Sixteen Going on Seventeen
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"Sixteen Going on Seventeen" is a popular song from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *The Sound of Music*, known for its duet between the characters Liesl and Rolf.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sixteen Going on Seventeen canonical | 5 |
| Sixteen Going on Seventeen (reprise) | 2 |
| Sixteen Going On Seventeen (reprise) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T529373 — 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: Sixteen Going on Seventeen Context triple: [Richard Rodgers, notableWork, Sixteen Going on Seventeen]
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A.
The Facts of Life
The Facts of Life is an American sitcom that follows a group of girls at a boarding school and their housemother, known for its coming-of-age themes and long run on television in the 1980s.
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B.
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore is a 1974 American drama film directed by Martin Scorsese that follows a widowed mother pursuing a singing career while struggling to raise her young son.
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C.
Scenes from the Heart
Scenes from the Heart is a memoir-style book co-written by Swedish opera singer Malena Ernman and her family that chronicles their personal journey through climate activism and raising Greta Thunberg.
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D.
That Girl
"That Girl" is a 1981 R&B/soul single by Stevie Wonder, known for its smooth groove, synthesizer-driven production, and chart success in the early 1980s.
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E.
A Night at the Roxbury
A Night at the Roxbury is a 1998 American comedy film starring Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan as socially awkward club-going brothers, based on their recurring sketch characters from Saturday Night Live.
- 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: Sixteen Going on Seventeen Target entity description: "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" is a popular song from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *The Sound of Music*, known for its duet between the characters Liesl and Rolf.
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A.
The Facts of Life
The Facts of Life is an American sitcom that follows a group of girls at a boarding school and their housemother, known for its coming-of-age themes and long run on television in the 1980s.
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B.
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore is a 1974 American drama film directed by Martin Scorsese that follows a widowed mother pursuing a singing career while struggling to raise her young son.
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C.
Scenes from the Heart
Scenes from the Heart is a memoir-style book co-written by Swedish opera singer Malena Ernman and her family that chronicles their personal journey through climate activism and raising Greta Thunberg.
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D.
That Girl
"That Girl" is a 1981 R&B/soul single by Stevie Wonder, known for its smooth groove, synthesizer-driven production, and chart success in the early 1980s.
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E.
A Night at the Roxbury
A Night at the Roxbury is a 1998 American comedy film starring Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan as socially awkward club-going brothers, based on their recurring sketch characters from Saturday Night Live.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
show tune
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song ⓘ |
| associatedEra |
Golden Age of Broadway
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linked to:
Golden Age of Broadway (early phase)
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| associatedWith |
Broadway musical theatre
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Rodgers and Hammerstein ⓘ |
| characterDuet |
Liesl von Trapp and Rolf Gruber
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linked to:
Liesl von Trapp
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| composer | Richard Rodgers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| culturalStatus | standard of musical theatre repertoire ⓘ |
| featuredInFilm |
The Sound of Music (1965 film)
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linked to:
The Sound of Music
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| filmPerformer |
Charmian Carr
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Daniel Truhitte ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| fromMusical | The Sound of Music ⓘ |
| genre |
musical theatre song
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show tune ⓘ |
| hasForm | verse-chorus structure ⓘ |
| hasKey | G major (commonly performed) ⓘ |
| hasReprise |
Sixteen Going on Seventeen (reprise)
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linked to:
Sixteen Going on Seventeen
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| hasSubject |
naivety and experience
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youth and maturity contrast ⓘ |
| hasType | duet ⓘ |
| includedIn |
1965 film adaptation of The Sound of Music
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original Broadway production of The Sound of Music ⓘ |
| lyricist | Oscar Hammerstein II ⓘ |
| lyricMotif | older boy advising younger girl ⓘ |
| musicStyle | waltz-time ballad ⓘ |
| notableLine |
I am seventeen going on eighteen
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You are sixteen going on seventeen ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | The Sound of Music ⓘ |
| performerInStory |
Liesl von Trapp
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Rolf Gruber ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| publisher | Williamson Music ⓘ |
| reprisePerformersInStory |
Liesl von Trapp
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Maria von Trapp ⓘ |
| setIn | Austria ⓘ |
| settingInFilm | gazebo scene ⓘ |
| thematicFocus |
adolescence
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coming of age ⓘ romantic courtship ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | late 1930s Austria ⓘ |
| usedIn | stage productions of The Sound of Music worldwide ⓘ |
| vocalForces | soprano and tenor ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sixteen Going on Seventeen Description of subject: "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" is a popular song from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *The Sound of Music*, known for its duet between the characters Liesl and Rolf.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sixteen Going on Seventeen
linked to: Sixteen Going on Seventeen
Act II of The Sound of Music (stage version)
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includesSong
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Sixteen Going On Seventeen (reprise)
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linked to: Sixteen Going on Seventeen