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