extraction.deuteronomy.blessing_curse_choice

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record_id: extraction.deuteronomy.blessing_curse_choice
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/biblical/world-english-bible-classic/deuteronomy.md
passage_locator:
  label: Deuteronomy 30:15-20
  translation: World English Bible Classic
  notes: Initial hand-curated seed extraction.
canonical_text:
  quote: I have set before you today life and prosperity, and death and evil... choose
    life, that you may live.
  language: English
  quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: Moses says life and prosperity, and death and evil, have been set before the
    audience.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: Loving Yahweh, walking in his ways, and keeping commandments are linked with
    life, multiplication, and blessing in the land.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:3
  text: Turning away, not hearing, and serving other gods are linked with perishing.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:4
  text: Heaven and earth are called as witnesses.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:5
  text: The audience is commanded to choose life.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: Moses
  description: Speaker who sets the choice before Israel.
  role_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: Yahweh
  description: God to be loved, obeyed, and clung to.
  role_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: fig:3
  name_or_label: Israel
  description: Audience commanded to choose life.
  role_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
roles: []
symbols:
- id: sym:1
  label: life
  literal_form: life
  associated_figures:
  - fig:3
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: sym:2
  label: death
  literal_form: death
  associated_figures:
  - fig:3
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: sym:3
  label: blessing
  literal_form: blessing
  associated_figures:
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: sym:4
  label: curse
  literal_form: curse
  associated_figures:
  - fig:3
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: sym:5
  label: heaven and earth
  literal_form: heaven and earth
  associated_figures: []
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
scenes:
- id: scene:1
  label: Deuteronomy 30:15-20
  summary: Moses sets life and death, blessing and curse before Israel and calls heaven
    and earth as witnesses.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  - sym:2
  - sym:3
  - sym:4
  - sym:5
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
  label: covenant
  taxonomy_refs:
  - covenant
  basis: The choice is framed through obedience to Yahweh's commandments and promised
    dwelling in the sworn land.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  confidence: medium
  cautions: Taxonomy reference follows existing Genesis seed usage.
- id: motif:2
  label: sacred_exchange
  taxonomy_refs:
  - sacred_exchange
  basis: The passage links human obedience and attachment to Yahweh with life and
    blessing.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  confidence: medium
  cautions: Functional motif candidate; requires review.
- id: motif:3
  label: divine_judgment
  taxonomy_refs:
  - divine_judgment
  basis: Turning away is linked with perishing and loss of prolonged days in the land.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The passage states consequences but does not narrate their fulfillment.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
  claim: The passage frames covenant obedience as a binary choice between life/blessing
    and death/curse.
  claim_level: same_function
  target: pattern atlas
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  counter_evidence_refs: []
  confidence: low
  limitations: Initial corpus-internal claim only; not a cross-cultural conclusion.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: quote
  locator: Deuteronomy 30:15-20
  quote_or_summary: I have set before you today life and prosperity, and death and
    evil... choose life, that you may live.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/biblical/world-english-bible-classic/deuteronomy.md
  rights_note: Public-domain source text.
confidence:
  extraction: medium
  motif_candidates: medium
  comparison_claims: low
  notes: Seed extraction for testing the repository workflow.
reviewer_status:
  status: needs_review
  reviewer: ''
  reviewed_at: ''
  notes: Needs scholarly/human review before being treated as final.
extracted_by: Codex
extracted_at: '2026-04-27'
notes: Initial data seed for Deuteronomy.