U.S. state
C24
concept
A U.S. state is a constituent political entity within the United States that possesses its own government, defined territory, and certain sovereign powers under the federal system established by the U.S. Constitution.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| U.S. state canonical | 160 |
| state of the United States | 53 |
| federated state | 32 |
| constituent state | 18 |
| federated state of the United States | 15 |
| constituent state of the United States | 4 |
| fictional U.S. state | 4 |
| neighboring U.S. states | 2 |
| U.S. state in a specific time period | 1 |
| U.S. state in the American Civil War | 1 |
| constituent state of a country | 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: U.S. state
Generated description
A U.S. state is a constituent political entity within the United States that possesses its own government, defined territory, and certain sovereign powers under the federal system established by the U.S. Constitution.
Instances (231)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
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Massachusetts
linked to:
1868 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
|
— |
|
Louisiana
linked to:
Charles Wyly Thomas Sr.
|
— |
| Rhineland-Palatinate | constituent state |
|
Illinois
linked to:
1897 Chicago mayoral election
|
state of the United States |
|
Texas
linked to:
Keefer Crossing Middle School
|
state of the United States |
|
Kentucky
linked to:
J-town
|
state of the United States |
|
Illinois
linked to:
1903 Chicago mayoral election
|
— |
| New York (state) | state of the United States |
|
Florida
linked to:
Florida, United States
|
— |
|
Florida
linked to:
Florida, United States
|
— |
|
Nebraska
linked to:
Nebraska (Omaha word for "flat water")
|
— |
|
Louisiana
linked to:
Louisiana (across Sabine River)
|
— |
| Connecticut | — |
| Pennsylvania and New Jersey | neighboring U.S. states |
| Rhode Island | — |
|
Nebraska
linked to:
LBF
|
— |
|
Sikkim
linked to:
Indian state of Sikkim
|
federated state |
|
Florida
linked to:
Darbyville
|
state of the United States |
| Pennsylvania | — |
| Illinois | — |
| Hesse | constituent state |
| New Jersey (during tenure with New York Jets) | — |
| Georgia | — |
|
Oregon
linked to:
Oregon and Washington
|
— |
|
Texas
linked to:
Texas and Mexico
|
— |
|
Delaware
linked to:
Macdonough, Delaware
|
— |
|
Hesse
linked to:
state of Hesse
|
constituent state |
| State of Victoria | federated state |
| Duchy of Schleswig | constituent state |
| Iowa | — |
| Mississippi | — |
|
Massachusetts
linked to:
Sarah Patrick
|
— |
|
Massachusetts
linked to:
Bulfinch
|
state of the United States |
| New Hampshire | — |
| New York (novel continuity) | fictional U.S. state |
| Wisconsin | — |
| State of Guerrero | federated state |
| Tennessee | — |
| Ohio | — |
| State of Mississippi | — |
| Alabama | — |
| Oregon | — |
|
Iowa
linked to:
Iowa and Illinois
|
— |
|
Kentucky
linked to:
Kentucky and Missouri
|
— |
| Kentucky | — |
| Nebraska | — |
|
Indiana
linked to:
Indiana and Kentucky
|
— |
| Illinois and Indiana | neighboring U.S. states |
|
Georgia
linked to:
Matthew Talbot
|
— |
| Missouri | — |