non-fiction work

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concept

A non-fiction work is a factual written, audio, or visual composition that presents information, ideas, or real events grounded in reality rather than imagination.

All labels observed (85)

Label Occurrences
book 11,553
non-fiction book 3,010
philosophical work 1,098

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: non-fiction work
Generated description
A non-fiction work is a factual written, audio, or visual composition that presents information, ideas, or real events grounded in reality rather than imagination.

Instances (15,189)

Instance Via concept surface
The Christian Philosopher book
David Jason: My Life autobiography
Only Fools and Stories book
Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea book
One Trick Pony (BoJack Horseman memoir in-series) memoir
The Connection of the Senses philosophical work
Liberty book
Personal Impressions book
Concepts and Categories book
The Magus of the North book
Freedom and Its Betrayal book
Political Ideas in the Romantic Age book
The First and the Last book
Enlightening: Letters 1946–1960 book
Building: Letters 1960–1975 book
Affirming: Letters 1975–1997 book
In Search of Isaiah Berlin book
Considérations sur la France political treatise
Du Pape book
Les Soirées de Saint-Pétersbourg book
Essai sur le principe générateur des constitutions politiques political treatise
Rome and Jerusalem philosophical treatise
The Holy History of Mankind philosophical work
European Triarchy book
Rome and Jerusalem: The Last National Question book
Die europäische Triarchie book
Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince
surface form: The Prince
political treatise
John Gray’s Straw Dogs
surface form: Straw Dogs
non-fiction book
Coleridge on Imagination book
Food and Society in Classical Antiquity book
Ideas of Slavery from Aristotle to Augustine book
Social Status and Legal Privilege in the Roman Empire non-fiction book
The Melanesians of British New Guinea book
The Races of Africa book
Pagan Tribes of the Nilotic Sudan book
Les Grandes Heures de la Chambre book
The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution book
Classics in Total Synthesis non-fiction book
They Call Me Coach book
Human Landscapes from My Country book
The Description Logic Handbook book
Ground Work: Before the War book
Ground Work II: In the Dark book
For Love: Poems 1950–1960 book
The Collected Poems of Robert Creeley, 1945–1975 book
Les époques de la nature book
Mister Jelly Roll book
The Land Where the Blues Began book
Folk Song Style and Culture book
Helle Nacht book