American
C66
concept
An American is an individual who holds citizenship in the United States of America, sharing in its cultural, political, and social identity.
All labels observed (16)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| American canonical | 2,577 |
| American actor | 2,270 |
| American person | 984 |
| American singer | 279 |
| American composer | 130 |
| American mathematician | 117 |
| American citizen | 57 |
| American engineer | 46 |
| American patriot | 30 |
| American model | 23 |
| American planter | 12 |
| American expatriate | 9 |
| French American | 6 |
| アメリカ人 | 3 |
| American child | 2 |
| American character | 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: American
Generated description
An American is an individual who holds citizenship in the United States of America, sharing in its cultural, political, and social identity.
Instances (6,480)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
|
Veblen
surface form:
Oswald Veblen
|
American mathematician |
|
Kirkwood
surface form:
James Kirkwood Sr.
|
American actor |
| Jesse Jackson | — |
| Lee Van Cleef | American person |
| Virginia Mayo | American actor |
| Tracy Kristofferson | American person |
| Jennifer Lawrence | American actor |
| John Uhler Lemmon III | American actor |
| Heidi VanDerveer | — |
| Jerome Moross | American composer |
|
Judy Holliday (divorced)
surface form:
Judy Holliday
|
American actor |
| Roy Stewart | American actor |
| James Hong | American person |
| John Hynes | — |
| Conrad Pope | American composer |
| Zinzi Evans | — |
| Paris Brosnan | — |
| Lewis J. Selznick | — |
| Patrice Wymore | American actor |
| Robert Pine | American actor |
| Fraser C. Robinson III | American person |
| Frank Melton | American actor |
| Nolan Wallach | American mathematician |
| Marguerite Courtot | American actor |
| Jane Greer | American actor |
| Joel Garreau | — |
| Hilary Swank | American actor |
| Rudolph G. Kopp | — |
| Wayne Knight | American actor |
| Gary Merrill | American actor |
| W. C. Fields | — |
|
Kern
surface form:
Jerome Kern
|
American composer |
| Armistead Burwell | — |
| Jim Messina | American person |
| Bradley Bell | American person |
| John Tate | American mathematician |
| Lydia Dodge Cabot Parker | — |
| Tori Kelly | American singer |
| James Hill | American person |
| Raymond Charles Ploetz | American person |
| Charles Joseph Walker | — |
|
Fritchie
surface form:
Barbara Frietchie
|
American patriot |
| I.F. Stone | — |
| Kathy Kelly | — |
| Nicole Boxer | — |
| Tim Boyle | — |
| John Lund | American actor |
| Dean Jagger | American actor |
| Lloyd Haynes | American actor |
| Mark Hopkins | — |