batch.motif.japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki-gutenberg-l5295-l5401
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record_id: batch.motif.japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki-gutenberg-l5295-l5401
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
passage_locator:
label: THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER / THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE
WITHERED TREES TO FLOWER / THE JELLY FISH AND THE MONKEY / THE QUARREL OF THE
MONKEY AND THE CRAB; lines 5295-5401
start: '5295'
end: '5401'
translation: Japanese Fairy Tales
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: After discovering evidence that the monkey murdered his father, the young
crab decides to avenge him by cunning rather than direct attack. He gathers the
mortar, bee, and chestnut as allies. The monkey, fearing discovery but later reassured
by the crabs' apparent ignorance, accepts an invitation to a seventh-day memorial
feast for the dead crab, unaware that it is part of a revenge plot.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The young crab stops weeping and decides that he must avenge his father's
murder.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The young crab observes missing ripe fruit, peel, seeds, and unripe persimmons
around the tree and infers that the monkey is the murderer.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The young crab decides not to attack the monkey directly because the monkey
is old, cunning, strong, and difficult to overcome alone.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The young crab asks the mortar for help, and the mortar summons the bee and
the chestnut; all agree to help punish the monkey.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The mortar goes home with the young crab to help bury the dead father.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The monkey privately congratulates himself for robbing the crab of ripe persimmons
and killing him, but fears possible consequences if discovered.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: The monkey leaves home to listen for gossip in the crab settlement and concludes
that the crabs do not know who murdered their chief.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: The young crab deliberately pretends not to know who killed his father and
pretends to believe the death was accidental, in order to conceal his revenge
plan.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: A messenger invites the monkey to a seventh-day memorial festival for the
dead crab, presenting the death as an accident involving a persimmon tree.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: The monkey accepts the invitation, pretends grief, mentions the earlier exchange
of a rice-dumpling for a persimmon-seed, and produces false tears.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:11
text: The messenger inwardly recognizes the monkey's false tears and expects that
the monkey will soon shed real tears.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:12
text: After the messenger leaves, the monkey laughs at what he takes to be the young
crab's innocence and sets out for the memorial feast.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: young crab
description: The son of the murdered old crab; he investigates his father's death
and plans revenge against the monkey.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: old crab
description: The young crab's father and chief of the crab tribe; he has been killed
near the persimmon tree.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: monkey
description: A cunning animal who is identified by the young crab as the murderer
and who later accepts an invitation to the dead crab's memorial feast.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:11
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: mortar
description: An old friend of the crab's father who agrees to help the young crab
punish the monkey and helps bury the dead crab.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: bee
description: One of the old crab's friends summoned by the mortar; the bee agrees
to help the young crab in his revenge.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: chestnut
description: One of the old crab's friends summoned by the mortar; the chestnut
agrees to help the young crab in his revenge.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: messenger from the young crab
description: A messenger who invites the monkey to the memorial festival and inwardly
recognizes the monkey's false grief.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: crab settlement neighbors
description: The crabs around the dead chief's settlement, whose apparent lack of
gossip helps mislead the monkey.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: avenging child
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The young crab determines to avenge his father's murder and seeks allies
to do so.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: murdered father and chief
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The old crab is described as the young crab's father and as chief of the
tribe, and his death is treated as murder.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: role:3
label: murderer and deceiver
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The monkey is identified as the murderer, congratulates himself on the killing,
hides his guilt, and feigns grief.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:9
- id: role:4
label: revenge allies
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
basis: The mortar, bee, and chestnut agree to help the young crab punish the monkey.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: plot messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The messenger carries the invitation that lures the monkey to the memorial
feast and is aware of the monkey's hypocrisy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: role:6
label: feigned ignorance participants
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:8
basis: The young crab and the apparent behavior of the crab settlement conceal knowledge
of the monkey's guilt, misleading him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:7
label: invited target of plot
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The monkey accepts the invitation to the memorial feast, not realizing it
is part of a plot against him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:11
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: persimmon tree
literal_form: tree
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:8
- id: sym:2
label: persimmons and fruit remains
literal_form: ripe fruit, unripe persimmons, peel, and seeds
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: rice-dumpling and persimmon-seed exchange
literal_form: rice-dumpling and persimmon-seed
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:9
- id: sym:4
label: seventh-day memorial festival
literal_form: festival in honor of the dead crab on the seventh day after death
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:11
- id: sym:5
label: false tears
literal_form: tears produced by the monkey while pretending grief
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Discovery and identification of the murderer
summary: The young crab examines the area around the persimmon tree, notes missing
fruit and scattered remains, remembers the earlier exchange story, and concludes
that the monkey killed his father.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Decision to use cunning and allies
summary: The young crab restrains his immediate anger, reasons that he cannot defeat
the monkey alone, and seeks help from the mortar, bee, and chestnut.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Burial of the dead father
summary: After planning, the mortar accompanies the young crab home to help bury
the old crab.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Monkey's guilty self-reassurance
summary: The monkey congratulates himself on robbing and killing the crab, worries
about discovery, then persuades himself that no one can accuse him.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Feigning ignorance in the crab settlement
summary: The monkey prowls near the crab's house to hear gossip, while the young
crab's apparent ignorance and the settlement's silence conceal the revenge plan.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:6
label: Invitation to the memorial feast
summary: A messenger invites the monkey to the seventh-day festival for the dead
crab, presenting the death as an accident; the monkey accepts, feigns grief, and
prepares to attend.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:7
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Child avenges murdered parent
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The young crab determines that his father was murdered and makes revenge
his duty.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage covers the planning and luring stage, not the completed revenge.
- id: motif:2
label: Weak victim's kin gathers helpers against a stronger cunning enemy
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The young crab judges the monkey too strong and cunning to kill alone and
recruits the mortar, bee, and chestnut as allies.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not yet describe how the helpers act in the punishment.
- id: motif:3
label: Feigning ignorance to lure the guilty party
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The young crab pretends not to know the murderer and sends a messenger with
an invitation that reassures the monkey and draws him toward the planned revenge.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The exact trap is not disclosed within this passage.
- id: motif:4
label: Memorial feast used as a trap
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The invitation to the seventh-day festival in honor of the dead crab is part
of a plot against the unsuspecting monkey.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage states that a plot has been set in motion but does not yet
show the trap being sprung.
- id: motif:5
label: Hypocritical mourner with false tears
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The monkey pretends sorrow over the death of the crab he killed, producing
false tears while accepting the invitation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: This is a behavioral motif within the scene rather than a full plot pattern.
- id: motif:6
label: Greed for fruit leads to murder and retaliation
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The young crab links the monkey's desire for persimmons to the old crab's
death, and the monkey later congratulates himself on robbing the crab of ripe
persimmons and killing him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage recalls the cause but does not narrate the original quarrel
in full.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 5295-5310
quote_or_summary: The young crab resolves to avenge his father, examines the persimmon
tree area, notices missing fruit, peel, seeds, and thrown unripe persimmons, remembers
the rice-dumpling and persimmon-seed story, and concludes that the monkey killed
his father.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary generated from provided passage.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 5311-5319
quote_or_summary: The young crab first wants to attack the monkey, then decides
this is useless because the monkey is old, cunning, and difficult to overcome
alone; he decides to meet cunning with cunning and seek friends' help.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary generated from provided passage.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 5320-5334
quote_or_summary: The young crab tells the mortar what happened and asks for help.
The mortar agrees, warns him to be careful, and summons the bee and chestnut,
who also agree to help avenge the old crab.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary generated from provided passage.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 5335-5338
quote_or_summary: After discussing plans, the allies separate, and the mortar goes
home with the young crab to help bury his father.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary generated from provided passage.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 5339-5355
quote_or_summary: The monkey congratulates himself for robbing his friend of ripe
persimmons and killing him, fears discovery, then persuades himself that no one
can tell who murdered the crab.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary generated from provided passage.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 5356-5366
quote_or_summary: The monkey prowls near the crab's house to hear gossip about the
chief's death and concludes that the crabs do not know or care who murdered their
chief.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary generated from provided passage.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 5367-5373
quote_or_summary: 'The young crab''s apparent unconcern is part of his plan: he
pretends not to know the murderer and pretends to think his father died by his
own fault so that the revenge plot can remain secret.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary generated from provided passage.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 5374-5388
quote_or_summary: A messenger from the young crab tells the monkey that the old
crab died by falling from a persimmon tree, says the seventh-day memorial festival
has been prepared, and invites the monkey as one of the dead crab's best friends.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary generated from provided passage.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: 5389-5397
quote_or_summary: The monkey is inwardly relieved, does not suspect the plot, pretends
surprise and sorrow, recalls exchanging a rice-dumpling for a persimmon-seed,
accepts the invitation, and produces false tears.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary generated from provided passage.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: 5398-5400
quote_or_summary: The messenger inwardly laughs at the monkey's false tears and
thinks the monkey will soon shed real ones, while outwardly thanking him politely.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary generated from provided passage.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: 5400-5401
quote_or_summary: After the messenger leaves, the monkey laughs at the young crab's
supposed innocence, anticipates the feast, changes dress, and solemnly sets out
to visit the young crab.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/japanese/project-gutenberg/japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary generated from provided passage.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The passage clearly supports the extraction of figures, actions, symbols,
and local plot motifs. No comparison claims were added because the passage itself
does not explicitly compare this episode with another tradition or motif family.
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: |-
Used only the supplied passage and metadata. Taxonomy references were limited to the available symbol reference for tree; no motif-family taxonomy reference was assigned because the passage does not clearly establish one of the supplied motif families.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:japanese-fairy-tales-ozaki-gutenberg__l5295-l5401
passage_sha256=b18326e3b2978dcb47afc3f0a3f87242df2a66c12718928cccf023afc69d6815