batch.motif.greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg-l3649-l3658

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record_id: batch.motif.greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg-l3649-l3658
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
passage_locator:
  label: THE STAG AND THE VINE / THE LAMB CHASED BY A WOLF / THE ARCHER AND THE LION
    / THE WOLF AND THE GOAT; lines 3649-3658
  start: '3649'
  end: '3658'
  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: "“what you want is to eat me.”"
  summary: A Wolf sees a Goat grazing on top of a steep rock and cannot reach her.
    He urges her to come down by claiming she is in danger and promising better food
    below. The Goat recognizes that his real aim is to eat her.
  language: English
  quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: A Goat is browsing on scanty herbage at the top of a steep rock above a Wolf.
  category: setting
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: The Wolf is unable to reach the Goat where she is.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:3
  text: The Wolf calls to the Goat and advises her to come lower down, saying she
    is risking her life and that better food is below.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:4
  text: The Goat replies that the Wolf does not care about the quality of her grass
    and wants to eat her.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:5
  text: The sequence moves from the Wolf seeing inaccessible prey, to a verbal attempt
    to lure her down, to the Goat’s refusal by naming his motive.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: Wolf
  description: A Wolf below the Goat, unable to get at her, who tries to induce her
    to come lower down.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  - role:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: Goat
  description: A Goat browsing above the Wolf on the top of a steep rock, who recognizes
    the Wolf’s predatory intention.
  role_refs:
  - role:3
  - role:4
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
  label: predator
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: The Goat states that the Wolf wants to eat her.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: role:2
  label: deceptive adviser
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: The Wolf offers advice and promises better food while unable to reach the
    Goat.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
- id: role:3
  label: potential prey
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  basis: The Goat is the target of the Wolf’s attempt to lure her within reach.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
- id: role:4
  label: discerning respondent
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  basis: The Goat identifies the Wolf’s actual motive behind his advice.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
symbols:
- id: sym:1
  label: steep rock
  literal_form: the top of a steep rock
  associated_figures:
  - fig:2
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: sym:2
  label: herbage or grass
  literal_form: scanty herbage above and promised better food below
  associated_figures:
  - fig:2
  - fig:1
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
scenes:
- id: scene:1
  label: Wolf attempts to lure Goat down from rock
  summary: The Wolf sees the Goat above him on a steep rock and, unable to reach her,
    urges her to descend for safety and better food; the Goat refuses by exposing
    his desire to eat her.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  - sym:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
  label: predator gives self-serving advice to lure prey
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: The Wolf presents his speech as concern for the Goat’s safety and food, while
    the Goat identifies his intent to eat her.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  confidence: high
  cautions: This is a fable-level motif label derived from the passage; no formal
    external motif index reference is supplied.
- id: motif:2
  label: safe elevation preserves prey from predator
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: The Goat is above the Wolf on a steep rock, and the Wolf cannot get at her
    unless she comes down.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The passage presents elevation literally as the condition of safety; broader
    symbolic interpretation should be reviewed.
- id: motif:3
  label: trickster speech at a boundary
  taxonomy_refs:
  - trickster_boundary
  basis: The Wolf uses persuasive speech across the high-low separation between himself
    and the Goat, attempting to move her from safety into danger.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The available taxonomy reference is broad; the passage supports deception
    and a spatial boundary, but does not explicitly name a trickster figure.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: summary
  locator: lines 3649-3658
  quote_or_summary: A Wolf sees a Goat browsing on scanty herbage at the top of a
    steep rock and is unable to get at her.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summary based on supplied passage.
- id: ev:2
  type: quote
  locator: lines 3649-3658
  quote_or_summary: "“You are risking your life up there… come down here, where you
    will find plenty of better food.”"
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation from supplied passage.
- id: ev:3
  type: quote
  locator: lines 3649-3658
  quote_or_summary: "“It's little you care whether I get good grass or bad… what you
    want is to eat me.”"
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation from supplied passage.
confidence:
  extraction: high
  motif_candidates: medium
  comparison_claims: uncertain
  notes: Literal extraction is straightforward from the supplied passage. Motif labels
    are candidate descriptions and require human review, especially the broad taxonomy
    link to trickster_boundary.
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 supplied passage text was used; although the locator label lists multiple fables, the extracted content is limited to “THE WOLF AND THE GOAT.”
  batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
  custom_id=motif_extract:greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg__l3649-l3658
  passage_sha256=f64f2921e7b90aa14d529155ae5a6db15385fe4283982c957792840cf3f3415d