batch.motif.greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg-l224-l264

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record_id: batch.motif.greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg-l224-l264
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
passage_locator:
  label: THE OLD WOMAN AND THE DOCTOR / THE MOON AND HER MOTHER / MERCURY AND THE
    WOODMAN / THE ASS, THE FOX, AND THE LION; lines 224-264
  start: '224'
  end: '264'
  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: CONTENTS
  summary: The passage is a contents-page segment naming several fables, including
    titles about an old woman and a doctor, the Moon and her mother, Mercury and a
    woodman, and an ass, fox, and lion.
  language: English
  quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: The passage includes the heading or name “G. K. CHESTERTON” before the contents
    list.
  category: other
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: The passage contains a contents heading followed by a list of fable titles.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:3
  text: The listed titles include “THE OLD WOMAN AND THE DOCTOR,” “THE MOON AND HER
    MOTHER,” “MERCURY AND THE WOODMAN,” and “THE ASS, THE FOX, AND THE LION.”
  category: object
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:4
  text: Several titles name pairs or groups of beings, animals, or persons.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: Old Woman
  description: A figure named in the title “THE OLD WOMAN AND THE DOCTOR.”
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: Doctor
  description: A figure named in the title “THE OLD WOMAN AND THE DOCTOR.”
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: fig:3
  name_or_label: Moon
  description: A figure or personified celestial body named in the title “THE MOON
    AND HER MOTHER.”
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: fig:4
  name_or_label: Mother of the Moon
  description: A figure named as the Moon’s mother in the title “THE MOON AND HER
    MOTHER.”
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: fig:5
  name_or_label: Mercury
  description: A named figure in the title “MERCURY AND THE WOODMAN.”
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: fig:6
  name_or_label: Woodman
  description: A figure named in the title “MERCURY AND THE WOODMAN.”
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: fig:7
  name_or_label: Ass
  description: An animal figure named in the title “THE ASS, THE FOX, AND THE LION.”
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: fig:8
  name_or_label: Fox
  description: An animal figure named in the title “THE ASS, THE FOX, AND THE LION.”
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: fig:9
  name_or_label: Lion
  description: An animal figure named in the title “THE ASS, THE FOX, AND THE LION.”
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
roles:
- id: role:1
  label: title-named figure
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  - fig:4
  - fig:5
  - fig:6
  - fig:7
  - fig:8
  - fig:9
  basis: Each assigned figure is named in one of the listed fable titles in the contents
    segment.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
symbols:
- id: sym:1
  label: Moon
  literal_form: Moon
  associated_figures:
  - fig:3
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
scenes:
- id: scene:1
  label: Contents list of fable titles
  summary: A contents-page passage lists multiple fable titles, including titles that
    name human, divine or celestial, and animal figures.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  - fig:4
  - fig:5
  - fig:6
  - fig:7
  - fig:8
  - fig:9
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
candidate_motifs: []
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: summary
  locator: lines 224-264
  quote_or_summary: The passage shows a name or heading, then a “CONTENTS” heading
    and a list of fable titles.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:2
  type: quote
  locator: lines 224-264
  quote_or_summary: "“THE OLD WOMAN AND THE DOCTOR”; “THE MOON AND HER MOTHER”; “MERCURY
    AND THE WOODMAN”; “THE ASS, THE FOX, AND THE LION”"
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpts from supplied passage.
confidence:
  extraction: high
  motif_candidates: uncertain
  comparison_claims: uncertain
  notes: The extraction is limited because the supplied passage is a contents list
    rather than narrative text. Figures and the Moon symbol are identified only from
    titles; no motif candidates or comparison claims are asserted.
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: |-
  No taxonomy motif refs were assigned because the passage itself does not provide narrative actions or symbolic functions beyond title names.
  batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
  custom_id=motif_extract:greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg__l224-l264
  passage_sha256=659c415b1041001206e1d54dbe56592f14ce2527b23aec6e063366ef5c844bba