batch.motif.buddhist-old-india-tales-rouse-gutenberg-l2268-l2355
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record_id: batch.motif.buddhist-old-india-tales-rouse-gutenberg-l2268-l2355
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
passage_locator:
label: PRIDE MUST HAVE A FALL / THE BOLD BEGGAR / THE JACKAL WOULD A-WOOING GO /
THE LION AND THE BOAR; lines 2268-2355
start: '2268'
end: '2355'
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 lion at a mountain lake sees a boar and thinks of eating him later. The
boar mistakes the lion's withdrawal for fear and challenges him. The lion postpones
the fight. The boar boasts at home, but his community fears disaster. An old wise
boar advises him to cover himself in mud because lions dislike dirt. At the appointed
meeting, the lion is disgusted by the boar's smell and refuses to touch him, leaving
the boar alive. The boar falsely claims to have beaten the lion, and the boar
colony decides to leave the place.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The lion lives in the mountains and drinks from a beautiful lake.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The lion sees a boar on the opposite bank after having eaten and thinks the
boar would make a meal another day.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The boar sees the lion leaving and concludes that the lion is afraid of him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The boar challenges the lion to fight, puffing his chest and rubbing his tusks
against a tree.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The lion asks to be let off for the day and proposes to meet in a week.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: At home, the boar acts aggressively and claims he has killed a lion, then
admits the lion is only coming to be killed in a week.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The other boars fear the lion will kill the challenger and then kill them
all.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: An old wise boar advises the challenger to roll in mud because lions are clean
beasts and dislike dirt.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: The boar rolls in dirty places until he is covered like a big cake of dirt.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: At the lake, the lion smells the boar, reacts with disgust, and says the boar
has saved his life because the lion will not touch him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: The boar runs home and tells his friends that he has beaten the lion and that
the lion ran away.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: The boar colony does not believe the boast and leaves the place because the
lion remains dangerous.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Lion
description: A lion who lives in the mountains, drinks from the lake, and considers
eating the boar later.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:10
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Boar
description: A boar who mistakes the lion's withdrawal for fear, challenges him,
later covers himself in mud, and claims victory.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:9
- ev:11
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Other boars / boar colony
description: The boar's friends and colony, who fear the consequences of the challenge
and later leave the place.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:12
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Old wise boar
description: An old and wise boar who gives the muddy disguise advice.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Boar's wife
description: The boar snarls at his wife when he returns home excited and aggressive.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: potential predator
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The lion thinks of eating the boar later and later says he would not touch
the dirty boar.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:10
- id: role:2
label: strong opponent
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The narrator states that the lion could break a boar's back with a tap of
his paw, and the boars fear he will kill them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: role:3
label: rash challenger
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The boar interprets the lion's departure as fear and challenges him to fight.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: false boaster
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The boar later claims he has beaten the lion and that the lion ran away,
though the narration says this was not a fair fight and nobody believed him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: role:5
label: fearful community
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The boar community weeps, warns that the lion will kill them, and later leaves
the place.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:12
- id: role:6
label: wise adviser
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The old wise boar advises rolling in mud to exploit the lion's dislike of
dirt.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: mountains
literal_form: mountains where the lion lives
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: lake water
literal_form: beautiful lake where the lion drinks and where the meeting occurs
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:10
- id: sym:3
label: tree
literal_form: tree against which the boar rubs his tusks before challenging the
lion
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: mud and dirt
literal_form: mud and dirty places in which the boar rolls until covered with dirt
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Lion sees the boar at the lake
summary: The lion drinks at a mountain lake, sees a boar across the bank, and thinks
of eating him later.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Boar challenges the lion
summary: The boar interprets the lion's quiet departure as fear and challenges him,
while the lion postpones the fight for one week.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Boars fear the boast
summary: The boar returns home acting aggressively and boasts about killing a lion;
the other boars fear the lion will destroy them.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:4
label: Old boar gives mud counsel
summary: After the challenger loses confidence, an old wise boar advises him to
roll in mud because lions dislike dirt.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:5
label: Lion refuses the dirty boar
summary: At the appointed meeting, the lion smells the muddy boar, refuses to touch
him, and leaves in disgust.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: scene:6
label: False victory and departure of the colony
summary: The boar claims he defeated the lion, but the colony does not believe him
and leaves because the lion is still a lion.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: prideful weak animal challenges stronger animal
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The boar mistakes the lion's departure for fear, challenges him, boasts,
and later loses confidence when other boars explain the danger.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: This is a local narrative pattern label, not an assigned external taxonomy
ID.
- id: motif:2
label: wise counsel saves the endangered fool
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: An old wise boar proposes a practical strategy that prevents the lion from
eating the challenger.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The passage frames the advice as practical animal knowledge rather than
supernatural wisdom.
- id: motif:3
label: protective disguise through filth
taxonomy_refs:
- trickster_boundary
basis: The boar covers himself in mud so thoroughly that the lion refuses contact
and departs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy reference is broad; the boar uses a trick, but
he is not explicitly named as a trickster.
- id: motif:4
label: false claim of victory after escape
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: After surviving because the lion refuses to touch him, the boar tells his
friends that he beat the lion and made him run away.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
confidence: high
cautions: This label describes a narrative action in the passage rather than a formal
taxonomy category.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 2268-2271
quote_or_summary: The lion lives in the mountains and drinks from a beautiful lake.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 2271-2277
quote_or_summary: After eating, the lion sees a boar on the opposite bank and thinks
the boar would make a meal another day.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 2277-2282
quote_or_summary: The boar sees the lion leave and decides that the lion must be
afraid of him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: lines 2282-2288
quote_or_summary: The boar puffs himself up, rubs his tusks against a tree, and
calls, "Let us have a fight to-day!"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 2290-2298
quote_or_summary: The lion is astonished but humbly asks to be excused that day
and offers to meet the boar in a week.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 2300-2311
quote_or_summary: At home the boar is bristling, aggressive, and boastful; he says
he has killed a lion, then admits the lion is coming in a week.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 2312-2318
quote_or_summary: The other boars cry that the lion will kill the challenger and
then all of them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 2320-2325
quote_or_summary: The boar loses his conceit, and an old wise boar advises him to
roll in mud because lions are clean beasts and dislike dirt.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:9
type: quote
locator: lines 2326-2328
quote_or_summary: The boar rolls in dirty places until he is "like a big cake of
dirt."
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 2328-2338
quote_or_summary: At the lake the lion smells the dirty boar, reacts with disgust,
says the boar has saved his life, and refuses to touch him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 2340-2344
quote_or_summary: The boar runs home and claims that he beat the lion and made him
run away.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 2344-2355
quote_or_summary: The narration says it was not a fair fight, nobody believes the
boar, and the boar colony leaves because the lion remains dangerous.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Literal plot extraction is straightforward. Motif labels are descriptive
and partly mapped to broad available taxonomy categories; no passage-supported
external comparison claims were 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: |-
Only the provided passage and metadata were used. The locator label mentions several tale titles, but the supplied passage text contains only "THE LION AND THE BOAR."
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:buddhist-old-india-tales-rouse-gutenberg__l2268-l2355
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