Social Security retirement benefits
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Social Security retirement benefits are monthly payments from the U.S. Social Security program that provide income to eligible workers and their dependents after the worker retires, based on their prior earnings and work history.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old-Age and Survivors Insurance | 1 |
| Social Security benefit formulas | 1 |
| Social Security retirement benefits canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2801115 — 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: Social Security retirement benefits Context triple: [Supplemental Security Income, distinctFrom, Social Security retirement benefits]
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A.
Supplemental Security Income
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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B.
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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C.
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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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.
Social Security wage base limit
The Social Security wage base limit is the maximum annual amount of a worker’s earnings that is subject to Social Security payroll taxes, above which no additional Social Security tax is owed.
- 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: Social Security retirement benefits Target entity description: Social Security retirement benefits are monthly payments from the U.S. Social Security program that provide income to eligible workers and their dependents after the worker retires, based on their prior earnings and work history.
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A.
Supplemental Security Income
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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B.
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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C.
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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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.
Social Security wage base limit
The Social Security wage base limit is the maximum annual amount of a worker’s earnings that is subject to Social Security payroll taxes, above which no additional Social Security tax is owed.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
retirement income program
ⓘ
social insurance benefit ⓘ |
| adjustedBy | cost-of-living adjustments ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Social Security Administration ⓘ |
| applicationChannel |
Social Security field office
ⓘ
online ⓘ telephone ⓘ |
| applicationRequired | yes ⓘ |
| basedOn |
age at claiming
ⓘ
primary insurance amount ⓘ worker earnings history ⓘ worker work history ⓘ |
| beneficiary |
certain survivors through related benefits
ⓘ
eligible dependent children ⓘ eligible divorced spouses ⓘ eligible spouses ⓘ retired workers ⓘ |
| benefitIncreaseCondition | delaying benefits past full retirement age ⓘ |
| benefitReductionCondition | claiming before full retirement age ⓘ |
| benefitType | monthly cash payment ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coverageScope | most U.S. workers ⓘ |
| currency |
US dollar
ⓘ
surface form:
United States dollar
|
| eligibilityRequirement |
attainment of minimum retirement age
ⓘ
covered employment ⓘ minimum number of work credits ⓘ |
| excludes | some state and local government employees without Social Security coverage ⓘ |
| fundingSource |
Federal Insurance Contributions Act taxes
ⓘ
Self-Employment Contributions Act taxes ⓘ payroll taxes ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Social Security Act of 1935
ⓘ
surface form:
Social Security Act
|
| hasDelayedRetirementCreditAgeLimit | age 70 ⓘ |
| hasFullRetirementAgeRange | age 66 to 67 depending on birth year ⓘ |
| hasMinimumClaimingAge | age 62 ⓘ |
| indexedTo | Consumer Price Index ⓘ |
| mayBeSubjectTo | earnings test before full retirement age ⓘ |
| paidFrom | Social Security Trust Funds ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States Social Security system
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Social Security program
|
| paymentFrequency | monthly ⓘ |
| paymentMethod |
Direct Express debit card
ⓘ
direct deposit ⓘ |
| programStartYear | 1940 ⓘ |
| purpose |
provide income in retirement
ⓘ
replace a portion of prior earnings ⓘ |
| relatedProgram |
Social Security disability benefits
ⓘ
Supplemental Security Income ⓘ |
| spousalBenefitMaximum | up to 50 percent of worker primary insurance amount ⓘ |
| survivorBenefitMaximum | up to 100 percent of worker benefit subject to limits ⓘ |
| taxStatus | federal income tax may apply depending on income ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Social Security retirement benefits Description of subject: Social Security retirement benefits are monthly payments from the U.S. Social Security program that provide income to eligible workers and their dependents after the worker retires, based on their prior earnings and work history.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Supplemental Security Income
this entity surface form:
Social Security benefit formulas
this entity surface form:
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance