batch.motif.greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg-l1286-l1298

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record_id: batch.motif.greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg-l1286-l1298
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
passage_locator:
  label: THE CROW AND THE PITCHER / THE BOYS AND THE FROGS / THE NORTH WIND AND THE
    SUN / THE MISTRESS AND HER SERVANTS; lines 1286-1298
  start: '1286'
  end: '1298'
  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: ''
  summary: A thrifty widow keeps two servants hard at work and wakes them when the
    cock crows. The servants, hoping to sleep longer, kill the cock, but the mistress
    then wakes them even earlier and sets them to work in the middle of the night.
  language: English
  quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: A widow has two servants and keeps them hard at work.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: The servants are made to rise when the cock crows in the morning.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:3
  text: The servants dislike rising early, especially in winter.
  category: attribute
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:4
  text: The servants think the cock's crow wakes their mistress early.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:5
  text: The servants catch the cock and wring its neck.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:6
  text: After the cock is killed, the mistress wakes the servants earlier than before
    and sets them to work in the middle of the night.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: Widow / Mistress
  description: A thrifty and industrious widow who has two servants and sets them
    to work.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:4
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: Two servants
  description: Two servants kept hard at work who dislike getting up early and kill
    the cock.
  role_refs:
  - role:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
- id: fig:3
  name_or_label: Cock
  description: The cock whose crow ordinarily wakes the mistress; it is caught and
    killed by the servants.
  role_refs:
  - role:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
  label: Mistress and work-setter
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: She owns or commands the two servants, has them woken, and sets them to work.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:4
- id: role:2
  label: Servants seeking longer sleep
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  basis: They dislike early rising and act against the cock because they believe it
    causes their early waking.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
- id: role:3
  label: Crowing time-signal
  assigned_to:
  - fig:3
  basis: Its crow is described as the usual sound by which the mistress wakes early.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
  label: Cock's crow
  literal_form: Cock and its morning crow
  associated_figures:
  - fig:3
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:4
- id: sym:2
  label: Middle of the night work
  literal_form: Servants set to work in the middle of the night
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
  label: Early-morning labor routine
  summary: The mistress keeps two servants hard at work and has them rise when the
    cock crows.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
- id: scene:2
  label: Killing of the cock
  summary: The servants, believing the cock causes their early waking, catch it and
    wring its neck.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
- id: scene:3
  label: Unintended earlier waking
  summary: Without the cock's crow, the mistress wakes the servants earlier than before
    and makes them work in the middle of the night.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  - sym:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
  label: Counterproductive removal of a perceived cause
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: The servants kill the cock because they think it causes early waking, but
    the result is earlier waking and more severe labor.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage does not state an explicit moral; the motif label is inferred
    from the narrative sequence.
- id: motif:2
  label: Attack on a time-signal worsens hardship
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: The cock's crow functions as the usual waking signal; after the servants
    kill it, their mistress wakes them in the middle of the night.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
  confidence: medium
  cautions: This is a narrow passage-level motif rather than a supplied taxonomy category.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: summary
  locator: lines 1286-1288
  quote_or_summary: A thrifty, industrious widow has two servants and keeps them hard
    at work.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
  type: summary
  locator: lines 1288-1292
  quote_or_summary: The servants must rise when the cock crows; they dislike this,
    especially in winter, and believe the cock wakes their mistress early.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
  type: quote
  locator: lines 1292-1293
  quote_or_summary: '"So they caught it and wrung its neck."'
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:4
  type: summary
  locator: lines 1293-1298
  quote_or_summary: Because the mistress no longer hears the usual crow, she wakes
    the servants earlier than ever and sets them to work in the middle of the night.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
  extraction: high
  motif_candidates: medium
  comparison_claims: uncertain
  notes: Literal narrative details are clear. Motif labels are passage-level abstractions
    and should be reviewed. No comparison claims are made because the passage itself
    provides no comparative framing.
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: |-
  Used only the provided passage and metadata. Available taxonomy references did not include a precise fit for the passage-level motifs.
  batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
  custom_id=motif_extract:greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg__l1286-l1298
  passage_sha256=17cc653073aa296a54e61a4242ac35e2162a1213fe3f12c775919431168bc84f