batch.motif.greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg-l342-l384
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg-l342-l384
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
passage_locator:
label: THE BOY AND THE FILBERTS / THE FROGS ASKING FOR A KING / THE OLIVE-TREE AND
THE FIG-TREE / THE LION AND THE BOAR; lines 342-384
start: '342'
end: '384'
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: |-
THE BOY AND THE FILBERTS
THE FROGS ASKING FOR A KING
THE OLIVE-TREE AND THE FIG-TREE
THE LION AND THE BOAR
summary: The passage lists titles of Aesopic fables, including titles naming Jupiter,
human figures, animals, plants, objects, and a title in which frogs ask for a
king.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage is a sequence of fable titles.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: 'Two titles name Jupiter: one with a monkey and one with a tortoise.'
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Several titles pair or group human figures with family or social labels, including
father and sons, a boy, a peasant, and an old lion named as old rather than human.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: obs:4
text: Several titles name animal figures, including monkey, owl, birds, ass, lion,
she-goats, frog, fox, mouse, hawk, jackdaw, pigeons, tortoise, dog, oxen, frogs,
and boar.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: obs:5
text: The title 'THE FROGS ASKING FOR A KING' states that frogs ask for a king.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:6
text: The title 'THE ASS IN THE LION'S SKIN' names an ass and a lion's skin.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: The title 'THE OLIVE-TREE AND THE FIG-TREE' names two trees.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:8
text: The title 'THE LION AND THE BOAR' names a lion and a boar together.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Jupiter
description: Named in two fable titles.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Monkey
description: Named with Jupiter in a title.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Father and sons
description: Named together in a title.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Lamp
description: Named as the subject of a title.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Owl and birds
description: Named together in a title.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Ass
description: Named in a title as being in a lion's skin.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Lion
description: Named in multiple titles, including a lion's skin, an old lion, and
a lion paired with a boar.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:10
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: She-goats
description: Named with their beards in a title.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Boy
description: Named in titles involving bathing, nettles, and filberts.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:9
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Frog or frogs
description: Named in titles including a quack frog, a mouse-frog-hawk grouping,
and frogs asking for a king.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Fox
description: Named in the title 'THE SWOLLEN FOX'.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Mouse and hawk
description: Named with a frog in a title.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Peasant
description: Named with an apple-tree in a title.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: Jackdaw and pigeons
description: Named together in a title.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: Tortoise
description: Named with Jupiter in a title.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:16
name_or_label: Dog
description: Named in the title 'THE DOG IN THE MANGER'.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:17
name_or_label: Oxen
description: Named with axletrees in a title.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:18
name_or_label: Olive-tree and fig-tree
description: Named together in a title.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:19
name_or_label: Boar
description: Named with a lion in a title.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
roles:
- id: role:1
label: named deity
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The name Jupiter appears in two titles.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: animal figure
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:12
- fig:14
- fig:15
- fig:16
- fig:17
- fig:19
basis: The assigned figures are animals named in the titles.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: role:3
label: human figure
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:9
- fig:13
basis: The assigned figures are human social or age labels named in titles.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: role:4
label: petitioners for a king
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The title states that frogs ask for a king.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:5
label: non-animal object or plant figure
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:18
basis: The lamp and the two trees are named as title subjects.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:9
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: lion's skin
literal_form: skin of a lion
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:2
label: tree
literal_form: apple-tree; olive-tree; fig-tree
associated_figures:
- fig:13
- fig:18
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: sym:3
label: king
literal_form: king
associated_figures:
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:4
label: manger
literal_form: manger
associated_figures:
- fig:16
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:5
label: axletrees
literal_form: axletrees
associated_figures:
- fig:17
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:6
label: filberts
literal_form: filberts
associated_figures:
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:7
label: nettles
literal_form: nettles
associated_figures:
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:8
label: lamp
literal_form: lamp
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: List of fable titles
summary: The passage presents a run of Aesopic fable titles naming deities, humans,
animals, plants, and objects.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:12
- fig:13
- fig:14
- fig:15
- fig:16
- fig:17
- fig:18
- fig:19
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Frogs ask for a king
summary: A title states that frogs ask for a king.
figure_refs:
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:3
label: Ass in lion's skin
summary: A title names an ass in the skin of a lion.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Olive-tree and fig-tree
summary: A title names an olive-tree and a fig-tree together.
figure_refs:
- fig:18
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: scene:5
label: Lion and boar
summary: A title names a lion and a boar together.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:19
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Animals request a ruler
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: The title 'THE FROGS ASKING FOR A KING' explicitly names animals asking for
a king.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: Only the title is provided; no narrative outcome or political interpretation
is available in the supplied passage.
- id: motif:2
label: Animal disguised by another animal's skin
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The title 'THE ASS IN THE LION'S SKIN' names an ass in a lion's skin.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The supplied title supports disguise-like imagery, but the passage gives
no narrative details.
- id: motif:3
label: Speaking or personified trees
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The title 'THE OLIVE-TREE AND THE FIG-TREE' places two trees as paired fable
subjects.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: low
cautions: Personification is likely in the fable-title context but is not explicitly
stated in the supplied passage.
- id: motif:4
label: Animal pair in conflict or encounter
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The title 'THE LION AND THE BOAR' names two animals as paired subjects.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: low
cautions: The title alone does not state whether the animals cooperate, compete,
or merely appear together.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 342-384
quote_or_summary: The supplied passage is a list of fable titles from 'JUPITER AND
THE MONKEY' through 'THE LION AND THE BOAR'.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: 342-384
quote_or_summary: JUPITER AND THE MONKEY; JUPITER AND THE TORTOISE
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short title excerpts.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: 342-384
quote_or_summary: FATHER AND SONS; THE LAMP
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short title excerpts.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: 342-384
quote_or_summary: THE OLD LION; THE BOY BATHING
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short title excerpts.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: 342-384
quote_or_summary: THE OWL AND THE BIRDS; THE ASS IN THE LION'S SKIN; THE SHE-GOATS
AND THEIR BEARDS
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short title excerpts.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: 342-384
quote_or_summary: THE QUACK FROG; THE SWOLLEN FOX; THE MOUSE, THE FROG, AND THE
HAWK; THE BOY AND THE NETTLES
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short title excerpts.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: 342-384
quote_or_summary: THE PEASANT AND THE APPLE-TREE; THE JACKDAW AND THE PIGEONS; THE
DOG IN THE MANGER; THE OXEN AND THE AXLETREES
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short title excerpts.
- id: ev:8
type: quote
locator: 342-384
quote_or_summary: THE FROGS ASKING FOR A KING
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short title excerpt.
- id: ev:9
type: quote
locator: 342-384
quote_or_summary: THE BOY AND THE FILBERTS; THE OLIVE-TREE AND THE FIG-TREE
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short title excerpts.
- id: ev:10
type: quote
locator: 342-384
quote_or_summary: THE LION AND THE BOAR
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short title excerpt.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: low
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The supplied passage contains titles only, not the narrative contents of
the fables. Figures and objects can be extracted from titles, but motifs remain
tentative.
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 comparison claims were added because the provided passage does not itself support cross-text or historical comparison.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg__l342-l384
passage_sha256=ff8f55b9483ee8d3b9d81746cde2b969830df65ce3a9a341b6384a02a0f4b0bf