batch.motif.greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg-l875-l913
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg-l875-l913
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
passage_locator:
label: THE KINGDOM OF THE LION / THE KID AND THE WOLF / THE MULE / THE FROGS AND
THE WELL; lines 875-913
start: '875'
end: '913'
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: |-
THE KINGDOM OF THE LION
THE KID AND THE WOLF
THE MULE
THE FROGS AND THE WELL
summary: The passage is a sequence of fable titles, ending with titles about a lion's
kingdom, a kid and a wolf, a mule, and frogs with a well.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage consists of a list of fable titles rather than narrative prose.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Many titles name animals as the principal title figures.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: obs:3
text: Some titles pair or group multiple figures with the conjunction 'and'.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The final four titles in the supplied passage are about a lion's kingdom,
a kid and a wolf, a mule, and frogs with a well.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The passage includes title objects or places such as a wine-jar, jewel, vine,
kingdom, and well.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Ox
description: Animal named in the title 'THE OX AND THE FROG'.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Frog/Frogs
description: Amphibian figure named in 'THE OX AND THE FROG' and 'THE FROGS AND
THE WELL'.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Man
description: Human figure named in 'THE MAN AND THE SATYR'.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Satyr
description: Human-like mythic figure named in 'THE MAN AND THE SATYR'.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Old woman
description: Human figure named in 'THE OLD WOMAN AND THE WINE-JAR'.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Cat
description: Animal named in 'THE CAT AND THE COCK'.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Cock
description: Bird named in 'THE CAT AND THE COCK' and 'THE COCK AND THE JEWEL'.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Sheep
description: Animal named in 'THE SHEEP, THE WOLF, AND THE STAG'.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Wolf
description: Animal named in several titles, including 'THE SHEEP, THE WOLF, AND
THE STAG', 'THE WOLF AND THE CRANE', 'THE WOLF, THE FOX, AND THE APE', 'THE WOLF
AND THE GOAT', and 'THE KID AND THE WOLF'.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Stag
description: Animal named in 'THE SHEEP, THE WOLF, AND THE STAG'.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Goat
description: Animal named in 'THE GOAT AND THE VINE' and 'THE WOLF AND THE GOAT'.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Hound
description: Animal named in 'THE HOUND AND THE HARE'.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Hare
description: Animal named in 'THE HOUND AND THE HARE'.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: Crane
description: Bird named in 'THE WOLF AND THE CRANE'.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: Town mouse
description: Animal figure named in 'THE TOWN MOUSE AND THE COUNTRY MOUSE'.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:16
name_or_label: Country mouse
description: Animal figure named in 'THE TOWN MOUSE AND THE COUNTRY MOUSE'.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:17
name_or_label: Fox
description: Animal named in 'THE WOLF, THE FOX, AND THE APE'.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:18
name_or_label: Ape
description: Animal named in 'THE WOLF, THE FOX, AND THE APE'.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:19
name_or_label: Grasshopper
description: Insect named in 'THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE ANTS'.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:20
name_or_label: Ants
description: Insects named in 'THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE ANTS'.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:21
name_or_label: Bald man
description: Human figure named in 'THE BALD MAN AND THE FLY'.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:22
name_or_label: Fly
description: Insect named in 'THE BALD MAN AND THE FLY'.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:23
name_or_label: Monkey
description: Animal named in 'THE MONKEY AND THE CAMEL'.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:24
name_or_label: Camel
description: Animal named in 'THE MONKEY AND THE CAMEL'.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:25
name_or_label: Miller
description: Human figure named in 'THE MILLER, HIS SON, AND THEIR ASS'.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:26
name_or_label: Miller's son
description: Human figure named as the miller's son in 'THE MILLER, HIS SON, AND
THEIR ASS'.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:27
name_or_label: Ass
description: Animal named in 'THE MILLER, HIS SON, AND THEIR ASS'.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:28
name_or_label: Lion
description: Animal named in the title 'THE KINGDOM OF THE LION'.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:29
name_or_label: Kid
description: Young goat named in 'THE KID AND THE WOLF'.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:30
name_or_label: Mule
description: Animal named as the sole figure in 'THE MULE'.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
roles:
- id: role:1
label: title-named animal figure
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- 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:22
- fig:23
- fig:24
- fig:27
- fig:28
- fig:29
- fig:30
basis: These figures are animals or insects named in the fable titles.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: title-named human figure
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:21
- fig:25
- fig:26
basis: These figures are human figures named in the titles.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: title-named mythic or hybrid being
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The satyr is named as a title figure in 'THE MAN AND THE SATYR'.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: figure linked to a kingdom in title
assigned_to:
- fig:28
basis: The title 'THE KINGDOM OF THE LION' links the lion with a kingdom.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Wine-jar
literal_form: wine-jar
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:2
label: Vine
literal_form: vine
associated_figures:
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: Jewel
literal_form: jewel
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: Kingdom
literal_form: kingdom
associated_figures:
- fig:28
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: Well
literal_form: well
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Catalogue of fable titles
summary: A sequence of fable titles names animals, humans, a satyr, and several
objects or places.
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
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Final four title entries
summary: The final supplied titles name a lion's kingdom, a kid and a wolf, a mule,
and frogs with a well.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:9
- fig:28
- fig:29
- fig:30
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Animal-centered fable title pattern
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Most titles in the passage name animals as principal figures, often in pairs
or groups.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage provides titles only, so no narrative action, moral, or mythic
function can be confirmed.
- id: motif:2
label: Cross-species encounter pairing
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Several titles join different beings or entities, such as ox and frog, cat
and cock, sheep/wolf/stag, wolf and crane, kid and wolf, and frogs and a well.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: low
cautions: Only the title pairings are present; the nature of the encounters is not
stated.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 875-913
quote_or_summary: The supplied passage is a sequence of fable titles from 'THE OX
AND THE FROG' through 'THE FROGS AND THE WELL'.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 875-913, final title entries
quote_or_summary: THE KINGDOM OF THE LION; THE KID AND THE WOLF; THE MULE; THE FROGS
AND THE WELL
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 875-913
quote_or_summary: Animal pair or group titles include ox/frog, cat/cock, sheep/wolf/stag,
hound/hare, wolf/crane, town mouse/country mouse, wolf/fox/ape, grasshopper/ants,
monkey/camel, wolf/goat, and kid/wolf.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary of title elements.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 875-913
quote_or_summary: Human or human-like title figures include a man, a satyr, an old
woman, a bald man, a miller, and the miller's son.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary of title elements.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 875-913
quote_or_summary: Objects, plants, or places named in the titles include a wine-jar,
a vine, a jewel, a kingdom, and a well.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/aesops-fables-vernon-jones.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary of title elements.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: low
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is limited because the supplied passage contains only titles,
not the fable narratives or morals. Motif candidates are therefore broad title-pattern
observations only.
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 comparison claims were added because the passage itself does not support cross-textual or historical comparison.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:greek-aesop-fables-vernon-jones-gutenberg__l875-l913
passage_sha256=2e2f6153ef4588902646e59148d714de1f4896861fdd6fd6b5b41b074aab4880