It's a Small World (After All)

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Disney song song theme song

"It's a Small World (After All)" is a famous, upbeat theme song written for the Disney attraction "It's a Small World," celebrated for its simple melody and message of global unity.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
It’s a Small World	2
"It's a Small World (After All)"	1
"It's a small world after all"	1
It's a Small World	1
It's a Small World (After All) canonical	1
It’s a Small World (After All)	1
It’s a small world after all	1
“it’s a small world” Holiday	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1005904 — 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: It's a Small World (After All)
Context triple: [Sherman Brothers, notableWork, It's a Small World (After All)]

A. A Whole New World
"A Whole New World" is the romantic duet from Disney's 1992 animated film Aladdin, celebrated as one of the studio's most iconic and enduring songs.
B. My Favorite Things
"My Favorite Things" is a popular show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The Sound of Music," later widely known as a jazz standard and holiday favorite.
C. Over the Rainbow
"Over the Rainbow" is a classic ballad from the 1939 film *The Wizard of Oz*, widely regarded as one of the greatest and most enduring songs in American popular music.
D. What a Wonderful World
"What a Wonderful World" is a classic 1967 jazz and pop ballad, best known for Louis Armstrong’s warm, gravelly vocals and its optimistic reflection on the beauty of everyday life.
E. Embraceable You
"Embraceable You" is a popular jazz and pop standard composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, widely recorded and performed since its debut in the 1930 musical Girl Crazy.
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: It's a Small World (After All)
Target entity description: "It's a Small World (After All)" is a famous, upbeat theme song written for the Disney attraction "It's a Small World," celebrated for its simple melody and message of global unity.

A. A Whole New World
"A Whole New World" is the romantic duet from Disney's 1992 animated film Aladdin, celebrated as one of the studio's most iconic and enduring songs.
B. My Favorite Things
"My Favorite Things" is a popular show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The Sound of Music," later widely known as a jazz standard and holiday favorite.
C. Over the Rainbow
"Over the Rainbow" is a classic ballad from the 1939 film *The Wizard of Oz*, widely regarded as one of the greatest and most enduring songs in American popular music.
D. What a Wonderful World
"What a Wonderful World" is a classic 1967 jazz and pop ballad, best known for Louis Armstrong’s warm, gravelly vocals and its optimistic reflection on the beauty of everyday life.
E. Embraceable You
"Embraceable You" is a popular jazz and pop standard composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, widely recorded and performed since its debut in the 1930 musical Girl Crazy.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Disney song ⓘ song ⓘ theme song ⓘ
associatedAttraction	It's a Small World (Disneyland Paris) ⓘ linked to: It's a Small World (Disney attraction) It's a Small World (Disneyland) ⓘ linked to: It's a Small World (Disney attraction) It's a Small World (Hong Kong Disneyland) ⓘ linked to: It's a Small World (Disney attraction) It's a Small World (Magic Kingdom) ⓘ linked to: It's a Small World (Disney attraction) It's a Small World (Tokyo Disneyland) ⓘ linked to: It's a Small World (Disney attraction)
associatedWith	Disney theme parks ⓘ Walt Disney ⓘ
composer	Richard M. Sherman ⓘ Robert B. Sherman ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
createdBy	Sherman Brothers ⓘ
culturalImpact	often cited as an example of an "earworm" song ⓘ widely recognized as a symbol of Disney theme parks ⓘ
describedAs	one of the most performed and translated songs in the world ⓘ
firstPerformanceAt	1964 New York World's Fair ⓘ linked to: New York World's Fair
firstUsedFor	Pepsi-Cola Pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair ⓘ
genre	children's music ⓘ novelty song ⓘ theme park music ⓘ
hasArrangement	multi-language versions for different countries in the ride ⓘ
hasChorusLine	"It's a small world after all" ⓘ linked to: It's a Small World (After All)
intendedAudience	children ⓘ families ⓘ
intendedMood	upbeat ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricalTheme	global unity ⓘ international friendship ⓘ peace ⓘ
lyricist	Richard M. Sherman ⓘ Robert B. Sherman ⓘ
notableFeature	continuous loop playback in attraction ⓘ simple repetitive melody ⓘ
partOf	Disney Parks music canon ⓘ
performer	Disney attraction animatronic chorus ⓘ
publisher	Walt Disney Music Company ⓘ linked to: Disney Music Group
recordLabel	Disney ⓘ
themeOf	It's a Small World (Disney attraction) ⓘ
usedIn	Disneyland Paris ⓘ Disneyland Park ⓘ Hong Kong Disneyland ⓘ linked to: Hong Kong Disneyland Resort Tokyo Disney Resort ⓘ Walt Disney World Resort ⓘ
writtenFor	It's a Small World (Disney attraction) ⓘ linked to: Disney’s It’s a Small World theme
yearOfIntroduction	1964 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited