Act of 1994
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federal law governing DNA databanking in the United States ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
local DNA index systems
ⓘ
state DNA index systems ⓘ |
| managedBy |
FBI CODIS Unit
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linked to:
FBI Laboratory
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| operatedBy |
FBI Laboratory
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Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ |
| participationIncludes |
federal laboratories
ⓘ
local crime laboratories ⓘ state crime laboratories ⓘ |
| partOf | Combined DNA Index System ⓘ |
| privacyProtection |
limited to non-coding DNA markers
ⓘ
subject to federal and state privacy laws ⓘ |
| purpose |
assist in identifying suspects
ⓘ
help solve crimes ⓘ identify missing persons and unidentified remains ⓘ link serial crimes ⓘ store DNA profiles for law enforcement use ⓘ |
| scope |
federal, state, and local participation
ⓘ
national ⓘ |
| security | restricted access and audit controls ⓘ |
| supportsProgram |
CODIS
ⓘ
linked to:
Combined DNA Index System
|
| technology | PCR-based DNA typing ⓘ |
| usedFor |
comparing DNA profiles across jurisdictions
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exonerating wrongly suspected individuals ⓘ generating investigative leads ⓘ |
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: NDIS Description of subject: NDIS is the National DNA Index System, a central U.S. database that stores DNA profiles to help law enforcement identify suspects and solve crimes.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.