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**Description**
The **[FUNSD](https://guillaumejaume.github.io/FUNSD/)** (Form Understanding in Noisy Scanned Documents) dataset is a benchmark for form understanding.
**Content**
- 199 scanned forms
- Entities annotated with 4 categories: _header, question, answer, other_
- OCR text + layout information available
- Forms are noisy and semi-structured
- Tests ability to capture hierarchical relationships between entities
**Intended Use**
- NER/KIE for form documents
**License**
Provided by [FUNSD dataset authors](https://guillaumejaume.github.io/FUNSD/work/) (2019).