literary hoax
C27093
concept
A literary hoax is a deliberately fabricated or misleading written work, often presented as authentic to deceive readers, critics, or the public for artistic, satirical, or fraudulent purposes.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| literary hoax canonical | 2 |
| fake book | 1 |
| hoax | 1 |
| literary forgery | 1 |
| newspaper hoax | 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: literary hoax
Generated description
A literary hoax is a deliberately fabricated or misleading written work, often presented as authentic to deceive readers, critics, or the public for artistic, satirical, or fraudulent purposes.
Instances (5)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
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Josh Irving
surface form:
Howard Hughes autobiography hoax
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| The Real Book | fake book |
| 1934 Surgeons Photograph | hoax |
| The Balloon-Hoax | newspaper hoax |
| Pseudo-Phalaris letters tradition | literary forgery |