batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l276-l361
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record_id: batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l276-l361
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
passage_locator:
label: PART I. / PART II. / SUPPLEMENTARY TABLES. / THE BIRTH STORIES.; lines 276-361
start: '276'
end: '361'
translation: Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: THE BIRTH STORIES.
summary: A table-of-contents passage headed “The Birth Stories” lists numbered Jātaka
entries with English titles, Pāli titles, and page numbers, including moral, ritual,
animal, human, and object-focused story titles.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage is a table-of-contents list headed “THE BIRTH STORIES.”
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The entries are numbered Jātaka story titles with corresponding Pāli names
and page numbers.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Several listed titles name animals, including deer, antelope, monkeys, dog,
horse, elephant, bull, ox, pig, peacock, quails, fish, bird, partridge, and crane.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Several listed titles explicitly name ethical or religious topics, including
truth, true divinity, offerings to the dead, offerings under a vow, mercy to animals,
and wisdom or folly.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Some listed titles name objects or places such as a sandy road, a measure
of rice, buried gold, and a fiery furnace.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: animal figures named in titles
description: Animals named in listed titles include deer, antelope, monkeys, dog,
horses, elephant, bull, ox, pig, peacock, quails, fish, bird, partridge, and crane.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: human or named figures in titles
description: Titles name figures such as the Merchant of Sēri, Chullaka the Treasurer,
Makhā Deva, Nanda, and an old woman.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: demon
description: A demon is named in the title “The Monkeys and the Demon.”
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: title subject
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
basis: The figures are named in story titles within the table of contents.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: fire image
literal_form: fiery furnace
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:2
label: buried wealth
literal_form: buried gold
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:3
label: ritual food offering
literal_form: food offered to the dead; offerings under a vow
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:4
label: road image
literal_form: sandy road
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: catalogue of Jātaka birth-story titles
summary: The passage presents a catalogue of Jātaka entries, each with an English
title, Pāli title, and page number.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: ethical instruction through story titles
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Titles such as “Holding to the Truth,” “On True Divinity,” “The Wise Bird
and the Fools,” and other moralizing headings indicate ethical or didactic themes
in the listed stories.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage is only a table of contents; it does not provide story narratives
or doctrinal explanations.
- id: motif:2
label: ritual offerings connected with the dead or vows
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: 'Two listed titles refer to offerings: “On Offering Food to the Dead” and
“On Offerings given under a Vow.”'
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: low
cautions: Only the titles are supplied, so the function and meaning of the offerings
cannot be established from this passage alone.
- id: motif:3
label: animal-centered moral tales
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Many listed titles center animals, and some combine animal subjects with
moral or social framing, such as mercy, learning, cunning, quarrel, wisdom, cruelty,
or being outwitted.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The table of contents names animal subjects but does not supply the plots
or explicit morals of the individual tales.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 276-277
quote_or_summary: "“THE BIRTH STORIES.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 278-361
quote_or_summary: The passage lists numbered Jātaka entries with English title,
Pāli title, and page number, from “Holding to the Truth ... Apaṇṇaka Jātaka” through
“The Fiery Furnace ... Khadirangāra Jātaka.”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 300-359
quote_or_summary: Animal-centered titles include “The Banyan Deer,” “The Greedy
Antelope,” “The Deer who would not Learn,” “The Cunning Deer,” “The Monkeys and
the Demon,” “The Dog who turned Preacher,” horse, elephant, bull, ox, pig, peacock,
quail, fish, bird, partridge, and crane titles.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized with brief title references.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 278-357
quote_or_summary: Ethical or religiously framed titles include “Holding to the Truth,”
“On True Divinity,” “On Offering Food to the Dead,” “On Offerings given under
a Vow,” “On Mercy to Animals,” and “The Wise Bird and the Fools.”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized with brief title references.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 280-361
quote_or_summary: Object or place images named in titles include a sandy road, a
measure of rice, buried gold, and a fiery furnace.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 282-355
quote_or_summary: Human or named figures in titles include the Merchant of Sēri,
Chullaka the Treasurer, Makhā Deva, an old woman, and Nanda.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: line 318
quote_or_summary: "“The Monkeys and the Demon ... Naḷapāna Jātaka”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:8
type: quote
locator: line 361
quote_or_summary: "“The Fiery Furnace ... Khadirangāra Jātaka”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:9
type: quote
locator: line 359
quote_or_summary: "“Nanda on the Buried Gold ... Nanda Jātaka”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 314-317
quote_or_summary: 'Two adjacent titles concern offerings: one on offering food to
the dead and one on offerings given under a vow.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: quote
locator: line 280
quote_or_summary: "“The Sandy Road ... Vaṇṇupatha Jātaka”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: low
comparison_claims: high
notes: Literal extraction is reliable because the passage is a table of contents.
Motif identification is limited because no narrative content is included; candidate
motifs are based only on titles. No comparison claims are made.
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: |-
This record treats the supplied passage as a contents catalogue rather than as a narrative episode.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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