Protagonist
C4939
concept
The Protagonist is the central character in a narrative whose goals, choices, and development drive the main plot and emotional focus of the story.
All labels observed (17)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| protagonist | 1,188 |
| novel protagonist | 144 |
| Protagonist canonical | 35 |
| hero | 25 |
| literary protagonist | 24 |
| series protagonist | 5 |
| central character | 3 |
| short story protagonist | 3 |
| teenage protagonist | 3 |
| main character | 2 |
| novel series protagonist | 2 |
| protagonists | 2 |
| dramatic protagonist | 1 |
| first-person shooter protagonist | 1 |
| novella protagonist | 1 |
| protagonists in the Mahabharata | 1 |
| story protagonist | 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: Protagonist
Generated description
The Protagonist is the central character in a narrative whose goals, choices, and development drive the main plot and emotional focus of the story.
Instances (1,440)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Gogol Ganguli | protagonist |
| Navin R. Johnson | protagonist |
| Hazel Motes | protagonist |
| Ambrosio | protagonist |
| Ashima Ganguli | protagonist |
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Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
surface form:
Lisbeth Salander
|
protagonist |
| Frederic Henry | novel protagonist |
|
Sally – Catherine O'Hara
surface form:
Sally
|
protagonist |
| Raphaël de Valentin | protagonist |
| Hetty Sorrel | protagonist |
| Maggie Tulliver | protagonist |
|
Maggie Tulliver is Tom Tulliver's sister
surface form:
Maggie Tulliver
|
— |
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Maggie Tulliver is romantically involved with Stephen Guest
surface form:
Maggie Tulliver
|
— |
| Sudha | protagonist |
| Charles Marsden | protagonist |
|
Samantha “Sam” Vijaya
surface form:
Samantha "Sam" Vijaya
|
protagonist |
| Ellen Ripley | protagonist |
| Jim Lake Jr. | protagonist |
| Finn the Human | protagonist |
| Tyrone Slothrop | protagonist |
| Larry "Doc" Sportello | protagonist |
| Jean-Joachim Goriot | protagonist |
| Dorothea Brooke | protagonist |
| Gwendolen Harleth | protagonist |
| Victor Van Dort | protagonist |
| Beth Harmon | protagonist |
| Thomasin | protagonist |
| Emma Woodhouse | protagonist |
| Polly Parrish | protagonist |
| Chev Chelios | protagonist |
| Lucy Honeychurch | protagonist |
| Hikaru Genji | protagonist |
| Travis Coates | protagonist |
| Sarah | protagonist |
| Mabel Mora | protagonist |
| Candy Ferocity | main character |
| Troy Maxson | protagonist |
| Mikael Blomkvist | protagonist |
| Cher Horowitz | protagonist |
| Christopher Boone | novel protagonist |
| Liesel Meminger | protagonist |
| Harold Chasen | protagonist |
| Jay Cavendish | protagonist |
| Silas Selleck | protagonist |
| Minalan | protagonist |
| Sergius O'Shaughnessy | novel protagonist |
| Joel Reynolds | protagonist |
| Miette | protagonist |
| Francie Nolan | novel protagonist |
| Guybrush Threepwood | protagonist |