NGI
E130968
NGI (Next Generation Identification) is the FBI’s advanced biometric identification system that expands and modernizes fingerprint and related data services for law enforcement and national security.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NGI canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1133712 — 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: NGI Context triple: [FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division, manages, NGI]
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A.
NGA
NGA is a bipartisan organization representing the governors of U.S. states and territories, providing a platform for policy development, best-practice sharing, and collective advocacy at the national level.
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B.
NGA
NGA is the commonly used abbreviation for the National Gallery of Australia, the country’s premier national art museum located in Canberra.
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C.
NGA
The NGA (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) is a U.S. government intelligence and combat support agency responsible for providing geospatial intelligence, mapping, and related standards for national security and defense.
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D.
NGA
NGA is the three-letter FIFA country code used to represent the Nigeria national football team in international competitions and rankings.
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E.
.ng
.ng is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to Nigeria for use in its internet addresses.
- 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: NGI Target entity description: NGI (Next Generation Identification) is the FBI’s advanced biometric identification system that expands and modernizes fingerprint and related data services for law enforcement and national security.
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A.
NGA
NGA is a bipartisan organization representing the governors of U.S. states and territories, providing a platform for policy development, best-practice sharing, and collective advocacy at the national level.
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B.
NGA
NGA is the commonly used abbreviation for the National Gallery of Australia, the country’s premier national art museum located in Canberra.
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C.
NGA
The NGA (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) is a U.S. government intelligence and combat support agency responsible for providing geospatial intelligence, mapping, and related standards for national security and defense.
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D.
NGA
NGA is the three-letter FIFA country code used to represent the Nigeria national football team in international competitions and rankings.
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E.
.ng
.ng is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to Nigeria for use in its internet addresses.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
FBI information system
ⓘ
biometric identification system ⓘ criminal justice information system ⓘ |
| acronym | NGI self-link ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| designedFor |
24/7 operational availability
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large scale biometric matching ⓘ |
| developmentStart | mid-2000s ⓘ |
| expands | fingerprint identification services ⓘ |
| feature |
advanced fingerprint matching
ⓘ
facial recognition search capability ⓘ interstate photo system ⓘ latent print searching ⓘ mobile identification support ⓘ palm print searching ⓘ rap back service ⓘ |
| fullName | Next Generation Identification ⓘ |
| fullOperationalCapability | around 2014 ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Criminal Justice Information Services Security Policy
ⓘ
surface form:
FBI CJIS Security Policy
|
| hasComponent |
Biometric Identification Services
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Interstate Photo System ⓘ Latent and Palm Print Services ⓘ Rap Back Service ⓘ |
| initialOperationalCapability | around 2011 ⓘ |
| modernizes |
FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division
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surface form:
FBI biometric services
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| operator |
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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surface form:
FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ |
| partOf | FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division ⓘ |
| purpose |
criminal justice information sharing
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law enforcement identification ⓘ national security identification ⓘ |
| replaced |
Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System
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surface form:
IAFIS
Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System ⓘ |
| stores |
biometric data
ⓘ
criminal history information ⓘ identity records ⓘ |
| subjectTo | U.S. privacy and civil liberties oversight ⓘ |
| supports |
civil background checks
ⓘ
federal law enforcement agencies ⓘ local law enforcement agencies ⓘ state law enforcement agencies ⓘ tribal law enforcement agencies ⓘ |
| technologyType | biometrics ⓘ |
| usesBiometricModality |
facial recognition
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fingerprints ⓘ iris recognition ⓘ palm prints ⓘ scars marks and tattoos data ⓘ |
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: NGI Description of subject: NGI (Next Generation Identification) is the FBI’s advanced biometric identification system that expands and modernizes fingerprint and related data services for law enforcement and national security.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.