WIC
E121743
WIC is a U.S. federal assistance program that provides supplemental foods, nutrition education, and health care referrals to low-income pregnant women, new mothers, infants, and young children.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| WIC canonical | 5 |
| Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1021747 — 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: WIC Context triple: [Food and Nutrition Service, hasProgram, WIC]
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A.
WIC
WIC is the common abbreviation for the Dutch West India Company, a 17th-century chartered trading company of the Dutch Republic involved in Atlantic trade, colonization, and privateering.
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B.
SNAP
SNAP is the stock ticker symbol for Snap Inc., the American technology and social media company best known for its Snapchat messaging app.
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C.
WUG
WUG is the vehicle registration code for the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district in Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany.
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D.
WBD
WBD is the stock ticker symbol for Warner Bros. Discovery, a major global media and entertainment company.
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E.
W&A
W&A is the commonly used abbreviation for the Western and Atlantic Railroad, a historic rail line in the southeastern 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: WIC Target entity description: WIC is a U.S. federal assistance program that provides supplemental foods, nutrition education, and health care referrals to low-income pregnant women, new mothers, infants, and young children.
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A.
WIC
WIC is the common abbreviation for the Dutch West India Company, a 17th-century chartered trading company of the Dutch Republic involved in Atlantic trade, colonization, and privateering.
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B.
SNAP
SNAP is the stock ticker symbol for Snap Inc., the American technology and social media company best known for its Snapchat messaging app.
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C.
WUG
WUG is the vehicle registration code for the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district in Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany.
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D.
WBD
WBD is the stock ticker symbol for Warner Bros. Discovery, a major global media and entertainment company.
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E.
W&A
W&A is the commonly used abbreviation for the Western and Atlantic Railroad, a historic rail line in the southeastern United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States government program
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federal assistance program ⓘ nutrition assistance program ⓘ |
| abbreviationFor | Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Food and Nutrition Service
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United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ |
| benefitDeliveryMethod | electronic benefit transfer ⓘ |
| benefitType |
breastfeeding support
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health care referrals ⓘ nutrition education ⓘ supplemental foods ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| designedTo |
improve birth outcomes
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improve infant nutrition ⓘ support child development ⓘ |
| eligibilityCriterion |
income below state-specific threshold
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nutritional risk as determined by a health professional ⓘ |
| focus |
child nutrition
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infant health ⓘ maternal health ⓘ |
| fullName | Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children ⓘ |
| fundingSource |
federal government of the United States
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linked to:
United States government
|
| headquartersLocation | Alexandria, Virginia ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
local agencies
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state agencies ⓘ territorial agencies ⓘ tribal organizations ⓘ |
| inception | 1974 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
federal government of the United States
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linked to:
United States government
|
| languageOfProgram |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Child Nutrition Act of 1966 ⓘ |
| parentProgramArea | USDA nutrition assistance programs ⓘ |
| previousBenefitDeliveryMethod | paper vouchers ⓘ |
| programModel | grant program ⓘ |
| programType | supplemental nutrition program ⓘ |
| purpose |
provide health care referrals to eligible participants
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provide nutrition education to eligible participants ⓘ provide supplemental foods to eligible participants ⓘ |
| relatedProgram |
National School Lunch Program
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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ⓘ |
| sector |
nutrition
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public health ⓘ |
| targetPopulation |
infants
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low-income breastfeeding women ⓘ low-income postpartum women ⓘ low-income pregnant women ⓘ young children ⓘ |
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: WIC Description of subject: WIC is a U.S. federal assistance program that provides supplemental foods, nutrition education, and health care referrals to low-income pregnant women, new mothers, infants, and young children.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Food and Nutrition Service
→
hasProgram
→
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children
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linked to: WIC