narrator
C1548
concept
A narrator is an entity, either a character or an external voice, that tells the story and conveys events, thoughts, and perspectives to the audience.
All labels observed (29)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| narrator canonical | 105 |
| storyteller | 37 |
| unreliable narrator | 13 |
| literary narrator | 11 |
| hadith narrator | 10 |
| epistolary narrator | 4 |
| film narrator | 4 |
| frame narrator | 4 |
| Narrator | 3 |
| reciter | 3 |
| narrative role | 2 |
| novel narrator | 2 |
| child narrator | 1 |
| dramatic narrator | 1 |
| fictional narrator | 1 |
| first-person narrator | 1 |
| hadithNarrator | 1 |
| introspective narrator | 1 |
| live show narrator | 1 |
| narrator characters | 1 |
| narrator-like character | 1 |
| philosophical narrator | 1 |
| poetic narrator | 1 |
| silent film narrator | 1 |
| speaker in a poem | 1 |
| storyteller in The Canterbury Tales | 1 |
| television narrator | 1 |
| unnamed narrator | 1 |
| ナレーター | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: narrator
Generated description
A narrator is an entity, either a character or an external voice, that tells the story and conveys events, thoughts, and perspectives to the audience.
Instances (208)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Alexander Scourby | — |
| The Chairman | — |
| Thom Beers | television narrator |
|
Hibler
surface form:
Winston Hibler
|
film narrator |
| the second Mrs. de Winter | unreliable narrator |
| Lynd Ward | storyteller |
| Dr. Emlyn McCarron | — |
| Francis Wayland Thurston | — |
| William Guest | — |
| Jared Vennett | — |
|
The Stranger in The Big Lebowski
surface form:
The Stranger (The Big Lebowski)
|
— |
| Gilbert Markham | — |
| Jedediah Cleishbotham | frame narrator |
| John Forst | — |
| Holden Caulfield | unreliable narrator |
| Unnamed narrator of The Gold-Bug | literary narrator |
|
the traveler
surface form:
the traveler (Ozymandias)
|
— |
| Louis de Conte | literary narrator |
| Maggid | storyteller |
| Garrison Keillor | storyteller |
| Future Ted Mosby | — |
| Seymour S. Sassafras | — |
| Gigi (stage musical, narrator role) | — |
|
Akiro the Wizard in Conan the Barbarian
surface form:
Akiro the Wizard
|
— |
| Albert N. Wilmarth | — |
|
the Narrator
surface form:
the Narrator (opera adaptation of The Fall of the House of Usher)
|
— |
| Yunior de Las Casas | — |
| John (father of the family) | — |
| Chief Bromden | — |
| William Bradshaw | literary narrator |
| Brás Cubas | unreliable narrator |
| Anton Lavrentyevich G-v | — |
| Humbert Humbert | unreliable narrator |
| archpriest of Hita | — |
| Jackson Beck | film narrator |
| Patrick Horgan | — |
|
Burl
surface form:
Burl Ives
|
— |
| Francis | — |
| Hazel | — |
| Antonio Parr | — |
|
Chorus
surface form:
Chorus (Henry V)
|
— |
|
Laura (character)
surface form:
Laura
|
— |
| Maud Ruthyn | — |
| Twister Turrill | storyteller |
|
Cohon
surface form:
Peter Coyote
|
— |
|
Che in Evita
surface form:
Che (Evita)
|
— |
| The Urchins | narrator characters |
| Makar Devushkin | epistolary narrator |
|
Stage Manager
surface form:
Stage Manager (Our Town)
|
— |
| Jack Crabb | unreliable narrator |