U.S. state
C24
concept
A U.S. state is a constituent political entity within the United States that possesses its own government, defined territory, and certain sovereign powers under the federal system established by the U.S. Constitution.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| U.S. state canonical | 160 |
| state of the United States | 53 |
| federated state | 32 |
| constituent state | 18 |
| federated state of the United States | 15 |
| constituent state of the United States | 4 |
| fictional U.S. state | 4 |
| neighboring U.S. states | 2 |
| U.S. state in a specific time period | 1 |
| U.S. state in the American Civil War | 1 |
| constituent state of a country | 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: U.S. state
Generated description
A U.S. state is a constituent political entity within the United States that possesses its own government, defined territory, and certain sovereign powers under the federal system established by the U.S. Constitution.
Instances (231)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| North Rhine-Westphalia | constituent state |
| Washington | — |
|
PMD
surface form:
California
|
state of the United States |
|
Annie Marshall Rolph
surface form:
California
|
state of the United States |
| Michigan | — |
| Michigan | — |
| Michigan | — |
| Michigan | — |
| Michigan | — |
| Michigan | — |
| Michigan | — |
| Michigan | — |
| Michigan | — |
| Michigan | — |
| Michigan | — |
| Michigan | — |
| South Carolina | — |
| Utah | — |
| North Carolina | — |
|
Gibbs & Associates
surface form:
California
|
state of the United States |
|
Maryland and Delaware
surface form:
Maryland
|
— |
| West Virginia | — |
|
Oakwood University Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama, United States
surface form:
Alabama
|
state of the United States |
|
States
surface form:
States of Australia
|
constituent state |
|
California, United States
surface form:
California
|
— |
|
Pioneer Cemetery, Fossil, Oregon
surface form:
Oregon
|
state of the United States |
|
Beatrice Gardner
surface form:
North Carolina
|
state of the United States |
|
Levar
surface form:
Virginia
|
— |
|
States
surface form:
States of India
|
federated state |
| Missouri (post-retirement) | — |
|
Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States
surface form:
Wisconsin
|
state of the United States |
|
James Plyler
surface form:
Texas
|
— |
| Idaho | — |
| Nevada | — |
| Crown of the Kingdom of Poland | constituent state |
|
Mary Mapes Dodge House
surface form:
Connecticut
|
state of the United States |
| Maine | — |
| Hawaii | — |
|
New Jersey, United States
surface form:
New Jersey
|
— |
| Kansas | — |
| Ohio | — |
| North Dakota | — |
|
Manhattan and New Jersey
surface form:
New Jersey
|
— |
|
New Point, Missouri, United States
surface form:
Missouri
|
state of the United States |
| Indiana | — |
| South Dakota | — |
| Arkansas | — |
|
Christ Our Redeemer Catholic Cemetery, Ross Township, Pennsylvania
surface form:
Pennsylvania
|
state of the United States |
| Louisiana | — |
| Minnesota | — |