So, it sounds like you’re saying that the ML field has hijacked the well-defined and -understood term “ground truth”, to mean something that should be similar, but which is fundamentally unrelated, and in cases like this is in no way similar. Even what it is to be “correct” is damaged.
I am willing to accept that this is how they are using the terms; but it distresses me. They should choose appropriate terms rather than misappropriating existing terms.
(Your address example I still don’t get, because I expect your model to do some massaging to match custom, so I wouldn’t consider an Address Line 1 of “J Smith 123 Example St” with empty Address Line 2 to be true or correct.)
I am willing to accept that this is how they are using the terms; but it distresses me. They should choose appropriate terms rather than misappropriating existing terms.
(Your address example I still don’t get, because I expect your model to do some massaging to match custom, so I wouldn’t consider an Address Line 1 of “J Smith 123 Example St” with empty Address Line 2 to be true or correct.)