batch.motif.greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg-l626-l662
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg-l626-l662
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
passage_locator:
label: THE PIG AND THE SHEEP / THE GARDENER AND HIS DOG / THE RIVERS AND THE SEA
/ THE LION IN LOVE; lines 626-662
start: '626'
end: '662'
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 lists fable titles naming animal, human, divine, natural, and
object participants, including asses, a lion, an ant, frogs, a crab, foxes, a
farmer and boy, rooks, dogs, an image, an Athenian and Theban, a goatherd and
goat, sheep, a shepherd and wolf, Jupiter and an elephant, a pig, a gardener,
rivers, the sea, and a lion in love.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage is a sequence of fable titles rather than narrative prose.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Several titles pair or group animals as named participants.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:13
- ev:14
- ev:15
- id: obs:3
text: Several titles include human figures or social identities.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:12
- ev:16
- ev:17
- ev:18
- id: obs:4
text: One title names Jupiter with a lion and an elephant.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:19
- id: obs:5
text: One title names rivers and the sea.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:20
- id: obs:6
text: One title describes a lion as being in love.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:21
- id: obs:7
text: One title describes an ass carrying an image.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:22
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: pack-ass
description: A pack-ass named in titles.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: wild ass
description: A wild ass named in titles.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: lion
description: A lion named in multiple titles, including one in which it is in love.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:19
- ev:21
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: ass
description: An ass named in titles.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:9
- ev:22
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: masters
description: Masters named in relation to an ass.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: ant
description: An ant named as a title participant.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: frogs
description: Frogs named with a well.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: well
description: A well named with frogs.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: crab
description: A crab named with a fox.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: fox
description: A fox named in titles with a crab and with a grasshopper.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: grasshopper
description: A grasshopper named with a fox.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: farmer
description: A farmer named with his boy and rooks.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: boy
description: A boy named as belonging to or accompanying a farmer.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: rooks
description: Rooks named with a farmer and his boy.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: dog
description: A dog named in titles with an ass, sheep, and a gardener.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:15
- ev:18
- id: fig:16
name_or_label: image
description: An image carried by an ass in a title.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:22
- id: fig:17
name_or_label: Athenian
description: An Athenian named with a Theban.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- id: fig:18
name_or_label: Theban
description: A Theban named with an Athenian.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
- id: fig:19
name_or_label: goatherd
description: A goatherd named with a goat.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
- id: fig:20
name_or_label: goat
description: A goat named with a goatherd.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
- id: fig:21
name_or_label: sheep
description: Sheep or a sheep named in titles with a dog and with a pig.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
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- id: fig:22
name_or_label: shepherd
description: A shepherd named with a wolf.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: fig:23
name_or_label: wolf
description: A wolf named with a shepherd.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: fig:24
name_or_label: Jupiter
description: Jupiter named with a lion and an elephant.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:19
- id: fig:25
name_or_label: elephant
description: An elephant named with a lion and Jupiter.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:19
- id: fig:26
name_or_label: pig
description: A pig named with sheep.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:23
- id: fig:27
name_or_label: gardener
description: A gardener named with his dog.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:18
- id: fig:28
name_or_label: rivers
description: Rivers named with the sea.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:20
- id: fig:29
name_or_label: sea
description: The sea named with rivers.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:20
roles:
- id: role:1
label: animal participant
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:14
- fig:15
- fig:20
- fig:21
- fig:23
- fig:25
- fig:26
basis: These figures are animals named in the fable titles.
evidence_refs:
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- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:12
- ev:14
- ev:15
- ev:17
- ev:19
- ev:21
- ev:23
- id: role:2
label: human or social-identity participant
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:12
- fig:13
- fig:17
- fig:18
- fig:19
- fig:22
- fig:27
basis: These figures are human persons, occupations, civic identities, or social
relations named in titles.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:12
- ev:14
- ev:16
- ev:17
- ev:18
- id: role:3
label: divine participant
assigned_to:
- fig:24
basis: Jupiter is named in a title.
evidence_refs:
- ev:19
- id: role:4
label: carried object
assigned_to:
- fig:16
basis: The title states that an ass is carrying the image.
evidence_refs:
- ev:22
- id: role:5
label: place or natural feature named in title
assigned_to:
- fig:8
- fig:28
- fig:29
basis: A well, rivers, and the sea are named as title elements.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:20
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: water place or body
literal_form: well, rivers, sea
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:28
- fig:29
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:20
- id: sym:2
label: image
literal_form: image carried by an ass
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:16
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:22
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: List of adjacent fable titles
summary: The passage presents consecutive titles of Aesop fables naming their principal
participants or objects.
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
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Ass titles
summary: Several titles concern asses, including a pack-ass, a wild ass, an ass
with masters, an ass with a dog, and an ass carrying an image.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:15
- fig:16
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:9
- ev:22
- id: scene:3
label: Water-feature titles
summary: 'Two titles name water-related settings or natural features: frogs with
a well, and rivers with the sea.'
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:28
- fig:29
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:20
candidate_motifs: []
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 626-662
quote_or_summary: The provided passage is a list of consecutive fable titles from
'THE PACK-ASS AND THE WILD ASS' through 'THE LION IN LOVE'.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted at length.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: 626-662
quote_or_summary: THE PACK-ASS AND THE WILD ASS
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: 626-662
quote_or_summary: THE PACK-ASS, THE WILD ASS, AND THE LION
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: 626-662
quote_or_summary: THE ASS AND HIS MASTERS
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: 626-662
quote_or_summary: THE ANT
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: 626-662
quote_or_summary: THE FROGS AND THE WELL
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: 626-662
quote_or_summary: THE CRAB AND THE FOX
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain.
- id: ev:8
type: quote
locator: 626-662
quote_or_summary: THE FOX AND THE GRASSHOPPER
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain.
- id: ev:9
type: quote
locator: 626-662
quote_or_summary: THE ASS AND THE DOG
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain.
- id: ev:10
type: quote
locator: 626-662
quote_or_summary: THE SHEEP AND THE DOG
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain.
- id: ev:11
type: quote
locator: 626-662
quote_or_summary: THE PIG AND THE SHEEP
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain.
- id: ev:12
type: quote
locator: 626-662
quote_or_summary: THE FARMER, HIS BOY, AND THE ROOKS
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain.
- id: ev:13
type: quote
locator: 626-662
quote_or_summary: THE LION IN LOVE
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain.
- id: ev:14
type: quote
locator: 626-662
quote_or_summary: THE SHEPHERD AND THE WOLF
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain.
- id: ev:15
type: quote
locator: 626-662
quote_or_summary: THE SHEEP AND THE DOG
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain.
- id: ev:16
type: quote
locator: 626-662
quote_or_summary: THE ATHENIAN AND THE THEBAN
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain.
- id: ev:17
type: quote
locator: 626-662
quote_or_summary: THE GOATHERD AND THE GOAT
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain.
- id: ev:18
type: quote
locator: 626-662
quote_or_summary: THE GARDENER AND HIS DOG
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain.
- id: ev:19
type: quote
locator: 626-662
quote_or_summary: THE LION, JUPITER, AND THE ELEPHANT
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain.
- id: ev:20
type: quote
locator: 626-662
quote_or_summary: THE RIVERS AND THE SEA
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain.
- id: ev:21
type: quote
locator: 626-662
quote_or_summary: THE LION IN LOVE
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain.
- id: ev:22
type: quote
locator: 626-662
quote_or_summary: THE ASS CARRYING THE IMAGE
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain.
- id: ev:23
type: quote
locator: 626-662
quote_or_summary: THE PIG AND THE SHEEP
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: uncertain
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The passage text provided contains only fable titles, so participant extraction
is straightforward but motif extraction is not supported beyond literal title
elements.
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 candidate motifs or comparison claims were recorded because the passage supplies titles only, without narrative action sufficient to support motif identification.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg__l626-l662
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