batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l64-l84

batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l64-l84

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record_id: batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l64-l84
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
passage_locator:
  label: 'THE OLDEST COLLECTION OF FOLK-LORE EXTANT: / BEING / AND TRANSLATED / BY
    T. W. RHYS DAVIDS.; lines 64-84'
  start: '64'
  end: '84'
  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: BUDDHIST BIRTH STORIES; OR, JĀTAKA TALES.
  summary: A title-page passage identifies the work as Buddhist Birth Stories, or
    Jātaka Tales, describes it as the Jātakatthavaṇṇanā and as the oldest extant collection
    of folklore, and credits V. Fausböll with editing the original Pāli and T. W.
    Rhys Davids with translating it.
  language: English
  quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: The passage gives the title as Buddhist Birth Stories, or Jātaka Tales.
  category: object
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: The passage describes the work as the Jātakatthavaṇṇanā and as the oldest
    extant collection of folklore.
  category: attribute
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:3
  text: The passage states that V. Fausböll edited the original Pāli for the first
    time.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:4
  text: The passage states that T. W. Rhys Davids translated the work.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: V. Fausböll
  description: Named as the editor of the original Pāli.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: T. W. Rhys Davids
  description: Named as the translator.
  role_refs:
  - role:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
  label: editor
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: The passage says the original Pāli was edited by V. Fausböll.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: role:2
  label: translator
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  basis: The passage says the work was translated by T. W. Rhys Davids.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
symbols: []
scenes:
- id: scene:1
  label: Title-page attribution
  summary: The title page presents the work's title, identifies it as the Jātakatthavaṇṇanā,
    and names its editor and translator.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  symbol_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
candidate_motifs: []
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: quote
  locator: lines 64-69
  quote_or_summary: '"BUDDHIST BIRTH STORIES; OR, JĀTAKA TALES."'
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; quotation allowed.
- id: ev:2
  type: quote
  locator: lines 70-76
  quote_or_summary: '"THE OLDEST COLLECTION OF FOLK-LORE EXTANT" and "THE JĀTAKATTHAVAṆṆANĀ"'
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; quotation allowed.
- id: ev:3
  type: quote
  locator: lines 78-80
  quote_or_summary: '"For the first time Edited in the Original Pāli" by "V. FAUSBÖLL"'
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; quotation allowed.
- id: ev:4
  type: quote
  locator: lines 82-84
  quote_or_summary: '"AND TRANSLATED" by "T. W. RHYS DAVIDS"'
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; quotation allowed.
confidence:
  extraction: high
  motif_candidates: high
  comparison_claims: high
  notes: The passage is a title-page attribution rather than a narrative passage;
    no mythic motifs, symbols, or comparative claims are supported by the provided
    text.
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 motif candidates were extracted because the passage contains bibliographic and title-page information only.
  batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
  custom_id=motif_extract:buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg__l64-l84
  passage_sha256=1b2d7703c5da123a7a5efb7a5abaa0362d0422216a86b4f96185db4dbf70f2bd