batch.motif.greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg-l2966-l2988
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg-l2966-l2988
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
passage_locator:
label: THE HOUND AND THE HARE / THE LION, THE MOUSE, AND THE FOX / THE TRUMPETER
TAKEN PRISONER / THE WOLF AND THE CRANE; lines 2966-2988
start: '2966'
end: '2988'
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: In one fable, a trumpeter captured in battle pleads that he has killed
no one and carries only a trumpet, but his captors answer that he deserves death
because he incites others to fight. In another, a wolf with a bone stuck in his
throat promises compensation to a crane, receives help from her long bill, and
then refuses payment by saying she should be satisfied that her head was not bitten
off.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A Trumpeter marches at the front of an army and encourages his comrades with
warlike tunes.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The Trumpeter is captured by the enemy and asks that his life be spared.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The Trumpeter says he has killed no one, has no weapons, and carries only
a trumpet.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: The captors say his noncombatant status is more reason to kill him because
he stirs others to fight.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:5
text: A Wolf has a bone stuck in his throat.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: The Wolf asks a Crane to put her long bill down his throat and remove the
bone, adding that he will make it worth her while.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:7
text: The Crane removes the bone easily.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:8
text: When the Crane asks about her fee, the Wolf bares his teeth and says she should
be satisfied that she put her head in a wolf's mouth without being bitten.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Trumpeter
description: A member of an army who carries a trumpet, plays warlike tunes, is
captured, and pleads for his life.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Comrades
description: The Trumpeter's fellow soldiers, encouraged by his warlike tunes.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Enemy captors
description: The enemies who capture the Trumpeter and answer his plea for life.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Wolf
description: A wolf with a bone in his throat who asks for help, receives it, and
refuses the promised fee.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Crane
description: A crane with a long bill who removes the bone from the Wolf's throat
and asks for payment.
role_refs:
- role:7
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
label: martial encourager
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: He puts courage into his comrades by warlike tunes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: captured pleader
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: He is captured and begs for his life.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: encouraged soldiers
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: They are the comrades encouraged by the Trumpeter's tunes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: judging captors
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: They explain why they will take the Trumpeter's life.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: imperiled requester
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: He has a bone stuck in his throat and asks the Crane for aid.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: threatening debtor
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: After receiving help, he bares his teeth and refuses to pay the promised
fee.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: risk-taking helper
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: She puts her bill into the Wolf's throat and removes the bone.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:8
label: unpaid claimant
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: She asks the Wolf about the fee he promised.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: trumpet
literal_form: The Trumpeter's trumpet, carried instead of weapons and used for warlike
tunes.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: bone in throat
literal_form: A bone stuck in the Wolf's throat.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: wolf's mouth and teeth
literal_form: The Wolf's mouth into which the Crane put her head, and the teeth
he bares when refusing payment.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Trumpeter captured after encouraging battle
summary: The Trumpeter leads with martial music, is captured, pleads that he has
killed no one and carries only a trumpet, and is condemned by his captors because
he incites others to fight.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Crane removes the Wolf's bone
summary: The Wolf, suffering from a bone in his throat, asks the Crane to use her
long bill to remove it and promises compensation; the Crane does so.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Wolf refuses the Crane's fee
summary: The Crane asks for her fee, and the Wolf refuses while baring his teeth,
saying that escaping his mouth alive is enough reward.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: indirect incitement treated as culpability
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The captors reject the Trumpeter's claim that he killed no one because his
music encourages others to fight.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference is broad; the passage presents a fable-like moral
pattern rather than an explicit abstract motif label.
- id: motif:2
label: dangerous helper denied promised reward
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The Crane performs a risky service for the Wolf after a promised reward,
but the Wolf refuses payment and reframes her survival as compensation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The motif is inferred from the narrative action; no explicit moral is
included in the supplied passage.
- id: motif:3
label: ingratitude after rescue
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The Wolf is relieved of the bone by the Crane but answers her request for
payment with threat and refusal.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage supports the narrative pattern, but the taxonomy reference
remains general.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 2966-2975
quote_or_summary: In THE TRUMPETER TAKEN PRISONER, a trumpeter encourages soldiers
with warlike tunes, is captured, pleads that he has killed no one and has only
a trumpet, and is told by his captors that inciting others to fight is reason
for death.
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: summary
locator: 2977-2984
quote_or_summary: In THE WOLF AND THE CRANE, a wolf with a bone stuck in his throat
asks a crane to remove it with her long bill and promises to make it worth her
while; the crane removes the bone easily.
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:3
type: summary
locator: 2984-2988
quote_or_summary: After the crane asks for her fee, the wolf bares his teeth and
says she can boast that she put her head into a wolf's mouth and was not bitten.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Literal extraction is straightforward. Motif labels are candidate abstractions
from the fable actions and should be reviewed, especially the broad use of the
supplied 'wisdom' taxonomy reference. No comparison claims were made because the
passage itself does not support cross-textual 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 two fables present in the supplied passage text were extracted, despite the broader passage label listing additional nearby fables.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg__l2966-l2988
passage_sha256=0605494395929b8112f4d90a572afc0b12ccba87cb6b00ab4f4ced76bf50cd2b