Won't You Be My Neighbor?

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song television theme song

"Won't You Be My Neighbor?" is the gentle, welcoming theme song closely associated with Fred Rogers and his children's television program Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Won't You Be My Neighbor? canonical	6
It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood	1
Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018 documentary)	1
Won't you be my neighbor?	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T147778 — 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: Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Context triple: [Fred Rogers, hasSignatureSong, Won't You Be My Neighbor?]

A. No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference is a collection of speeches by climate activist Greta Thunberg that calls for urgent global action on the climate crisis.
B. What Do You Care What Other People Think?
"What Do You Care What Other People Think?" is a posthumously published autobiographical book by physicist Richard Feynman that collects personal anecdotes, reflections on science, and his role in the investigation of the Challenger disaster.
C. Away We Go!
Away We Go! is the original working title of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma!, used before the show was retitled for its Broadway debut.
D. Becoming
"Becoming" is a bestselling memoir by former First Lady Michelle Obama that chronicles her life from childhood through her years in the White House and beyond.
E. A Promised Land
A Promised Land is a presidential memoir by Barack Obama that chronicles his early political career and first term in the White House.
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: Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Target entity description: "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" is the gentle, welcoming theme song closely associated with Fred Rogers and his children's television program Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.

A. No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference is a collection of speeches by climate activist Greta Thunberg that calls for urgent global action on the climate crisis.
B. What Do You Care What Other People Think?
"What Do You Care What Other People Think?" is a posthumously published autobiographical book by physicist Richard Feynman that collects personal anecdotes, reflections on science, and his role in the investigation of the Challenger disaster.
C. Away We Go!
Away We Go! is the original working title of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma!, used before the show was retitled for its Broadway debut.
D. Becoming
"Becoming" is a bestselling memoir by former First Lady Michelle Obama that chronicles her life from childhood through her years in the White House and beyond.
E. A Promised Land
A Promised Land is a presidential memoir by Barack Obama that chronicles his early political career and first term in the White House.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	song ⓘ television theme song ⓘ
associatedPerson	Fred Rogers ⓘ
associatedWith	Mister Rogers' Neighborhood ⓘ
associatedWithCharacter	Fred Rogers ⓘ surface form: Mister Rogers
composer	Fred Rogers ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describedAs	gentle theme song ⓘ welcoming theme song ⓘ
firstBroadcastIn	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
genre	children's music ⓘ television music ⓘ
hasCulturalImpactOn	American children's television ⓘ popular culture in the United States ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricist	Fred Rogers ⓘ
notableLine	It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood ⓘ Won't You Be My Neighbor? self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Won't you be my neighbor?
originalNetwork	National Educational Television ⓘ PBS ⓘ surface form: Public Broadcasting Service
partOf	Mister Rogers' Neighborhood ⓘ surface form: Mister Rogers' Neighborhood soundtrack
performer	Fred Rogers ⓘ
subjectMatter	friendship ⓘ kindness ⓘ neighborliness ⓘ
title	Won't You Be My Neighbor? self-link ⓘ
use	closing theme of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood ⓘ opening theme of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood ⓘ
usedFor	establishing welcoming tone of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood ⓘ show introduction ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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

Fred Rogers → hasSignatureSong → Won't You Be My Neighbor? ⓘ

Fred Rogers → hasThemeSong → Won't You Be My Neighbor? ⓘ

this entity surface form: It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Fred Rogers → subjectOf → Won't You Be My Neighbor? ⓘ

this entity surface form: Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018 documentary)

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood → openingTheme → Won't You Be My Neighbor? ⓘ

Won't You Be My Neighbor? → title → Won't You Be My Neighbor? self-link ⓘ

Won't You Be My Neighbor? → notableLine → Won't You Be My Neighbor? self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Won't you be my neighbor?

Nicholas Ma → notableWork → Won't You Be My Neighbor? ⓘ

Fred → subjectOf → Won't You Be My Neighbor? ⓘ

subject surface form: Fred Rogers

Fred → hasSignatureSong → Won't You Be My Neighbor? ⓘ