batch.motif.greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg-l2059-l2072
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg-l2059-l2072
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
passage_locator:
label: THE MOUSE, THE FROG, AND THE HAWK / THE BOY AND THE NETTLES / THE PEASANT
AND THE APPLE-TREE / THE JACKDAW AND THE PIGEONS; lines 2059-2072
start: '2059'
end: '2072'
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 jackdaw envies well-fed pigeons, paints himself white to join them, is
exposed by his chattering and attacked, then returns to jackdaws who also reject
him because they do not recognize him in his white covering, leaving him homeless.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A jackdaw watches pigeons in a farmyard and envies their food.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The jackdaw paints himself white from head to foot and joins the pigeon flock.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The pigeons do not suspect him while he remains silent.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: When the jackdaw chatters, the pigeons see through the disguise and peck him
until he escapes.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The jackdaw returns to his own kind, but the other jackdaws do not recognize
him in his white dress and drive him away from feeding with them.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The jackdaw becomes a homeless wanderer.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Jackdaw
description: A jackdaw who disguises himself as a pigeon to obtain food and is rejected
by both pigeons and jackdaws.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Pigeons
description: A flock of well-fed pigeons in a farmyard who accept the disguised
jackdaw while he is silent, then attack him after hearing him chatter.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Other jackdaws
description: Jackdaws who do not recognize the white-painted jackdaw and drive him
away from their food.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: disguised outsider
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The jackdaw paints himself white and joins the pigeon flock to pass as one
of them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: rejected wanderer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: After exposure and rejection by both groups, the jackdaw becomes homeless.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: deceived and punitive flock
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The pigeons accept the disguised jackdaw while silent, then discover the
deception and peck him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: unrecognizing kin group
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The other jackdaws do not recognize him in his white dress and drive him
away.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols: []
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Envy and disguise in the farmyard
summary: A jackdaw sees well-fed pigeons, envies them, paints himself white, and
joins their flock.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Exposure by voice and attack
summary: The disguised jackdaw remains undetected while silent, but his chattering
reveals him and the pigeons peck him until he leaves.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Rejection by his own kind
summary: The jackdaw returns to other jackdaws, but they do not recognize him in
his white dress, refuse him food, and drive him away.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: disguise to enter another group
taxonomy_refs:
- trickster_boundary
basis: The jackdaw deliberately alters his appearance to cross into the pigeon flock
and gain access to their food.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy has no exact fable motif for animal disguise or
social imposture; the trickster_boundary reference is approximate.
- id: motif:2
label: voice exposes false identity
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The jackdaw is accepted while silent, but his chattering reveals that he
is not a pigeon.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference directly matches this motif.
- id: motif:3
label: rejection by both adopted group and original group
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: After the pigeons reject him, the jackdaw returns to jackdaws, who also reject
him because they do not recognize him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy reference directly matches this social-exclusion
pattern.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 2059-2062
quote_or_summary: A jackdaw watches well-fed pigeons in a farmyard, envies them,
and decides to disguise himself to share their food.
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 2062-2064
quote_or_summary: The jackdaw paints himself white from head to foot and joins the
pigeon flock.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 2064-2066
quote_or_summary: As long as the jackdaw remains silent, the pigeons do not suspect
that he is not one of them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 2066-2068
quote_or_summary: When the jackdaw chatters, the pigeons detect the disguise and
peck him until he escapes.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 2068-2071
quote_or_summary: The jackdaw rejoins his own kind, but the other jackdaws do not
recognize him in his white dress, refuse to feed with him, and drive him away.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: line 2072
quote_or_summary: The jackdaw becomes a homeless wanderer as the result of his actions.
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: high
notes: The plot and figures are explicit. Motif taxonomy alignment is limited because
the supplied taxonomy lacks exact animal-fable categories for imposture, exposure
by voice, or double rejection. No comparison claims were made because the passage
itself does not support an external comparison.
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 provided passage text and metadata were used.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg__l2059-l2072
passage_sha256=afc955095b76d021499264f741840fbcc740bd6dd5b1ca4c9b77294bda037bca