batch.motif.buddhist-old-india-tales-rouse-gutenberg-l1336-l1394
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record_id: batch.motif.buddhist-old-india-tales-rouse-gutenberg-l1336-l1394
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
passage_locator:
label: THE MONKEYS AND THE GARDENER / THE GOBLIN AND THE SNEEZE / THE GRATEFUL BEASTS
AND THE UNGRATEFUL PRINCE / THE GOBLIN IN THE POOL; lines 1336-1394
start: '1336'
end: '1394'
translation: The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: A water-bound goblin devours animals entering a forest pool. During a drought,
thirsty monkeys find the pool; their king notices footprints leading in but not
out and warns them, but two monkeys enter and are dragged under. A man arrives,
identifies the danger as a goblin, and drinks safely through a hollow reed. The
monkeys imitate him, drink without entering the pool, and the goblin starves.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A horrible goblin lives in a deep forest pool and cannot leave the water.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The goblin is described as big and black, like an immense monkey, with an
immense mouth, four rows of sharp teeth, and gills instead of a nose.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The goblin eats animals that enter the water but cannot touch animals on the
bank.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: A drought dries up other water in the forest, but the goblin's pool remains
deep and cool under the trees.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The King of the Monkeys notices many footprints going down to the water and
none coming away, and warns the monkeys not to approach the pool.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: Two thirsty monkeys enter the pool on separate occasions and disappear or
are dragged below the water.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: A man comes to the pool, hears the monkeys' warning and account, and understands
the danger to be a goblin.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: The man pulls up a long reed, cuts off its ends, places one end in the water,
and drinks by sucking through the reed.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: The monkeys imitate the man, drink through reeds without entering the pool,
and quench their thirst.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: The goblin dies of starvation when no more food enters the pool.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Goblin in the pool
description: A horrible water-bound being living in a forest pool, unable to leave
the water, and devouring animals that enter it.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: King of the Monkeys
description: A clever monkey leader who observes the footprints and warns the herd
against entering the pool.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Herd of monkeys
description: Thirsty monkeys wandering in search of water during a drought; they
sit on the bank, then drink safely through reeds.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:8
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Two drowned monkeys
description: Two monkeys who separately enter the pool to drink and are pulled or
dragged beneath the water.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Man at the pool
description: A man who comes to the pool for water, understands that a goblin is
present, and demonstrates drinking through a reed.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: water-bound predator
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The goblin lives in the pool, cannot come out of the water, and eats animals
that enter.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: danger at the water source
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Animals seeking to drink from the pool are attacked and consumed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: role:3
label: observant animal leader
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The monkey king notices the one-way footprints and warns the others.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: thirsty animal group
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The monkeys search for water in a drought and need to drink from the pool
without entering it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:8
- id: role:5
label: victims entering forbidden water
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Two monkeys enter the pool despite danger and are dragged below.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: human problem-solver
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The man understands the goblin danger and uses a reed to drink safely.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: dangerous pool
literal_form: deep forest pool
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: sym:2
label: reed drinking tube
literal_form: long reed with ends cut off
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: sym:3
label: one-way footprints
literal_form: many footprints going down to the water and none coming away
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: drought
literal_form: great drought drying up water in the forest
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Goblin inhabits the only safe-looking pool
summary: The passage introduces a forest pool inhabited by a predatory goblin that
can attack only those who enter the water.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Drought brings monkeys to the pool
summary: During a drought, monkeys find the deep cool pool; their king notices footprints
that go in but do not return and warns them.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Two monkeys are pulled underwater
summary: Two thirsty monkeys separately enter the pool to drink and are lost beneath
the water.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Man demonstrates drinking through a reed
summary: A man arrives, is warned by the monkey king, understands the goblin danger,
and drinks from the pool through a hollow reed.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Monkeys imitate the reed method and survive
summary: The monkeys imitate the man, drink through reeds from the bank, and avoid
entering the pool; the goblin later starves.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: monster confined to a dangerous water source
taxonomy_refs:
- water
basis: The goblin lives in the pool, cannot leave the water, and kills creatures
that enter it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The available taxonomy includes water as a symbol, not a precise monster-at-water-source
motif family.
- id: motif:2
label: survival through observing traces of prior victims
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The monkey king infers danger from footprints going down to the pool with
none coming away and warns the herd.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The wisdom taxonomy reference is broad; the passage presents practical
inference rather than explicit doctrinal wisdom.
- id: motif:3
label: safe access to dangerous water through an implement
taxonomy_refs:
- water
- wisdom
basis: The man drinks safely by using a reed as a tube, and the monkeys imitate
him to avoid entering the pool.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: No exact taxonomy family for technological or practical workaround is
provided.
- id: motif:4
label: predator defeated by denial of prey
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: After animals stop entering the pool, the goblin gets no more food and dies
of starvation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: This is a narrative pattern in the passage but has no supplied taxonomy
reference.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 1336-1344
quote_or_summary: A horrible goblin lives in a forest pool; he is large, black,
monkey-like, sharp-toothed, has gills instead of a nose, and cannot leave the
water.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 1344-1348
quote_or_summary: The goblin pounces on and eats animals that come into the water
to drink, but cannot touch animals remaining on the bank.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 1350-1358
quote_or_summary: A great drought dries up water for many miles except the deep
cool pool; a herd of monkeys searching for water arrives there.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 1358-1362
quote_or_summary: The clever King of the Monkeys notices many footprints going down
to the water and none coming away, and warns his monkeys not to go near the pool.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 1362-1374
quote_or_summary: One thirsty monkey enters the water and disappears; another later
enters, shrieks, throws up his hands, and is dragged below the water.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 1380-1388
quote_or_summary: A man comes to the pool; the monkey king warns him not to enter,
tells how two monkeys were drowned, and the man understands that it is a goblin.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 1388-1391
quote_or_summary: The man pulls up a long reed from the bank, cuts off its ends,
puts one end in the water, and sucks water through it into his mouth.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 1391-1394
quote_or_summary: The monkeys are delighted, pull up reeds, imitate the man, and
drink through them without going into the pool.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 1394-1394
quote_or_summary: With no more food entering the pool, the goblin dies of starvation.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: The passage is clear and self-contained. Motif taxonomy matches are broad
because the provided taxonomy does not include exact labels for water-monster
trap or reed-drinking workaround.
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 external comparison beyond broad motif labeling.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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