The Age of Not Believing
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"The Age of Not Believing" is a reflective song from Disney’s 1971 film *Bedknobs and Broomsticks* that explores the loss of childhood faith and imagination as one grows older.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Age of Not Believing canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5228281 — 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: The Age of Not Believing Context triple: [Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971 film songs), hasSong, The Age of Not Believing]
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A.
Beyond Belief
"Beyond Belief" is a seminal sociological work by Robert N. Bellah that explores the role of religion and symbolic meaning in modern American society.
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B.
The Process of Belief
The Process of Belief is a 2002 punk rock album by Bad Religion that marked a powerful creative resurgence and the return of guitarist Brett Gurewitz to the band.
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C.
The Believers
The Believers is the English rendering of "Al-Mu'minun," the title of the 23rd chapter of the Qur'an, which focuses on the qualities and ultimate success of true faithful followers.
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D.
Reason to Believe
"Reason to Believe" is a folk song written by Tim Hardin that became widely known through Rod Stewart’s emotive 1971 cover version.
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E.
The Inevitable
The Inevitable is an English rendering of the name of Surah Al-Waqi'ah, a chapter of the Qur’an that vividly describes the certainty of the Day of Resurrection and the final sorting of humanity into different groups.
- 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: The Age of Not Believing Target entity description: "The Age of Not Believing" is a reflective song from Disney’s 1971 film *Bedknobs and Broomsticks* that explores the loss of childhood faith and imagination as one grows older.
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A.
Beyond Belief
"Beyond Belief" is a seminal sociological work by Robert N. Bellah that explores the role of religion and symbolic meaning in modern American society.
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B.
The Process of Belief
The Process of Belief is a 2002 punk rock album by Bad Religion that marked a powerful creative resurgence and the return of guitarist Brett Gurewitz to the band.
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C.
The Believers
The Believers is the English rendering of "Al-Mu'minun," the title of the 23rd chapter of the Qur'an, which focuses on the qualities and ultimate success of true faithful followers.
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D.
Reason to Believe
"Reason to Believe" is a folk song written by Tim Hardin that became widely known through Rod Stewart’s emotive 1971 cover version.
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E.
The Inevitable
The Inevitable is an English rendering of the name of Surah Al-Waqi'ah, a chapter of the Qur’an that vividly describes the certainty of the Day of Resurrection and the final sorting of humanity into different groups.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | musical fantasy film ⓘ |
| associatedPeriod | 1970s film music ⓘ |
| associatedWithFranchise | Disney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWork | Bedknobs and Broomsticks (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer |
Richard M. Sherman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert B. Sherman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuredIn | Bedknobs and Broomsticks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| genre |
film soundtrack
ⓘ
show tune ⓘ |
| hasCulturalOrigin | American popular music ⓘ |
| hasForm | song for voice and orchestra ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
belief
ⓘ
childhood ⓘ imagination ⓘ maturity ⓘ |
| hasType | vocal music ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | family ⓘ |
| isPartOfSeries | Disney live-action musical songs ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Richard M. Sherman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert B. Sherman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lyricsBy | Sherman Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | film soundtrack recording ⓘ |
| musicBy | Sherman Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicStyle | orchestral ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | reflective ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | character development song ⓘ |
| partOf | Bedknobs and Broomsticks (soundtrack) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Walt Disney Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompanyOfFilm | Walt Disney Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Walt Disney Music Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Walt Disney Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
growing up
ⓘ
loss of childhood faith ⓘ loss of imagination ⓘ self-doubt ⓘ |
| title | The Age of Not Believing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn | Bedknobs and Broomsticks (original theatrical release) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Age of Not Believing Description of subject: "The Age of Not Believing" is a reflective song from Disney’s 1971 film *Bedknobs and Broomsticks* that explores the loss of childhood faith and imagination as one grows older.
Referenced by (3)
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