batch.motif.norse-poetic-edda-bellows-gutenberg-l166-l180

batch.motif.norse-poetic-edda-bellows-gutenberg-l166-l180

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record_id: batch.motif.norse-poetic-edda-bellows-gutenberg-l166-l180
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/poetic-edda-bellows.md
passage_locator:
  label: THE POETIC EDDA / ESTABLISHED BY NIELS POULSON / THIS VOLUME IS ENDOWED IN
    PART BY CHARLES S. PETERSON OF CHICAGO / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; lines 166-180
  start: '166'
  end: '180'
  translation: The Poetic Edda
  notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-27-corpus; human
    review required.
canonical_text:
  quote: ''
  summary: An acknowledgement section credits multiple scholars and staff associated
    with the American-Scandinavian Foundation and universities for guidance and assistance
    with the translation project, manuscript, proofs, and publication management.
  language: English
  quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: The passage is an acknowledgement of scholarly and editorial assistance related
    to the translation and its publication.
  category: other
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: Specific individuals are named and thanked for guidance, manuscript and proof
    assistance, and management of publication details.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: William Henry Schofield
  description: Late professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University and
    President of The American-Scandinavian Foundation; under whose guidance the translation
    was begun.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: Henry Goddard Leach
  description: For many years Secretary of The American-Scandinavian Foundation; acknowledged
    for assistance.
  role_refs:
  - role:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: fig:3
  name_or_label: William Witherle Lawrence
  description: Professor of English at Columbia University and Chairman of the Foundations
    Committee on Publications; acknowledged for assistance with the manuscript and
    proofs.
  role_refs:
  - role:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: fig:4
  name_or_label: Hanna Astrup Larsen
  description: The Foundations literary secretary; acknowledged for efficient management
    of complex publication details.
  role_refs:
  - role:4
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
roles:
- id: role:1
  label: scholarly guide for translation
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: He is described as providing guidance under which the translation was begun.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: role:2
  label: institutional assistant (secretary) acknowledged for help
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  basis: He is named and identified as Secretary of the American-Scandinavian Foundation
    and is thanked for assistance.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: role:3
  label: editorial/publications assistant
  assigned_to:
  - fig:3
  basis: He is thanked for assistance with the manuscript and proofs in his publications
    role.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: role:4
  label: publication manager
  assigned_to:
  - fig:4
  basis: She is thanked for efficient management of complex details of publication.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
symbols: []
scenes:
- id: scene:1
  label: Acknowledgement of assistance
  summary: The author/translator credits named individuals for their guidance and
    practical help with translation, manuscript preparation, proofs, and publication
    logistics.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  - fig:4
  symbol_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
candidate_motifs: []
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: summary
  locator: lines 166-180
  quote_or_summary: Acknowledgement section listing and thanking William Henry Schofield,
    Henry Goddard Leach, William Witherle Lawrence, and Hanna Astrup Larsen for guidance
    and assistance with the translation, manuscript, proofs, and publication management.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/norse/project-gutenberg/poetic-edda-bellows.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
  extraction: high
  motif_candidates: low
  comparison_claims: high
  notes: This passage is paratextual (acknowledgements) and contains no mythic narrative
    motifs or symbols to extract.
reviewer_status:
  status: needs_review
  reviewer: ''
  reviewed_at: ''
  notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.2
extracted_at: '2026-04-27'
notes: |-
  No mythology-content motifs/symbols present; extraction focuses on literal paratext entities and their credited roles.
  batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-27-corpus
  custom_id=motif_extract:norse-poetic-edda-bellows-gutenberg__l166-l180
  passage_sha256=74e9eeffabbb4a635f8a4a35b5a4a07727323b837155c5fa4101bf7583b4b098