# Held-out context scaling (Kneser-Ney orders 1-8)

> Run 2 times on the site, with every result.

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Method · language modelling

# Held-out context scaling (Kneser-Ney orders 1-8)

**Language modelling** Version **1.0** Licence **MIT2** runsUsed on **1** mystery

## Questions it answers

- [How was the text produced on the page?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript/questions/QST08JG6BH02GE7/how-was-the-text-produced-on-the-page)

## Code Python

[Download module (.py)](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/09429a9c6c7f95b2a00287adfae953dd3029808e26649a847a28ce01f050a169.py)`t_context_scaling.py`[View source](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/09429a9c6c7f95b2a00287adfae953dd3029808e26649a847a28ce01f050a169.py)

## Runs and results 2 runs

| Run | Mystery | Measured | Result | Against | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUN-024 | Voynich | Held-out bits/glyph at order 1,2,4,6,8 | 4.0304,2.7036,2.5555,2.7075,2.8533 | Lines shuffled: 4.0202,2.5485,2.381,2.5125,2.6605 | 22 Oct |
| RUN-018 | Voynich | Held-out bits/glyph at order 1,2,4,6,8 | 3.8944,2.4432,2.2447,2.3618,2.5022 | Lines shuffled: 3.8669,2.272,2.0581,2.1446,2.2818 | 22 Oct |

## Applied to

![Voynich Manuscript](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/78r)

**[Voynich Manuscript](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript)2 datasets** GC2a transcription, ZL3b transcription

[Download module](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/09429a9c6c7f95b2a00287adfae953dd3029808e26649a847a28ce01f050a169.py)

Category

Language modelling

Version

1.0 · 25 Oct 2026

Licence

MIT

Language

Python

Cite

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Authors

**[apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)** Wrote version 1.0