batch.motif.celtic-irish-heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy-gutenberg-l784-l797
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record_id: batch.motif.celtic-irish-heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy-gutenberg-l784-l797
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
passage_locator:
label: VOL. I / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION IN VERSE / PRONUNCIATION OF PROPER NAMES;
lines 784-797
start: '784'
end: '797'
translation: Heroic Romances of Ireland
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: The following list of suggested pronunciations does not claim to be complete
or to be necessarily correct in all cases.
summary: A prefatory pronunciation note explains that the list of suggested pronunciations
is selective, not necessarily complete or always correct, and reflects the editor's
adopted choices based on available information. It notes that some names have
established but technically incorrect English pronunciations, some names are doubtful,
and less common names may be handled in footnotes.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage introduces a list of suggested pronunciations for proper names.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The passage states that the pronunciation list is not complete and not necessarily
correct in all cases.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The passage says that some names have established English pronunciations described
as strictly speaking wrong.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The passage says that some names are doubtful and that the suggestions are
those adopted by the editor based on available information.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The passage says that names occurring less commonly, and some names in the
list, have pronunciations indicated in footnotes.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The passage states that the most important names are printed in small capitals.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: editor
description: The editor who adopted the suggested pronunciations based on the information
available.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
label: editorial authority
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage attributes the pronunciation suggestions to choices adopted by
the editor.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
symbols: []
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Editorial pronunciation guidance
summary: The passage gives editorial guidance about the scope, uncertainty, and
formatting of a pronunciation list for proper names in the volume.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
candidate_motifs: []
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 784-787
quote_or_summary: '"The following list of suggested pronunciations does not claim
to be complete or to be necessarily correct in all cases."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 787-789
quote_or_summary: Some words, including examples such as Ferdia and Conchobar, are
said to have established English pronunciations that are technically wrong.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 789-791
quote_or_summary: Some names are doubtful, and the pronunciation suggestions are
described as those adopted by the editor based on available information.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 791-797
quote_or_summary: The list is limited to frequent names in the first volume; less
common names may be treated in footnotes, and the most important names are shown
in small capitals.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: high
comparison_claims: high
notes: The passage is editorial paratext about pronunciation rather than a narrative
mythological passage; no candidate motifs, symbols, or comparison claims are supported
by the provided text.
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 mythological motif extraction was made because the passage contains only editorial pronunciation guidance.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:celtic-irish-heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy-gutenberg__l784-l797
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