EBT card

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electronic benefit transfer card government-issued card payment card

An EBT card is a government-issued electronic payment card used by eligible individuals to access and spend their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Cartão Alimentação	1
EBT card canonical	1
Electronic Benefit Transfer	1
SNAP EBT	1
SNAP card	1
electronic benefits transfer (EBT)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2435939 — 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: EBT card
Context triple: [Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, benefitMedium, EBT card]

A. Presto card
The Presto card is a reloadable smart card used for paying public transit fares across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area and other regions in Ontario, Canada.
B. Breeze Card
The Breeze Card is a reusable smart fare card used for paying transit fares across the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) system in Atlanta, Georgia.
C. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a U.S. federal assistance program that provides low-income individuals and families with monthly benefits to purchase food and improve their nutritional security.
D. SNAP
SNAP is the stock ticker symbol for Snap Inc., the American technology and social media company best known for its Snapchat messaging app.
E. Clipper card
The Clipper card is a reloadable contactless smart card used to pay fares across multiple public transit systems in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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: EBT card
Target entity description: An EBT card is a government-issued electronic payment card used by eligible individuals to access and spend their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits.

A. Presto card
The Presto card is a reloadable smart card used for paying public transit fares across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area and other regions in Ontario, Canada.
B. Breeze Card
The Breeze Card is a reusable smart fare card used for paying transit fares across the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) system in Atlanta, Georgia.
C. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a U.S. federal assistance program that provides low-income individuals and families with monthly benefits to purchase food and improve their nutritional security.
D. SNAP
SNAP is the stock ticker symbol for Snap Inc., the American technology and social media company best known for its Snapchat messaging app.
E. Clipper card
The Clipper card is a reloadable contactless smart card used to pay fares across multiple public transit systems in the San Francisco Bay Area.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	electronic benefit transfer card ⓘ government-issued card ⓘ payment card ⓘ
acceptedAt	authorized SNAP retailers ⓘ grocery stores ⓘ some farmers markets ⓘ supermarkets ⓘ
accessMethod	ATMs for certain cash benefits ⓘ point-of-sale terminals ⓘ
administeredBy	state governments in the United States ⓘ
allows	tracking of benefit usage ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	SNAP card ⓘ linked to: EBT card food stamp card ⓘ
balanceUpdated	monthly ⓘ
benefitProgram	Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ⓘ some state cash assistance programs ⓘ
benefitType	nutrition assistance ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
designedFor	low-income households ⓘ low-income individuals ⓘ
eligibilityDeterminedBy	state SNAP agencies ⓘ
fundingSource	federal government of the United States ⓘ linked to: United States government
goal	improving access to food ⓘ reducing fraud in benefit distribution ⓘ reducing hunger ⓘ
introducedIn	1990s ⓘ
legalStatus	non-transferable benefit card ⓘ
notAcceptedFor	alcohol purchases ⓘ hot prepared foods in most cases ⓘ non-food household items ⓘ tobacco purchases ⓘ
ownership	issued to eligible beneficiaries ⓘ
partOf	Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ⓘ electronic benefit transfer system ⓘ
regulatedBy	Food and Nutrition Service ⓘ United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ
replacedBy	chip-enabled EBT cards in some states ⓘ
replaces	paper food stamps ⓘ
requires	personal identification number ⓘ
securityFeature	PIN protection ⓘ electronic transaction records ⓘ
technologyUsed	PIN-based authentication ⓘ magnetic stripe ⓘ
transactionType	debit-style transaction ⓘ
usedFor	accessing SNAP benefits ⓘ electronic distribution of public assistance ⓘ purchasing eligible food items ⓘ redeeming Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program → benefitMedium → EBT card ⓘ

EBT card → alsoKnownAs → SNAP card ⓘ

linked to: EBT card

California Food Assistance Program → usesSystem → Electronic Benefit Transfer ⓘ

linked to: EBT card

FoodMaxx → accepts → SNAP EBT ⓘ

linked to: EBT card

Bolsa Família → predecessor → Cartão Alimentação ⓘ

linked to: EBT card

Columbia City Farmers Market → paymentMethod → electronic benefits transfer (EBT) ⓘ

linked to: EBT card

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