essay

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concept

An essay is a structured piece of writing that presents a focused argument, analysis, or reflection on a specific topic, typically supported by evidence and organized into an introduction, body, and conclusion.

All labels observed (49)

Label Occurrences
essay collection 736
essay canonical 509
philosophical essay 185

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: essay
Generated description
An essay is a structured piece of writing that presents a focused argument, analysis, or reflection on a specific topic, typically supported by evidence and organized into an introduction, body, and conclusion.

Instances (1,760)

Instance Via concept surface
presidential address by Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: presidential address by Franklin D. Roosevelt at the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg reunion
speech
“Address at the Dedication of the Memorial on the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg”
surface form: Address at the Dedication of the Memorial on the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg
speech
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chapter "The Dynamo and the Virgin"
surface form: The Dynamo and the Virgin
Civilization on Trial essay collection
Freedom and Necessity
The Criterion of Truth philosophical essay
The Analysis of Moral Judgments philosophical essay
Knowing as Having the Right to be Sure philosophical essay
What is a Law of Nature? philosophical essay
Selected Writings essay collection
Linguistics and Poetics
Closing Statement: Linguistics and Poetics
Two Aspects of Language and Two Types of Aphasic Disturbances
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Woven Stone essay collection
The Word as Such
Language, Thought, and Reality essay collection
Science and Linguistics essay collection
The Relation of Habitual Thought and Behavior to Language
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Where Am I Now?: True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame essay collection
Autobiography (Oration 1) speech
"A Wife's Disabilities"
surface form: A Wife's Disabilities
The Notion of Truth philosophical essay
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The Forgotten Man
The Challenge of Facts
Essay of Dramatick Poesie
Red Shi'ism vs. Black Shi'ism
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Ludwig Feuerbach and the End of Classical German Philosophy
The Jewish Problem and the Socialist Jewish State
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In Defense of Women essay collection
What is Enlightenment? philosophical essay