Comparative mythology corpus

batch.motif.persian-sadi-gulistan-ross-gutenberg-l81-l120

batch.motif.persian-sadi-gulistan-ross-gutenberg-l81-l120

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record_id: batch.motif.persian-sadi-gulistan-ross-gutenberg-l81-l120
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/persian/project-gutenberg/gulistan-sadi-ross.md
passage_locator:
  label: PERSIAN LITERATURE / CONTENTS / THE GULISTAN / CHAPTER; lines 81-120
  start: '81'
  end: '120'
  translation: The Persian Literature, Volume 2, The Gulistan
  notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
    human review required.
canonical_text:
  quote: ''
  summary: The passage gives publication and contents information for a volume of
    Persian literature. It identifies the volume as including The Gulistan and lists
    the chapter headings of The Gulistan, including chapters on kings, dervishes,
    contentment, silence, love and youth, old age, education, and duties of society.
  language: English
  quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: The passage identifies the work as a revised 1900 volume of Persian literature
    containing The Shah Nameh, The Rubáiyát, The Divan, and The Gulistan.
  category: object
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: The passage names Richard J. H. Gottheil as author of a special introduction
    and describes him as a professor at Columbia University.
  category: attribute
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:3
  text: The contents section lists The Gulistan and gives eight chapter headings.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:4
  text: The eight chapter headings concern customs of kings, morals of dervishes,
    contentment, silence, love and youth, imbecility and old age, impressions of education,
    and duties of society.
  category: object
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: Richard J. H. Gottheil
  description: Named as the writer of a special introduction and as Professor of Rabbinical
    Literature and the Semitic Languages at Columbia University.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
roles:
- id: role:1
  label: introductory scholar
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: The passage says the volume has a special introduction by Richard J. H. Gottheil
    and gives his academic position.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
symbols: []
scenes:
- id: scene:1
  label: Contents listing for The Gulistan
  summary: A contents section introduces The Gulistan and enumerates its eight chapters
    by topic.
  figure_refs: []
  symbol_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
  label: wisdom and moral instruction
  taxonomy_refs:
  - wisdom
  basis: The chapter headings frame the work around ethical, social, and didactic
    topics such as morals, contentment, silence, education, and duties of society.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The passage is a table of contents rather than a narrative or doctrinal
    passage; the motif is inferred only from chapter topics.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: summary
  locator: lines 81-92
  quote_or_summary: The passage presents a revised 1900 volume of Persian literature
    comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubáiyát, The Divan, and The Gulistan.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/persian/project-gutenberg/gulistan-sadi-ross.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
  type: summary
  locator: lines 94-98
  quote_or_summary: The passage states that the volume has a special introduction
    by Richard J. H. Gottheil, Professor of Rabbinical Literature and the Semitic
    Languages at Columbia University.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/persian/project-gutenberg/gulistan-sadi-ross.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
  type: summary
  locator: lines 100-106
  quote_or_summary: The contents section names The Gulistan and begins a chapter list.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/persian/project-gutenberg/gulistan-sadi-ross.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
  type: summary
  locator: lines 108-120
  quote_or_summary: 'The listed chapter headings are: customs of kings; morals of
    dervishes; preciousness of contentment; benefit of being silent; love and youth;
    imbecility and old age; impressions of education; duties of society.'
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/persian/project-gutenberg/gulistan-sadi-ross.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
  extraction: high
  motif_candidates: medium
  comparison_claims: high
  notes: The passage is mostly bibliographic and paratextual. Literal extraction is
    straightforward; motif identification is limited to the didactic implications
    of chapter headings.
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 narrative scenes, mythic figures, or listed taxonomy symbols occur in the supplied passage.
  batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
  custom_id=motif_extract:persian-sadi-gulistan-ross-gutenberg__l81-l120
  passage_sha256=cc35c464c2a85f05307a6240f36a02c10759f6bc7ddfa199c43a3d6a99664713