batch.motif.greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg-l3397-l3409
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg-l3397-l3409
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
passage_locator:
label: THE TWO FROGS / THE COBBLER TURNED DOCTOR / THE ASS, THE COCK, AND THE LION
/ THE BELLY AND THE MEMBERS; lines 3397-3409
start: '3397'
end: '3409'
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: The body’s members rebel against the belly, accusing it of idleness while
they labor for it. They stop serving it and leave it to starve, but the entire
body soon fails, and the members realize too late that their revolt was foolish.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The members of the body rebel against the belly.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The members accuse the belly of living in luxury and sloth while doing no
work.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The members say they do hard work and minister to the belly’s wants.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The members stop serving the belly and leave it to starve.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: After the belly is left to starve, the whole body begins to fail, and the
members share in the collapse.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The members realize too late that their action was foolish.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: The Belly
description: A personified belly accused by the body’s members of idleness and dependence.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: The Members of the Body
description: Personified body members who rebel, speak against the belly, stop serving
it, and later suffer in the general collapse.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: The Body
description: The whole body that begins to fail after the belly is left to starve.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Accused idle recipient
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The members accuse the belly of luxury, sloth, and receiving service without
work.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: Rebellious laboring collective
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The members claim they do the hard work, declare they will serve no longer,
and act on that declaration.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: Participants in shared collapse
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:3
basis: The whole body fails, and the members share in the general collapse.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Personified body
literal_form: The Body with its Belly and Members
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Rebellion against the belly
summary: The body’s members accuse the belly of idle luxury and declare that they
will no longer serve it.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:2
label: Starvation and collective failure
summary: The members leave the belly to starve; afterward the whole body fails and
the members share in the collapse.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Rebellion of body parts against the belly
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Personified members revolt against the belly, but their refusal to sustain
it causes the whole body, including themselves, to fail.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: This is a passage-specific motif label, not a supplied taxonomy reference.
- id: motif:2
label: Wisdom learned too late from failed revolt
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The members recognize only after the collapse that their action was foolish.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy includes “wisdom,” but the passage frames the realization
as belated practical understanding rather than an explicit wisdom teaching.
- id: motif:3
label: Interdependence of unequal functions
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The members believe the belly is useless, but when they stop supporting it,
the entire body fails, showing that the parts’ functions are mutually dependent.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The interdependence reading is strongly implied by the sequence, but the
passage does not state a separate moral sentence.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 3397-3400
quote_or_summary: The fable begins with the members of the body rebelling against
the belly.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary provided.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 3399-3405
quote_or_summary: The members tell the belly that it lives in luxury and sloth,
does no work, while they do hard work and minister to its wants.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary provided.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 3405-3407
quote_or_summary: The members declare they will no longer serve the belly, carry
out the decision, and leave it to starve.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary provided.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 3407-3409
quote_or_summary: The whole body soon begins to fail, and the members share in the
general collapse.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary provided.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: line 3409
quote_or_summary: The members see too late that they had been foolish.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary provided.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: The literal extraction is straightforward. Motif labels are candidate analytic
labels grounded in the passage; no passage-supported cross-text comparison is
made.
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 the supplied passage and metadata. No external comparisons added.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg__l3397-l3409
passage_sha256=5403e7a08580d541881a7341aad3c37e85eb1f5eefff5cae957e805c19291b6e