batch.motif.greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg-l1002-l1013
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg-l1002-l1013
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
passage_locator:
label: THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGGS / THE CAT AND THE MICE / THE MISCHIEVOUS
DOG / THE CHARCOAL-BURNER AND THE FULLER; lines 1002-1013
start: '1002'
end: '1013'
translation: Aesop's Fables; a new translation
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: '"everything I take such pains to whiten would be blackened in no time by
your charcoal."'
summary: A charcoal-burner living alone invites a fuller to share his house and
reduce expenses. The fuller declines because his whitened goods would be blackened
by the charcoal.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A charcoal-burner lives and works by himself.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A fuller settles in the same neighbourhood as the charcoal-burner.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The charcoal-burner becomes acquainted with the fuller and finds him agreeable.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The charcoal-burner asks the fuller to share his house, saying they will know
one another better and reduce household expenses.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The fuller refuses the invitation.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The fuller explains that things he works to whiten would quickly be blackened
by the charcoal-burner's charcoal.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Charcoal-burner
description: A person who lives and works by himself and invites the fuller to share
his house.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Fuller
description: A person who settles nearby, whitens things through his work, and declines
to share the charcoal-burner's house.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: solitary worker
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage states that the charcoal-burner lived and worked by himself.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: proposer of shared household
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The charcoal-burner asks the fuller to come and share his house.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: neighbouring tradesman
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The fuller settles in the same neighbourhood as the charcoal-burner.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: refuser of incompatible arrangement
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The fuller declines because his whitened goods would be blackened by charcoal.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: charcoal and blackening
literal_form: charcoal; blackened goods
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:2
label: whitened goods
literal_form: things the fuller takes pains to whiten
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: shared house
literal_form: the charcoal-burner's house proposed as a shared dwelling
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Invitation and refusal
summary: After the fuller settles nearby and becomes acquainted with the charcoal-burner,
the charcoal-burner invites him to share his house. The fuller politely refuses,
explaining that charcoal would blacken the items he whitens.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: incompatible partnership declined
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The charcoal-burner proposes cohabitation for friendship and reduced expenses,
but the fuller refuses because their trades would conflict materially.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: This is a fable-level practical motif rather than a mythic motif in the
supplied taxonomy.
- id: motif:2
label: white and black occupational contrast
taxonomy_refs:
- duality
basis: The fuller's whitening work is explicitly opposed to the blackening effect
of the charcoal-burner's charcoal.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The duality taxonomy reference is based on literal color and trade opposition;
the passage does not present a cosmological dualism.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 1002-1004
quote_or_summary: The passage introduces a charcoal-burner who lived and worked
by himself.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 1004-1006
quote_or_summary: A fuller comes to settle in the same neighbourhood, and the charcoal-burner
makes his acquaintance and finds him agreeable.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 1006-1009
quote_or_summary: The charcoal-burner asks whether the fuller will share his house,
saying they will know one another better and household expenses will be diminished.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: lines 1009-1013
quote_or_summary: 'The fuller refuses: "everything I take such pains to whiten would
be blackened in no time by your charcoal."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quote used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is straightforward. Motif labeling is cautious because
the passage is a brief fable with a practical social lesson, and available taxonomy
refs only loosely fit the color/trade opposition.
reviewer_status:
status: needs_review
reviewer: ''
reviewed_at: ''
notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.5
extracted_at: '2026-04-28'
notes: |-
Only the supplied passage text was used; earlier fable titles in the locator label were not extracted because the provided passage text contains only 'The Charcoal-Burner and the Fuller'.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg__l1002-l1013
passage_sha256=a35097eca8874d089229cf0ede72e4835e145b4cd34d93a04e7c9ea9d208e06c