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 |
|---|---|
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Mt. Hazel Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan, United States
surface form:
Michigan
|
state of the United States |
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Texas (to the south and southeast via the Red River region)
surface form:
Texas
|
— |
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Pettus
surface form:
Alabama
|
state of the United States |
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KUVA
surface form:
Texas
|
state of the United States |
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University at Lewisburg
surface form:
Pennsylvania
|
— |
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Clara Barton Elementary School
surface form:
Massachusetts
|
— |
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1994 New Mexico gubernatorial election
surface form:
New Mexico
|
— |
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St. Michael’s Cemetery, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
surface form:
Pennsylvania
|
state of the United States |
|
Pinehill Cemetery, Louisa, Kentucky, United States
surface form:
Kentucky
|
state of the United States |
|
Washington, United States
surface form:
Washington (state)
|
— |
| States of Mexico | constituent state |
| Calisota | fictional U.S. state |
| present-day Utah | — |
|
Salem Tigers football
surface form:
West Virginia
|
— |
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present-day Montana
surface form:
Montana
|
— |
| Maryland | — |
|
Indiana (United States Senate)
surface form:
Indiana
|
— |
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U.S. state of Oklahoma
surface form:
Oklahoma
|
— |
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Sylvester-Canada
surface form:
Maine
|
— |
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KFSI
surface form:
Oklahoma
|
— |
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Massachusetts (via Supreme Judicial Court located there)
surface form:
Massachusetts
|
— |
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Minnesota (during NBA season)
surface form:
Minnesota
|
— |
| Arizona | — |
|
1836 New Jersey gubernatorial election
surface form:
New Jersey
|
— |
|
Jonas Seaman
surface form:
Ohio
|
state of the United States |
|
Louisiana (implied region for Cajun background)
surface form:
Louisiana
|
— |
| State of Maine (fictional setting) | fictional U.S. state |
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Tippecanoe
surface form:
Ohio
|
— |
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present-day Georgia
surface form:
Georgia
|
— |
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State of Perlis
surface form:
Perlis
|
federated state |
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present-day Maine
surface form:
Maine
|
— |
|
Mayor Lawrence Deger
surface form:
Kansas
|
— |
|
Keith James
surface form:
Florida
|
state of the United States |
|
Fountain Hill, Arkansas, United States
surface form:
Arkansas
|
state of the United States |
|
Present-day Tennessee
surface form:
Tennessee
|
— |
|
Milltown
surface form:
Pennsylvania
|
state of the United States |
|
BB-37
surface form:
Oklahoma
|
— |
|
Rooptown
surface form:
California
|
state of the United States |
|
U.S. state of New York
surface form:
New York
|
— |
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Pyne Poynt
surface form:
New Jersey
|
state of the United States |
| present-day Colorado | — |
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MD
surface form:
Maryland
|
— |
|
ICT
surface form:
Kansas
|
— |
|
2014 shooting of Michael Brown
surface form:
Missouri
|
— |
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United States (West Point, Georgia, for certain generations)
surface form:
Georgia
|
— |
| California (1853–1854) | U.S. state in a specific time period |
| New South Wales | federated state |
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RNT
surface form:
Washington
|
— |
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The Pit
surface form:
Oregon
|
— |
|
present-day Nebraska
surface form:
Nebraska
|
— |