batch.motif.greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg-l3946-l3974
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg-l3946-l3974
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
passage_locator:
label: THE HERDSMAN AND THE LOST BULL / THE MULE / THE HOUND AND THE FOX / THE FATHER
AND HIS DAUGHTERS; lines 3946-3974
start: '3946'
end: '3974'
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 hound chases a lion but flees when the lion turns and
roars, and a fox mocks him. In another, a father visits two married daughters:
the gardener''s wife wants rain, while the potter''s wife wants dry weather, leading
the father to decide not to pray for both wishes.'
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A hound roaming in a forest sees a lion and chases it as quarry.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The lion notices the pursuit, stops, turns on the hound, and roars loudly.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The hound turns and flees after the lion roars.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: A fox sees the hound running away and mocks him as a coward.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: A man has two daughters, one married to a gardener and one married to a potter.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The father visits the gardener's wife and asks how she and her husband are
doing.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The gardener's wife says they are doing well but wants heavy rain for the
garden.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: The potter's wife says she and her husband have nothing to complain of but
wants dry weather to dry the pottery.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: The father observes that one daughter wants dry weather while the other wants
rain and decides not to ask in prayer for both wishes to be granted.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Hound
description: A hound roaming in the forest who chases a lion and then flees when
the lion roars.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Lion
description: A lion seen by the hound; it stops, turns on the pursuer, and roars.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Fox
description: A fox who sees the hound fleeing and jeers at him.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Father / Man
description: A man with two daughters, one married to a gardener and one to a potter;
he visits them and considers whether to pray for their wishes.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Gardener's wife / first daughter
description: One daughter, married to a gardener, who wishes for heavy rain because
the garden needs it.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Gardener
description: The husband of one daughter; his work is connected with the garden
that needs rain.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Potter's wife / second daughter
description: One daughter, married to a potter, who wishes for dry weather to dry
the pottery.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Potter
description: The husband of one daughter; his work is connected with pottery that
needs dry weather.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: pursuer of dangerous quarry
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The hound gives chase to a lion, thinking it would be a fine quarry.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: fleeing target of mockery
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The hound flees when the lion roars and is mocked by the fox.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: threatening quarry
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The lion is first chased as quarry, then turns and roars at the pursuer.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: mocking observer
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The fox sees the hound fleeing and jeers at him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: father weighing conflicting wishes
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The father hears one daughter wish for rain and the other for dry weather,
then decides not to pray for both.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:6
label: daughter with occupation-based weather wish
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:7
basis: Each daughter expresses a weather wish tied to her household's work.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:7
label: gardener husband
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: One daughter is married to a gardener, and the garden is said to need rain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:8
label: potter husband
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: One daughter is married to a potter, and the pottery is said to need dry
weather.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: forest
literal_form: forest
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: lion
literal_form: lion
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: roar
literal_form: loud roar
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:4
label: rain
literal_form: good heavy rain
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: garden
literal_form: garden
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:6
label: dry weather
literal_form: nice dry weather
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:7
label: pottery
literal_form: pottery
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:8
label: prayers
literal_form: prayers that wishes should be granted
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Hound pursues lion and flees
summary: A hound chases a lion in the forest, but when the lion turns and roars,
the hound runs away.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Fox mocks the fleeing hound
summary: A fox observes the hound's flight and jeers that he chased a lion but fled
when it roared.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Father visits the gardener's wife
summary: The father visits the daughter married to a gardener and hears that she
wants heavy rain for the garden.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Father visits the potter's wife
summary: The father visits the daughter married to a potter and hears that she wants
dry weather to dry the pottery.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Father refrains from prayer
summary: Because one daughter wants rain and the other wants dry weather, the father
decides not to pray for their wishes to be granted.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:6
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Overbold pursuit followed by sudden flight
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The hound confidently chases a lion but flees as soon as the lion turns and
roars.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: This is a passage-level fable pattern rather than a supplied taxonomy
family.
- id: motif:2
label: Mockery of cowardice after failed bravado
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The fox jeers at the hound for chasing a lion and running away when it roared.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The moral is implied through action and speech; no separate explicit moral
is included in the supplied passage.
- id: motif:3
label: Conflicting wishes in one family
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: One daughter wants rain for gardening, while the other wants dry weather
for pottery, creating incompatible requests.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: No broader comparative claim is made by the passage.
- id: motif:4
label: Prudence in withholding a prayer
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The father recognizes the incompatibility of the daughters' wishes and decides
not to pray for both to be granted.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The link to the supplied 'wisdom' motif family is general and should be
reviewed.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 3946-3952
quote_or_summary: A hound roaming in the forest sees a lion, chases it as quarry,
then flees when the lion turns and gives a loud roar.
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: lines 3952-3955
quote_or_summary: 'A fox jeers: "There goes the coward who chased a lion and ran
away the moment he roared!"'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 3957-3963
quote_or_summary: A man has two daughters, one married to a gardener and the other
to a potter, and goes to see how they are doing.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: lines 3963-3966
quote_or_summary: The gardener's wife says they are doing well, but wishes for "some
good heavy rain" because the garden needs it.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 3966-3970
quote_or_summary: The potter's wife says they have nothing to complain of, but wishes
for "some nice dry weather, to dry the pottery."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 3970-3974
quote_or_summary: The father notes that one daughter wants dry weather and the other
wants rain, so he decides not to mention the subject in his prayers.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Literal extraction is straightforward. Motif labels are local descriptive
candidates; only the general wisdom taxonomy reference is tentatively assigned.
No comparison claims are supported by the supplied passage itself.
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. The broader passage label mentions additional fables not present in the supplied passage_text, so they were not extracted.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg__l3946-l3974
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