non-fiction work

C46
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)

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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
memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee
surface form: Memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee
book
Snowdon: A Life in View book
Ten Lectures on Wavelets book
Irrational Exuberance book
Animal Spirits book
Finance and the Good Society book
“Divine Wind: The History and Science of Hurricanes”
surface form: Divine Wind: The History and Science of Hurricanes
book
“What We Know About Climate Change”
surface form: What We Know About Climate Change
book
A Long Way Home memoir
Robyn Davidson's memoir "Tracks"
surface form: Tracks
memoir
Histoire du Royaume des Pays-Bas depuis 1814 jusqu’en 1830 book
Essai sur le mouvement des partis en Belgique book
Histoire de Belgique book
Forbidden Fruit: The Ethics of Humanism book
Being and Nothingness philosophical treatise
Critique of Dialectical Reason philosophical work
The Words autobiographical work
Lectures on the History of Philosophy philosophical work
The Art of Computer Programming non-fiction book
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs non-fiction book
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software non-fiction book
Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools non-fiction book
Modern Operating Systems non-fiction book
Effective C++ book
Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code non-fiction book
Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship book
Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software non-fiction book
The Mythical Man-Month book
Computer Networks non-fiction book
Théorème vivant book
Birth of a Theorem book
Optimal Transport: Old and New book
The Theory of Industrial Organization non-fiction book
A Theory of Incentives in Procurement and Regulation (with Jean-Jacques Laffont)
surface form: A Theory of Incentives in Procurement and Regulation
book
The Prudential Regulation of Banks (with Mathias Dewatripont)
surface form: The Prudential Regulation of Banks
book
Competition in Telecommunications (with Jean-Jacques Laffont)
surface form: Competition in Telecommunications
book
The Theory of Corporate Finance book
Economics for the Common Good book
Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know book
Captain Scott book
Cold book
Living Dangerously book
The Dictatorship of the Proletariat (Karl Kautsky) book
La Dictature de la transparence book
Lectures on Ergodic Theory book
Singular Integrals and Differentiability Properties of Functions book
Algebraic Groups and Class Fields book
Differential Analysis on Complex Manifolds book
Hyperbolic Manifolds and Discrete Groups nonfiction book
Anarchy, State, and Utopia book