batch.motif.greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg-l466-l504
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg-l466-l504
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
passage_locator:
label: THE EAGLE, THE CAT, AND THE WILD SOW / THE WOLF AND THE SHEEP / THE TUNNY-FISH
AND THE DOLPHIN / THE THREE TRADESMEN; lines 466-504
start: '466'
end: '504'
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 passage is a sequence of fable titles naming animals, humans, objects
or plants, numbered groups, and one capture action.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage consists of a list of fable titles.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Many titles name animals or animal groups, including oxen, wolf, lion, sheep,
stag, bulls, horse, goat, hound, lark, ass, hare, mouse, fox, crane, eagle, cat,
wild sow, tunny-fish, and dolphin.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Several titles name human or social figures, including butchers, rider, clown,
countryman, farmer, prophet, trumpeter, and tradesmen.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: 'Two titles include explicit numbers: two pots and three bulls; another title
names three tradesmen.'
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:5
text: One title includes an action phrase in which a trumpeter is taken prisoner.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:6
text: The title 'THE EAGLE, THE CAT, AND THE WILD SOW' names three animal figures
together.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:7
text: The title 'THE WOLF AND THE SHEEP' names two animal figures together.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: The title 'THE TUNNY-FISH AND THE DOLPHIN' names two fish or sea-animal figures
together.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Oxen
description: Animal group named in a fable title.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Butchers
description: Human occupational group named in a fable title.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Wolf figure(s)
description: Animal named in multiple fable titles.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Lion figure(s)
description: Animal named in multiple fable titles.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Sheep
description: Animal named in fable titles.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Stag
description: Animal named in a fable title.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Three bulls
description: Numbered animal group named in a fable title.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Horse
description: Animal named in a fable title.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Rider
description: Human figure named in a fable title.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Goat
description: Animal named in a fable title.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Vine
description: Plant named in a fable title.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Two pots
description: Numbered object pair named in a fable title.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Old hound
description: Animal named with the attribute 'old' in a fable title.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: Clown
description: Human social figure named in a fable title.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: Countryman
description: Human social figure named in a fable title.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:16
name_or_label: Lark
description: Bird named in a fable title.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:17
name_or_label: Farmer
description: Human occupational figure named in a fable title.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:18
name_or_label: Ass
description: Animal named in a fable title.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:19
name_or_label: Prophet
description: Human or social-religious figure named in a fable title.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:20
name_or_label: Hare
description: Animal named in a fable title.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:21
name_or_label: Mouse
description: Animal named in a fable title.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:22
name_or_label: Fox
description: Animal named in a fable title.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:23
name_or_label: Trumpeter
description: Human figure named as taken prisoner in a fable title.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: fig:24
name_or_label: Crane
description: Bird named in a fable title.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:25
name_or_label: Eagle
description: Bird named in a fable title with a cat and a wild sow.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:26
name_or_label: Cat
description: Animal named in a fable title with an eagle and a wild sow.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:27
name_or_label: Wild sow
description: Animal named in a fable title with an eagle and a cat.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:28
name_or_label: Tunny-fish
description: Fish named in a fable title with a dolphin.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:29
name_or_label: Dolphin
description: Sea animal named in a fable title with a tunny-fish.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:30
name_or_label: Three tradesmen
description: Numbered human occupational group named in a fable title.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: title-named animal figure or group
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:10
- fig:13
- fig:16
- fig:18
- fig:20
- fig:21
- fig:22
- fig:24
- fig:25
- fig:26
- fig:27
- fig:28
- fig:29
basis: The titles explicitly name these animals or animal groups.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: title-named human or occupational figure
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:9
- fig:14
- fig:15
- fig:17
- fig:19
- fig:23
- fig:30
basis: The titles explicitly name these human or occupational/social figures.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: title-named object or plant
assigned_to:
- fig:11
- fig:12
basis: The titles explicitly name a vine and pots.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- id: role:4
label: numbered group or pair
assigned_to:
- fig:7
- fig:12
- fig:30
basis: The titles include 'two' or 'three' with these entities.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:5
label: captured figure in title
assigned_to:
- fig:23
basis: The title states that the trumpeter is taken prisoner.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Two
literal_form: two pots
associated_figures:
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:2
label: Three
literal_form: three bulls; three tradesmen
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:30
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:3
label: Animal figures in titles
literal_form: animals and birds named across the title list
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:10
- fig:13
- fig:16
- fig:18
- fig:20
- fig:21
- fig:22
- fig:24
- fig:25
- fig:26
- fig:27
- fig:28
- fig:29
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Catalogue of fable titles
summary: The passage lists a sequence of fable headings naming animals, humans,
objects, and numbered groups.
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
- fig:20
- fig:21
- fig:22
- fig:23
- fig:24
- fig:25
- fig:26
- fig:27
- fig:28
- fig:29
- fig:30
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Trumpeter taken prisoner title
summary: One heading presents a trumpeter as taken prisoner, without further narrative
detail in the provided passage.
figure_refs:
- fig:23
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Animal-pair or animal-group fable heading
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Several headings combine two or more animals, such as the wolf and sheep,
the tunny-fish and dolphin, and the eagle, cat, and wild sow.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The provided passage contains titles only, not the narrative actions or
moral outcomes of the fables.
- id: motif:2
label: Numbered pair or triad in a fable title
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: 'The passage includes titles with explicit numbered entities: two pots, three
bulls, and three tradesmen.'
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The titles identify the numerical pattern but do not supply the narrative
function of the numbers.
- id: motif:3
label: Capture of a named human figure
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The title 'THE TRUMPETER TAKEN PRISONER' names a human figure and the action
of being taken prisoner.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: low
cautions: Only the heading is provided; no details about captors, cause, setting,
or outcome are available.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 466-504
quote_or_summary: 'The passage is a list of fable titles: The Oxen and the Butchers;
The Wolf and the Lion; The Sheep, the Wolf, and the Stag; The Lion and the Three
Bulls; The Horse and His Rider; The Goat and the Vine; The Two Pots; The Old Hound;
The Clown and the Countryman; The Lark and the Farmer; The Lion and the Ass; The
Prophet; The Hound and the Hare; The Lion, the Mouse, and the Fox; The Trumpeter
Taken Prisoner; The Wolf and the Crane; The Eagle, the Cat, and the Wild Sow;
The Wolf and the Sheep; The Tunny-Fish and the Dolphin; The Three Tradesmen.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; excerpt summarized from provided passage.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: 466-504
quote_or_summary: THE EAGLE, THE CAT, AND THE WILD SOW
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: 466-504
quote_or_summary: THE WOLF AND THE SHEEP
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: 466-504
quote_or_summary: THE TUNNY-FISH AND THE DOLPHIN
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: 466-504
quote_or_summary: THE THREE TRADESMEN
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: 466-504
quote_or_summary: THE TRUMPETER TAKEN PRISONER
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 466-504
quote_or_summary: 'The title list includes numbered headings: The Two Pots, The
Lion and the Three Bulls, and The Three Tradesmen.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; titles summarized from provided passage.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is based on explicit title wording only. Motif candidates are
limited because the provided passage contains headings without narrative content.
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 taxonomy motif or symbol refs were assigned because the available taxonomy entries are not directly supported by the title-only passage.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg__l466-l504
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