Supplemental Security Income
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Supplemental Security Income is a U.S. federal needs-based program that provides monthly cash benefits to low-income individuals who are aged, blind, or disabled.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T193518 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Supplemental Security Income Context triple: [Social Security Administration, responsibleFor, Supplemental Security Income]
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A.
Social Security Disability Insurance
Social Security Disability Insurance is a U.S. federal program that provides monthly income benefits to eligible workers who become disabled and can no longer engage in substantial gainful employment.
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B.
Medicaid
Medicaid is a U.S. government health insurance program that provides medical coverage to low-income individuals and families, jointly funded by federal and state governments.
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C.
Social Security Administration
The Social Security Administration is an independent U.S. government agency that oversees and delivers retirement, disability, and survivors’ benefits to eligible individuals.
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D.
Social Security Board
The Social Security Board was the federal agency originally established to administer and oversee the United States' Social Security program, including the registration of workers and the distribution of benefits.
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E.
Aid to Dependent Children
Aid to Dependent Children was a New Deal-era federal assistance program that provided cash support to low-income families with children, particularly single-mother households, in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Supplemental Security Income Target entity description: Supplemental Security Income is a U.S. federal needs-based program that provides monthly cash benefits to low-income individuals who are aged, blind, or disabled.
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A.
Social Security Disability Insurance
Social Security Disability Insurance is a U.S. federal program that provides monthly income benefits to eligible workers who become disabled and can no longer engage in substantial gainful employment.
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B.
Medicaid
Medicaid is a U.S. government health insurance program that provides medical coverage to low-income individuals and families, jointly funded by federal and state governments.
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C.
Social Security Administration
The Social Security Administration is an independent U.S. government agency that oversees and delivers retirement, disability, and survivors’ benefits to eligible individuals.
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D.
Social Security Board
The Social Security Board was the federal agency originally established to administer and oversee the United States' Social Security program, including the registration of workers and the distribution of benefits.
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E.
Aid to Dependent Children
Aid to Dependent Children was a New Deal-era federal assistance program that provided cash support to low-income families with children, particularly single-mother households, in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. federal income support program
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means-tested benefit program ⓘ social welfare program ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Social Security Administration ⓘ |
| administeredThrough | local Social Security field offices ⓘ |
| ageDefinitionForChild | under age 18 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | SSI ⓘ |
| applicationMethod |
in-person application
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online disability application (partial) ⓘ telephone application ⓘ |
| benefitAdjustment | indexed to cost-of-living increases ⓘ |
| benefitPurpose |
help pay for clothing
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help pay for food ⓘ help pay for shelter ⓘ |
| benefitType | monthly cash payment ⓘ |
| benefitVariationFactor |
countable income
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living arrangements ⓘ state of residence ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| differentFrom | Social Security Disability Insurance ⓘ |
| disabilityStandardForAdults | inability to engage in substantial gainful activity ⓘ |
| disabilityStandardForChildren | marked and severe functional limitations ⓘ |
| eligibilityCriterion |
U.S. citizenship or certain noncitizen status
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age 65 or older, or blindness, or disability ⓘ limited income ⓘ limited resources ⓘ residency in the United States ⓘ |
| fundedBy | general tax revenues ⓘ |
| incomeCounted |
earned income
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unearned income ⓘ |
| isMeansTested | true ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Title XVI of the Social Security Act ⓘ |
| mayAffectEligibility | in-kind support and maintenance ⓘ |
| mayBeSupplementsBy | state supplementary payments ⓘ |
| notFundedBy |
Federal Insurance Contributions Act taxes
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surface form:
Social Security payroll taxes
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| overseenBy |
United States Congress
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surface form:
U.S. Congress
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| paysTo |
eligible adults
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eligible children with disabilities ⓘ |
| programType | needs-based cash assistance ⓘ |
| provides |
basic income support for necessities
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federal cash benefit ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Social Security Disability Insurance ⓘ |
| replaced | state-run adult assistance programs ⓘ |
| resourceLimit | low personal assets threshold ⓘ |
| startYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| subjectTo | federal income and resource rules ⓘ |
| targetPopulation |
aged individuals
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blind individuals ⓘ disabled individuals ⓘ low-income individuals ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Supplemental Security Income Description of subject: Supplemental Security Income is a U.S. federal needs-based program that provides monthly cash benefits to low-income individuals who are aged, blind, or disabled.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
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affectedProgram
→
Supplemental Security Income
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Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
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includesTitle
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Supplemental Security Income
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this entity surface form:
Title II—Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled
this entity surface form:
Title II – Supplemental Security Income for Aged, Blind, and Disabled
this entity surface form:
Supplemental Security Income program
this entity surface form:
Supplemental Security Income program
this entity surface form:
Supplemental Security Income cash assistance
Family Assistance Plan (House only, not enacted)
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relatedToProgram
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Supplemental Security Income
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