batch.motif.greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg-l5305-l5317
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg-l5305-l5317
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
passage_locator:
label: THE WOMAN AND THE FARMER / PROMETHEUS AND THE MAKING OF MAN / THE SWALLOW
AND THE CROW / THE HUNTER AND THE HORSEMAN; lines 5305-5317
start: '5305'
end: '5317'
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: A hunter catches a hare and agrees to sell it to a horseman. Once the horseman
has the hare, he rides away without paying. The hunter briefly pursues him, realizes
he has been tricked, gives up, and calls out that the hare was intended as a present.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A hunter went out after game, caught a hare, and was carrying it home.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The hunter met a man on horseback who commented on the catch and offered to
buy it.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The hunter agreed to the sale, but the horseman took the hare and rode away
at full gallop.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The hunter ran after the horseman briefly, then realized he had been tricked
and stopped trying to overtake him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The hunter called after the horseman that the hare had been meant as a present,
explicitly to save face.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Hunter
description: A hunter who catches a hare, agrees to sell it, pursues the fleeing
horseman, and then reframes the loss as a gift.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Horseman
description: A man on horseback who offers to buy the hare, takes it, and rides
away at full gallop.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
label: owner or catcher of prey
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The hunter catches a hare and carries it home.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: deceptive buyer
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The horseman offers to buy the hare, obtains it, and immediately rides away.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: tricked party saving face
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The hunter realizes he has been tricked and calls out that the hare was intended
as a present to save face.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: hare
literal_form: A hare caught by the hunter and taken by the horseman.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: horse
literal_form: The horse ridden by the man who flees with the hare.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Capture of the hare
summary: The hunter goes out after game, catches a hare, and carries it home.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: False purchase
summary: The horseman offers to buy the hare; the hunter agrees, but the horseman
takes the hare and rides away.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Failed pursuit and face-saving speech
summary: The hunter briefly pursues the horseman, realizes the trick, stops, and
calls out that the hare was intended as a present.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: trickery through false purchase
taxonomy_refs:
- trickster_boundary
basis: The horseman gains possession of the hare by offering to buy it and then
flees without completing the transaction.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage depicts deception, but it does not identify the horseman as
a recurring trickster figure or provide a broader boundary-crossing context.
- id: motif:2
label: face-saving reinterpretation of loss
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: After failing to recover the hare, the hunter publicly recasts the loss as
an intended gift.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: This is a local narrative pattern in the passage rather than a supplied
taxonomy motif.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 5305-5308
quote_or_summary: The fable opens with a hunter going after game, catching a hare,
and carrying it home.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 5308-5310
quote_or_summary: The hunter meets a man on horseback, who observes the catch and
offers to buy it.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 5310-5312
quote_or_summary: The hunter agrees, but once the horseman has the hare, he spurs
his horse and leaves at full gallop.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 5312-5315
quote_or_summary: The hunter runs after the horseman briefly, realizes he has been
tricked, and gives up trying to overtake him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 5315-5317
quote_or_summary: "“take your hare: it was meant all along as a present.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The passage is short and clear. Motif taxonomy mapping is limited to the
available reference list and should be reviewed by a human.
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; no material from the other fables named in the locator label was extracted.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg__l5305-l5317
passage_sha256=c178e42dbac8c147559d251d6b041b8b4c5eb6fc4b26008c4719777e57729bff