batch.motif.buddhist-old-india-tales-rouse-gutenberg-l99-l131
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record_id: batch.motif.buddhist-old-india-tales-rouse-gutenberg-l99-l131
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
passage_locator:
label: The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India / WARNING / CONTENTS; lines
99-131
start: '99'
end: '131'
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 table of contents lists the titles of tales in the collection and their
starting page numbers.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage is a table of contents with story titles and corresponding page
numbers.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Several titles name animals, including a crab, cat, crocodile, monkey, parrots,
mouse, tortoise, monkeys, wolf, crane, quail, falcon, jackal, lion, and boar.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Several titles name human social figures, including a farmer, king, prince,
porter, beggar, and friend.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Two titles include the word “Goblin,” one connected with a sneeze and one
with a pool; another title names a goblin city.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Some titles are phrased as maxims or explicit lessons, such as strength through
union, the value of silence, the fall of pride, and a king’s lesson.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Animal figures named in titles
description: Animals appear as title figures across multiple tale titles.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Human social figures named in titles
description: Human figures with social labels appear in tale titles.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Goblins
description: Goblins are named in multiple tale titles.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: title figure
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
basis: The passage lists these beings or persons only as figures named in story
titles, without narrative action in this excerpt.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: pool
literal_form: pool
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:2
label: animal title figures
literal_form: animals named in tale titles
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: goblin city
literal_form: city named in a tale title
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Table of contents
summary: The passage lists tale titles with page numbers rather than narrating an
event.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: wisdom, folly, and moral instruction in tale titles
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Titles such as “The Wise Parrot and the Foolish Parrot,” “The Foolish Farmer
and the King,” “Silence is Golden,” and “The King's Lesson” indicate wisdom or
lesson-oriented material at the title level.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: low
cautions: The excerpt is only a table of contents; it does not provide narrative
details for confirming a full motif.
- id: motif:2
label: deception or cunning indicated by titles
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Titles such as “The Hypocritical Cat,” “The Dishonest Friend,” and “The Cunning
Crane and the Crab” indicate deception-related story premises at the title level.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: low
cautions: The passage supplies titles only, so the specific narrative function of
deception cannot be determined.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 99-131
quote_or_summary: The passage is the contents page for the collection, listing tale
titles and page numbers.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 103-127
quote_or_summary: Animal-named titles include tales of a crab, cat, crocodile and
monkey, parrots, mouse, tortoise, monkeys, wolf, crane and crab, quail and falcon,
jackal, lion, and boar.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 108-130
quote_or_summary: Human or social figure titles include a friend, farmer, king,
prince, porter, beggar, and the king’s lesson.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: lines 112-128
quote_or_summary: "“The Goblin and the Sneeze”; “The Goblin in the Pool”; “The Goblin
City.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt from supplied passage.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: lines 120-130
quote_or_summary: "“Union is Strength”; “Silence is Golden”; “Pride Must Have a
Fall”; “The King's Lesson.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt from supplied passage.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: lines 107-115
quote_or_summary: "“The Wise Parrot and the Foolish Parrot”; “The Foolish Farmer
and the King.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt from supplied passage.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: lines 104-119
quote_or_summary: "“The Hypocritical Cat”; “The Dishonest Friend”; “The Cunning
Crane and the Crab.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/giant-crab-old-india-tales-rouse.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt from supplied passage.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: low
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The passage is a contents list, so literal extraction of titles is reliable,
but motif inference is limited and title-based only.
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 are made because the passage does not itself support a comparison to another tradition or motif family beyond tentative title-level motif candidates.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:buddhist-old-india-tales-rouse-gutenberg__l99-l131
passage_sha256=6eda837b2439f255b495f37ce7ce0204ad04b00edf54593dc0a3fe64b5abc2be