short story
C675
concept
A short story is a brief, self-contained work of fiction that focuses on a limited cast of characters and a concise plot to evoke a specific mood, theme, or insight.
All labels observed (23)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| short story canonical | 1,127 |
| short story collection | 645 |
| novella | 306 |
| science fiction short story | 132 |
| comic fiction | 13 |
| frame tale episode | 4 |
| short fiction | 4 |
| short prose piece | 4 |
| short prose work | 4 |
| horror short story | 3 |
| serialized story | 3 |
| cuento | 2 |
| fictional story segment | 2 |
| humorous tale | 2 |
| pulp magazine story | 2 |
| Bengali-language short story | 1 |
| fantasy short story | 1 |
| relato breve | 1 |
| romantic short story | 1 |
| short narrative | 1 |
| short work | 1 |
| shortStory | 1 |
| короткий рассказ | 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: short story
Generated description
A short story is a brief, self-contained work of fiction that focuses on a limited cast of characters and a concise plot to evoke a specific mood, theme, or insight.