Comparative mythology corpus

batch.motif.greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg-l466-l504

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
  passage_sha256=3e1b9e8fc5289c8f8387f523482f4a58f2d63549c60b68a73344a737a443ae19