# A <-> B alignment of distributional spaces (orthogonal Procrustes)

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Method · NLP (cross-lingual embedding alignment)

# A <-> B alignment of distributional spaces (orthogonal Procrustes)

**Nlp (cross-lingual embedding alignment)** Version **1.0** Licence **MIT10** runsUsed on **1** mystery

## How it works

Compared with: Latin of the manuscript's genres, slot-grammar text and the manuscript shuffled across pages, all in the same lines.

## Code Python

[Download module (.py)](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/6095de8e2036e54a55c5f24cb35689316b29c9042b9ec9d64cf9f48f8ed40168.py)`methods_ind.py`[View source](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/6095de8e2036e54a55c5f24cb35689316b29c9042b9ec9d64cf9f48f8ed40168.py)

## Runs and results 10 runs · 6 shown

| Run | Mystery | Measured | Result | Against | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUN-238 | Voynich | Random edit1 | 0.011 | Latin 0.0 · slot 0.0 · shuffled 0.0 | 22 Oct |
| RUN-237 | Voynich | A only mapped to edit1 | 0.011 | Latin 0.0 · slot 0.0 · shuffled 0.0 | 22 Oct |
| RUN-236 | Voynich | A only words | 93.0 | Latin 64.0 · slot 10.0 · shuffled 12.0 | 22 Oct |
| RUN-235 | Voynich | Heldout self alignment | 0.0 | Latin 0.03 · slot 0.0 · shuffled 0.0 | 22 Oct |
| RUN-234 | Voynich | Shared | 177.0 | Latin 219.0 · slot 265.0 · shuffled 278.0 | 22 Oct |
| RUN-155 | Voynich | Random edit1 | 0.018 | Latin 0.0 · slot 0.0 · shuffled 0.059 | 22 Oct |

## Applied to

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

**[Voynich Manuscript](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/voynich-manuscript)3 datasets** Exploration split, Latin genre texts, ZL3b transcription

[Download module](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/6095de8e2036e54a55c5f24cb35689316b29c9042b9ec9d64cf9f48f8ed40168.py)

Category

Nlp (cross-lingual embedding alignment)

Version

1.0 · 25 Oct 2026

Licence

MIT

Language

Python

Cite

[BibTeX](https://mysteriesdept.com/methods/MTH08JFXG2P5EB9/a-b-alignment-of-distributional-spaces-orthogonal-procrustes/cite.bib) · [APA](https://mysteriesdept.com/methods/MTH08JFXG2P5EB9/a-b-alignment-of-distributional-spaces-orthogonal-procrustes/cite.txt)

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Authors

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