batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l86-l109

batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l86-l109

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record_id: batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l86-l109
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
passage_locator:
  label: TRANSLATION. / GEHEIM-RATH PROFESSOR DOCTOR / STENZLER / MY FIRST GUIDE IN
    ORIENTAL STUDIES; lines 86-109
  start: '86'
  end: '109'
  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: ''
  summary: Front matter for Volume I of the translation gives publication and printing
    information, then dedicates the work to Geheim-Rath Professor Doctor Stenzler
    in congratulation on his Doctor Jubiläum, identifying him as the dedicator's first
    guide in Oriental studies.
  language: English
  quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: The passage is front matter for Volume I and names London, Trübner & Co.,
    Ludgate Hill, and the year 1880.
  category: setting
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: The passage states that the volume was printed at Hertford by Stephen Austin
    and Sons.
  category: attribute
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:3
  text: The passage contains a dedication to Geheim-Rath Professor Doctor Stenzler.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:4
  text: The dedication calls Stenzler the dedicator's first guide in Oriental studies.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:5
  text: The dedication congratulates Stenzler on his Doctor Jubiläum.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: Geheim-Rath Professor Doctor Stenzler
  description: Named recipient of the dedication and described as the dedicator's
    first guide in Oriental studies.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  - role:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: unnamed dedicator
  description: The voice that dedicates the work to Stenzler and calls him 'my first
    guide in Oriental studies.'
  role_refs:
  - role:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
  label: dedicatee
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: The passage is addressed 'TO' Stenzler.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: role:2
  label: guide in Oriental studies
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: The dedication describes Stenzler as the dedicator's first guide in Oriental
    studies.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: role:3
  label: dedicator
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  basis: The first-person phrase 'my first guide' implies an unnamed speaker or dedicator.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
symbols: []
scenes: []
candidate_motifs: []
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: summary
  locator: lines 86-93
  quote_or_summary: The front matter identifies the section as 'TRANSLATION,' 'VOLUME
    I,' published in London by Trübner & Co., Ludgate Hill, in 1880, with all rights
    reserved.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
  rights_note: Public domain source metadata; short summary used.
- id: ev:2
  type: summary
  locator: lines 94-96
  quote_or_summary: The passage states that the volume was printed at Hertford by
    Stephen Austin and Sons.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
  rights_note: Public domain source metadata; short summary used.
- id: ev:3
  type: summary
  locator: lines 98-109
  quote_or_summary: The passage dedicates the work to Geheim-Rath Professor Doctor
    Stenzler, calls him the dedicator's first guide in Oriental studies, and congratulates
    him on his Doctor Jubiläum.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
  rights_note: Public domain source metadata; short summary used.
confidence:
  extraction: high
  motif_candidates: high
  comparison_claims: high
  notes: The passage is publication front matter and dedication material, not a narrative
    or doctrinal passage; no mythic motifs, symbols, scenes, or comparisons 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 available taxonomy references are applicable to this front-matter dedication passage.
  batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
  custom_id=motif_extract:buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg__l86-l109
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