batch.motif.greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg-l704-l742
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg-l704-l742
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
passage_locator:
label: THE QUACK DOCTOR / THE LION, THE WOLF, AND THE FOX / HERCULES AND PLUTUS
/ THE FOX AND THE LEOPARD; lines 704-742
start: '704'
end: '742'
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, mostly naming animals, human
occupations or social roles, and several named mythic figures. No narrative action
beyond what is stated in the titles is provided.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage presents a list of twenty uppercase fable headings.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Several headings name paired or grouped animals, including wolf, lion, fox,
ass, birds, insects, and leopard.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Lion, fox, and wolf recur in more than one heading.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: obs:4
text: Several headings name human occupational or social figures, including ploughman,
fowler, farmer, butcher, customers, quack doctor, and a man bitten by an ant.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Several headings name Hercules, Mercury, Minerva, and Plutus.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The titles include the literal non-animal items or attributes 'shadow' and
'hides'.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Wolf
description: Animal named in 'The Wolf and his Shadow,' 'The Ploughman and the Wolf,'
and 'The Lion, the Wolf, and the Fox.'
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Lion
description: Animal named in multiple headings, including 'The Wily Lion,' 'The
Stag and the Lion,' 'The Gnat and the Lion,' and 'The Lion, the Wolf, and the
Fox.'
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Fox
description: Animal named in several headings, including 'The Eagle and the Fox,'
'The Fox who Served a Lion,' 'The Lion, the Wolf, and the Fox,' and 'The Fox and
the Leopard.'
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Hercules
description: Named figure in the headings 'Hercules and Minerva' and 'Hercules and
Plutus.'
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Mercury
description: Named figure in the heading 'Mercury and the Man Bitten by an Ant.'
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Minerva
description: Named figure in the heading 'Hercules and Minerva.'
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Plutus
description: Named figure in the heading 'Hercules and Plutus.'
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Human occupational and social figures
description: 'Grouped human figures named by title or role: ploughman, man bitten
by an ant, impostor, fowler, farmer, butcher and customers, and quack doctor.'
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Other animal figures
description: Other animals named in headings include ant, parrot, cat, stag, dogs,
ass, partridge, cock, gnat, eagle, and leopard.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Animal title figure
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:9
basis: These figures are animals named directly in the fable headings.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: Named title figure
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
basis: These figures are named directly in headings rather than described by occupation
or species.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: Human role or occupation in title
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The headings identify several human figures by occupation, social role, or
condition.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Shadow
literal_form: shadow
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: Hides
literal_form: hides
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: Recurring animal title figures
literal_form: wolf, lion, fox, and other named animals in fable headings
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
scenes: []
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Animal-centered fable encounter headings
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Many headings name one or more animals as the principal figures in the title.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: Only headings are provided; the plots, outcomes, and symbolic functions
are not available in this passage.
- id: motif:2
label: Human role paired with animal figure
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Several headings pair a human role or condition with an animal, such as ploughman
and wolf, man bitten by ant, fowler with birds, farmer and dogs, and butcher with
customers in the same title sequence.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: low
cautions: The passage gives titles only; any narrative function of the pairing remains
unknown.
- id: motif:3
label: Named mythic figures in fable headings
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The title list includes headings with Mercury, Hercules, Minerva, and Plutus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: low
cautions: The headings alone do not state divine action, judgment, exchange, or
any other specific mythic pattern.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: 704-742, title list opening group
quote_or_summary: Titles include 'THE WOLF AND HIS SHADOW,' 'THE PLOUGHMAN AND THE
WOLF,' 'MERCURY AND THE MAN BITTEN BY AN ANT,' 'THE WILY LION,' 'THE PARROT AND
THE CAT,' and 'THE STAG AND THE LION.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: 704-742, title list middle group
quote_or_summary: Titles include 'THE DOGS AND THE HIDES,' 'THE LION, THE FOX, AND
THE ASS,' 'THE FOWLER, THE PARTRIDGE, AND THE COCK,' 'THE GNAT AND THE LION,'
and 'THE FARMER AND HIS DOGS.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: 704-742, title list later group
quote_or_summary: Titles include 'THE EAGLE AND THE FOX,' 'THE BUTCHER AND HIS CUSTOMERS,'
'HERCULES AND MINERVA,' 'THE FOX WHO SERVED A LION,' and 'THE QUACK DOCTOR.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: 704-742, title list closing group
quote_or_summary: Titles include 'THE LION, THE WOLF, AND THE FOX,' 'HERCULES AND
PLUTUS,' and 'THE FOX AND THE LEOPARD.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used for evidence.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: low
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The extraction is limited because the supplied passage contains only fable
titles, not the narrative text of the fables.
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 refs were assigned because the headings alone do not support a specific available taxonomy family with sufficient confidence.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg__l704-l742
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