workhouse

C42394
concept

A workhouse is an institution where impoverished people were housed and required to perform labor in exchange for basic shelter and sustenance.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
welfare institution 3
workhouse canonical 3
former workhouse 2

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: workhouse
Generated description
A workhouse is an institution where impoverished people were housed and required to perform labor in exchange for basic shelter and sustenance.

Instances (8)

Instance Via concept surface
Llanfyllin Union Workhouse —
Hôpital général de Paris welfare institution
Occoquan Workhouse
linked to: Occoquan Workhouse, Virginia
—
Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse former workhouse
Carrick-on-Shannon Workhouse site former workhouse
The Workhouse, Southwell —
Instituto Social de las Fuerzas Armadas welfare institution
Royal Alfred Sailors’ Home welfare institution