Abstract: A method and system for reducing false-positives using a neural network are disclosed. The method includes receiving a data envelope, scanning the data envelope and detecting a presence of data corresponding to a value in a list of sanctioned entities. The method further includes transforming format of the data envelope into a text format, identifying and extracting target information including the data corresponding to the value in the list of sanctioned entities and surrounding information, and reformatting the extracted target information and surrounding information into a natural language question. Once the natural language question is provided, the natural language question is processed by a neural network model for determining whether a sanctioned entity is included or not based on context provided by the natural language question.