narrative text

C1983

concept

A narrative text is a structured account of connected events, real or imagined, presented through a sequence of actions, characters, and settings to convey a story.

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All labels observed (28)

Label	Occurrences
prose narrative	22
exploration narrative	19
autobiographical writing	10
frame narrative	5
autobiographical text	4
frame tale	4
traditional narrative	4
didactic narrative	3
fictional narrative	3
narrative prose work	3
cultural narrative	2
narrative text canonical	2
adventure narrative	1
embedded narrative	1
fictional narrative sequence	1
hunting narrative	1
literary narrative	1
narrative historical text	1
narrative historical texts	1
narrative in the Book of Genesis	1
narrative prose	1
narrative source	1
narrative tale	1
nonlinear narrative work	1
origin narrative	1
picaresque narrative	1
scientific narrative	1
unpublished narrative	1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: narrative text

Generated description

A narrative text is a structured account of connected events, real or imagined, presented through a sequence of actions, characters, and settings to convey a story.

Instances (96)

Instance	Via concept surface
Amleth legend	prose narrative
Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia	exploration narrative
Islamic chronicles of Anatolia	narrative historical text
Roman foundation myths	cultural narrative
Procopius’s "Secret History" surface form: Secret History	prose narrative
Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled	exploration narrative
Voyages on the Yukon and Its Tributaries	exploration narrative
The Serapion Brethren	frame narrative
Little America: Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic, The Flight to the South Pole	exploration narrative
The Canterbury Tales	frame narrative
South: The Story of Shackleton’s Last Expedition 1914–1917	exploration narrative
Green Hills of Africa	hunting narrative
Goethe’s travel diaries	autobiographical writing
The History of the Remarkable Life of John Sheppard	prose narrative
Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean	exploration narrative
Robert the Bruce’s speech before the Battle of Bannockburn	cultural narrative
The Unfortunate Traveller	prose narrative
The Unfortunate Traveller, or the Life of Jack Wilton	picaresque narrative
Heptaméron	frame narrative
Le Morte d'Arthur	prose narrative
Esther Edwards Burr’s Journal	autobiographical writing
myth of Cupid and Psyche	literary narrative
Estoire de Merlin	prose narrative
Guybrush Threepwood searches for the legendary treasure Big Whoop	fictional narrative
Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries	exploration narrative
The North Pole (book by Robert E. Peary) surface form: The North Pole (book)	exploration narrative
Sundanese chronicles	traditional narrative
Secret History	prose narrative
Anecdota	prose narrative
Origo Gentis Langobardorum	narrative prose work
The Report of Wenamun	narrative tale
Swedish medieval chronicles	narrative historical texts
The Passage of the Divine Bird	fictional narrative
Apology of Hattusili III	autobiographical text
Mums	prose narrative
You Are Released	prose narrative
The Ghosts of Christmas	prose narrative
The Passenger	prose narrative
The Carnival of Shadows	narrative prose work
The Forgotten Room	prose narrative
The Hunchback’s Tale	embedded narrative
Un Capitano Moro	narrative source
Confessio Amantis	frame tale
Through the Dark Continent	exploration narrative
Arabia Felix	exploration narrative
The Tale of Melibee	prose narrative