batch.motif.greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg-l2638-l2647
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg-l2638-l2647
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
passage_locator:
label: THE MAN AND THE SATYR / THE IMAGE-SELLER / THE EAGLE AND THE ARROW / THE
RICH MAN AND THE TANNER; lines 2638-2647
start: '2638'
end: '2647'
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 rich man lives next to a tanner and repeatedly objects to the unpleasant
smell of the tan-yard. The tanner delays moving and says he will move soon. Over
time the rich man becomes accustomed to the smell and stops objecting.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A rich man takes up residence next door to a tanner.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The rich man finds the smell of the tan-yard extremely unpleasant.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The rich man tells the tanner that he must go.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The tanner delays his departure and repeatedly says he is arranging to move
very shortly.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: After some time, the rich man becomes used to the smell and no longer troubles
the tanner with objections.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Rich Man
description: A wealthy man who moves next door to the tanner and objects to the
tan-yard smell.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Tanner
description: A neighbor whose tan-yard produces an unpleasant smell and who delays
moving after being told to go.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
label: new neighbor
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The rich man takes up residence next door to the tanner.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: objector who becomes accustomed
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: He objects to the smell at first, but later gets used to it and stops objecting.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: neighbor with tan-yard
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The tanner is associated with the tan-yard whose smell bothers the rich man.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: delayer of departure
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The tanner delays leaving and says he is making arrangements to move soon.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: tan-yard
literal_form: tan-yard
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Residence beside the tan-yard
summary: The rich man moves next door to the tanner and finds the smell of the tan-yard
extremely unpleasant.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Repeated objections and delayed departure
summary: The rich man tells the tanner to leave several times, while the tanner
keeps delaying and promising to move soon.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Habituation ends the dispute
summary: After time passes, the rich man becomes used to the smell and stops objecting
to the tanner.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: habituation to an unpleasant condition
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage centers on repeated exposure to an unpleasant smell until the
offended neighbor becomes used to it and ceases to object.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The supplied passage gives no explicit moral; the motif label is inferred
from the narrated sequence.
- id: motif:2
label: delay outlasts opposition
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The tanner postpones departure long enough that the rich man's objections
end through habituation rather than through compliance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not explicitly state the tanner's intention beyond delaying
and saying he will move soon.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 2638-2641
quote_or_summary: A rich man resides next door to a tanner and finds the tan-yard
smell extremely unpleasant.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 2641-2642
quote_or_summary: The rich man tells the tanner that he must go.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 2642-2645
quote_or_summary: The tanner delays leaving; when spoken to several times, he says
he is arranging to move very shortly.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 2645-2647
quote_or_summary: After some time, the rich man becomes used to the smell and stops
making objections.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: The narrative sequence and figures are clear. Motif labels are interpretive
because the provided passage contains no explicit moral and no supported cross-text
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: |-
No available taxonomy reference is a close match for the extracted motifs; comparison claims were not added because the passage itself does not support them.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg__l2638-l2647
passage_sha256=2a786e95e94935c38e8b161631be10f1927782e6897e4fedb6309bcfca9360d8