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 |
|---|---|
| New Mexico | — |
|
United States state of Missouri
surface form:
Missouri
|
— |
| Oklahoma | — |
| Alawi | constituent state |
| Texas (during tenure with Dallas Cowboys) | — |
| Saarland | constituent state |
|
Washington State, United States
surface form:
Washington (state)
|
— |
| Federated Shan States | federated state |
| Massachusetts | — |
|
Clear Lake Cemetery, Clear Lake, Wisconsin
surface form:
State of Wisconsin
|
state of the United States |
|
Scott D. Galvin
surface form:
Massachusetts
|
state of the United States |
|
William H. Doremus
surface form:
New Jersey
|
state of the United States |
| Montana | — |
|
U.S. state of Arizona
surface form:
Arizona
|
— |
| Perak | federated state |
|
Smithville
surface form:
California
|
state of the United States |
|
William Van Tine
surface form:
Michigan
|
— |
|
New Hampshire and Vermont
surface form:
New Hampshire
|
— |
| Kedah | federated state |
|
Weeks family (Massachusetts)
surface form:
Massachusetts
|
— |
|
Patrick Bryant
surface form:
Mississippi
|
— |
|
U.S. state of Georgia
surface form:
Georgia
|
— |
|
Kate Casey
surface form:
Pennsylvania
|
state of the United States |
| Colorado | — |
| Lower Saxony | constituent state |
|
Union Hill, New Jersey, United States of America
surface form:
New Jersey
|
state of the United States |
| canton of Geneva | constituent state |
|
Hesse, Germany
surface form:
Hesse
|
constituent state of a country |
| Wyoming | — |
|
Florida (during tenure with Florida Panthers)
surface form:
Florida
|
— |
|
The Corner
surface form:
Michigan
|
— |
|
John H. Berry
surface form:
New Jersey
|
— |
|
Elizabethtown City Cemetery
surface form:
Kentucky
|
— |
| Thuringia | constituent state |
|
The Biggest Little Town in Texas
surface form:
Texas
|
— |
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Olden
surface form:
New Jersey
|
— |
|
Jill Noel
surface form:
California
|
state of the United States |
| Delaware | — |
|
Geneva Cemetery, Geneva, Florida, United States
surface form:
Florida
|
— |
| Virginia | — |
| Texas | — |
|
John H. Jones
surface form:
New Jersey
|
— |
| Florida | — |
| New York | — |
|
354 Stockton Street
surface form:
New Jersey
|
— |
| Iowa in the Civil War | U.S. state in the American Civil War |
|
2003 Chicago mayoral election
surface form:
Illinois
|
— |
| Länder | constituent state |
|
entire state of Maryland
surface form:
Maryland
|
— |
|
Stockton Street and Bayard Lane
surface form:
New Jersey
|
— |