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 |
|---|---|
| The Rhapsode | storyteller |
| Pisistratus Caxton | — |
|
the Man in Chair
surface form:
Man in Chair
|
— |
| Louis | — |
| Esther Summerson | — |
| Lawrence Dobkin | — |
|
the Host (in the frame narrative)
surface form:
Harry Bailly
|
frame narrator |
| the Franklin | storyteller |