batch.motif.greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg-l1868-l1878
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg-l1868-l1878
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
passage_locator:
label: THE MONKEY AS KING / THE THIEVES AND THE COCK / THE FARMER AND FORTUNE /
JUPITER AND THE MONKEY; lines 1868-1878
start: '1868'
end: '1878'
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: Jupiter announces a prize for the beast whose offspring he judges most
beautiful. A Monkey presents her baby, which the gods mock, but she declares that
she will always think her own baby the most beautiful.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Jupiter issues a proclamation to all the beasts.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Jupiter offers a prize to the beast who, in his judgment, has produced the
most beautiful offspring.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: A Monkey arrives carrying a baby monkey in her arms.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The baby monkey is described as hairless, flat-nosed, and frightening in appearance.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The gods laugh when they see the baby monkey.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The Monkey hugs her baby and says she will always think it the most beautiful,
regardless of Jupiter's prize decision.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Jupiter
description: Divine figure who proclaims the contest and offers the prize.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: the beasts
description: The animals addressed by Jupiter's proclamation and eligible for the
prize.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: the Monkey
description: A monkey who carries her baby to Jupiter's contest and defends its
beauty.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: baby monkey
description: The Monkey's offspring, described as hairless, flat-nosed, and frightening
in appearance.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: the gods
description: Divine onlookers who laugh at the baby monkey.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine judge and prize-giver
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Jupiter offers a prize according to his own judgment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: contest participant
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:3
basis: The beasts are invited to produce offspring for judgment; the Monkey comes
among the rest.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: mother defending offspring
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The Monkey carries, hugs, and praises her baby despite others' laughter.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: offspring presented for judgment
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The baby monkey is presented in the contest for most beautiful offspring.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: laughing divine audience
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The gods laugh after seeing the baby monkey.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: prize for beautiful offspring
literal_form: prize
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: baby held in arms
literal_form: baby monkey carried and hugged by its mother
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Jupiter announces a beauty contest for offspring
summary: Jupiter proclaims to the beasts that he will award a prize for the most
beautiful offspring.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Monkey presents her baby
summary: The Monkey brings her baby, which is described unfavorably, and the gods
laugh at it.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Monkey asserts her baby's beauty
summary: The Monkey embraces her baby and states that, whatever Jupiter decides,
she will always regard her baby as most beautiful.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine judgment contest
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: A divine figure, Jupiter, establishes a contest and reserves judgment over
which offspring is most beautiful.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage presents a comic fable contest rather than a solemn mythic
trial or punishment scene.
- id: motif:2
label: parental partiality toward offspring
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The Monkey insists that her own baby is the most beautiful despite divine
laughter and the expected external judgment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference directly matches this fable motif.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 1868-1872
quote_or_summary: Jupiter proclaims to all beasts that he will award a prize to
the one who, in his judgment, produces the most beautiful offspring.
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 1872-1874
quote_or_summary: The Monkey comes with the others, carrying a baby monkey described
as hairless, flat-nosed, and unattractive.
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 1874-1875
quote_or_summary: "“the gods all burst into peal on peal of laughter”"
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 1875-1878
quote_or_summary: The Monkey hugs her baby and says Jupiter may give the prize as
he likes, but she will always think her own baby the most beautiful.
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 extraction is straightforward. Motif assignment to divine_judgment
is cautious because the scene is a comic fable contest. No comparison claims were
made from the passage alone.
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 and metadata were used.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg__l1868-l1878
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