batch.motif.greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg-l2862-l2889
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg-l2862-l2889
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
passage_locator:
label: THE GOAT AND THE VINE / THE TWO POTS / THE OLD HOUND / THE CLOWN AND THE
COUNTRYMAN; lines 2862-2889
start: '2862'
end: '2889'
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: '"There, that shows what sort of judges you are!"'
summary: A nobleman offers prizes for novel public performances. A popular clown
imitates a pig so convincingly that the audience demands to see the hidden animal,
but none exists. A countryman challenges him, secretly brings a real young pig,
makes it squeal, and is judged inferior by the crowd. He reveals the pig and mocks
the audience's judgment.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A nobleman announces a public entertainment in a theatre and offers prizes
for novel exhibitions.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Conjurers, jugglers, acrobats, and a popular clown are attracted by the announcement.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The clown comes on stage empty-handed and alone.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The clown imitates the squeak of a pig, and the audience believes he must
have a pig concealed on him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The clown convinces the audience that no pig is present, and the audience
applauds loudly.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: A countryman disparages the clown's performance and announces that he can
perform the same trick better the next day.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The countryman secretly hides a young pig under his smock before going on
stage.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: The countryman pinches the pig's ear, making it squeal loudly.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: The spectators unanimously judge the clown's imitation to be more true to
life than the real pig's squeal.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: The countryman reveals the pig and sarcastically comments on the spectators'
quality as judges.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Nobleman
description: A nobleman who announces the public entertainment and offers prizes.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Clown
description: A popular performer who imitates a pig's squeak while empty-handed
and alone.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Countryman
description: A spectator who challenges the clown, hides a young pig, and exposes
the audience's judgment.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Audience / spectators / crowd
description: The theatre crowd that cheers the clown and judges the countryman's
demonstration inferior.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Young porker / pig
description: A young pig hidden under the countryman's smock and made to squeal.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Other performers
description: Conjurers, jugglers, and acrobats attracted by the offer of prizes.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Patron and prize-giver
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The nobleman announces the entertainment and offers prizes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: Public performer
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:6
basis: The clown and other entertainers appear in the context of a public performance
with prizes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: Challenger
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The countryman disparages the clown's act and announces he will give a superior
version of the same trick.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: Judging audience
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The spectators applaud, deride, and declare which performance seems more
true to life.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: Successful imitator
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The clown's pig squeak is accepted as highly convincing by the audience.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: Revealer of faulty judgment
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The countryman produces the pig and sarcastically comments on the spectators
as judges.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:7
label: Concealed animal evidence
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The young pig is hidden, made to squeal, and then produced as proof.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Concealed pig
literal_form: A young porker hidden under the countryman's smock and later revealed.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:2
label: Theatre performance contest
literal_form: A public theatre entertainment with prizes for novel exhibitions.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Announcement of the contest
summary: A nobleman announces a theatrical entertainment and offers prizes for new
acts, drawing various performers including a popular clown.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: The clown's imitation
summary: Before a full theatre, the clown appears empty-handed, imitates a pig,
convinces the audience no pig is hidden, and receives loud applause.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: The countryman's challenge
summary: A countryman criticizes the clown's performance and promises a superior
version of the same trick on the following day.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: The real pig and the crowd's verdict
summary: The countryman hides a pig under his smock, makes it squeal, but the spectators
declare the clown's imitation more lifelike.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Revelation of the pig
summary: The countryman produces the pig and sarcastically exposes the spectators
as poor judges.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Public contest of performers before a judging crowd
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage centers on a theatrical prize entertainment in which performers
present acts before a crowd that evaluates them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: This is a narrative situation rather than a specialized mythological motif.
- id: motif:2
label: Faulty judgment favors imitation over reality
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The spectators praise the clown's imitation as more true to life than the
squeal of an actual hidden pig, and the countryman exposes their poor judgment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy term 'wisdom' is broad; the passage supports a
fable lesson about judgment, not a specific named mythic motif.
- id: motif:3
label: Concealed proof revealed to expose error
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The countryman hides a young pig, uses its real squeal in the performance,
and then reveals it to show that the audience judged wrongly.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: This is a plot device in the fable; no broader comparative claim is made
from the passage alone.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 2862-2871
quote_or_summary: A nobleman announces a public theatre entertainment with prizes
for novel acts, drawing conjurers, jugglers, acrobats, and a popular clown.
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 2871-2879
quote_or_summary: The clown appears empty-handed, imitates a pig's squeak, is suspected
of hiding a pig, proves none is present, and receives loud applause.
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 2879-2882
quote_or_summary: A countryman among the spectators disparages the clown's performance
and says he will give a better version of the same trick the next day.
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 2882-2888
quote_or_summary: The countryman hides a young pig under his smock, pinches its
ear so it squeals, but the spectators say the clown's imitation is more true to
life.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: line 2889
quote_or_summary: '"There, that shows what sort of judges you are!"'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The literal plot elements are clear. Motif labeling is cautious because the
passage is an animal/fable-style moral tale and the available taxonomy is broad
for this specific episode. No comparison claims are made because the passage itself
does not support cross-text or historical 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: |-
Used only supplied passage text and metadata. No external taxonomy IDs or comparative parallels were added.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg__l2862-l2889
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