batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-tales-babbitt-gutenberg-l127-l143
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record_id: batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-tales-babbitt-gutenberg-l127-l143
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/jataka-tales-babbitt.md
passage_locator:
label: XIV THE KING'S WHITE ELEPHANT 69 / XV THE OX WHO ENVIED
THE PIG 74 / XVI GRANNIE'S BLACKIE 77
/ XVII THE CRAB AND THE CRANE 84; lines 127-143
start: '127'
end: '143'
translation: Jataka tales
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: The passage is a table-of-contents segment listing Jataka tale titles IX
through XVII with page numbers, including titles about a foolish timid rabbit,
wise and foolish merchants, named elephants, a deer, princes and a water-sprite,
an ox and pig, Grannie's Blackie, and a crab and crane.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage lists numbered tale titles IX through XVII with page numbers.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: One title names a foolish, timid rabbit.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: One title contrasts a wise merchant and a foolish merchant.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: One title names an elephant called Girly-face.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: One title names princes and a water-sprite.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:6
text: One title names a king's white elephant.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:7
text: One title states that an ox envied a pig.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:8
text: The final listed title pairs a crab and a crane.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: foolish, timid rabbit
description: Rabbit described in the title as foolish and timid.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: wise merchant
description: Merchant described in the title as wise.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: foolish merchant
description: Merchant described in the title as foolish.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Elephant Girly-face
description: Elephant named Girly-face in the title.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Banyan Deer
description: Deer named in the title as the Banyan Deer.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: princes
description: Princes named in the title with the water-sprite.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: water-sprite
description: Water-sprite named in the title with the princes.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: king
description: King named possessively in the title of the white elephant tale.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: white elephant
description: White elephant identified as belonging to the king in the title.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: ox
description: Ox named in the title as envying the pig.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: pig
description: Pig named as the object of the ox's envy in the title.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Grannie
description: Grannie named possessively in the title Grannie's Blackie.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Blackie
description: Blackie named as belonging to or associated with Grannie in the title.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: crab
description: Crab named in the title with the crane.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: crane
description: Crane named in the title with the crab.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
roles:
- id: role:1
label: foolish and timid title figure
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The title explicitly describes the rabbit as foolish and timid.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: wise title figure
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The title explicitly describes one merchant as wise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: foolish title figure
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The title explicitly describes one merchant as foolish.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: animal or named title figure
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:9
- fig:11
- fig:13
- fig:14
- fig:15
basis: These figures are named as subjects in tale titles.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:5
label: human title figure
assigned_to:
- fig:6
- fig:8
- fig:12
basis: The titles name princes, a king, and Grannie.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: role:6
label: supernatural or nonhuman title figure
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The title names a water-sprite.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: envying title figure
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The title states that the ox envied the pig.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: water
literal_form: water in the compound water-sprite
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:2
label: white elephant
literal_form: king's white elephant
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: table-of-contents listing of Jataka titles
summary: The passage lists nine consecutive tale titles and their page numbers;
the titles name animals, humans, a water-sprite, and relational descriptions such
as wisdom, foolishness, possession, and envy.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:12
- fig:13
- fig:14
- fig:15
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: contrast of wisdom and folly
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
- duality
basis: The title 'The Wise and the Foolish Merchant' explicitly juxtaposes wise
and foolish figures.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage provides only a title, not the tale narrative or outcome.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 127-143
quote_or_summary: Table-of-contents entries list tales IX through XVII with page
numbers.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/jataka-tales-babbitt.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: line 127
quote_or_summary: IX THE FOOLISH, TIMID RABBIT
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/jataka-tales-babbitt.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: line 129
quote_or_summary: X THE WISE AND THE FOOLISH MERCHANT
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/jataka-tales-babbitt.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: line 131
quote_or_summary: XI THE ELEPHANT GIRLY-FACE
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/jataka-tales-babbitt.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: line 133
quote_or_summary: XII THE BANYAN DEER
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/jataka-tales-babbitt.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: line 135
quote_or_summary: XIII THE PRINCES AND THE WATER-SPRITE
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/jataka-tales-babbitt.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: line 137
quote_or_summary: XIV THE KING'S WHITE ELEPHANT
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/jataka-tales-babbitt.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
- id: ev:8
type: quote
locator: line 139
quote_or_summary: XV THE OX WHO ENVIED THE PIG
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/jataka-tales-babbitt.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
- id: ev:9
type: quote
locator: line 141
quote_or_summary: XVI GRANNIE'S BLACKIE
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/jataka-tales-babbitt.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
- id: ev:10
type: quote
locator: line 143
quote_or_summary: XVII THE CRAB AND THE CRANE
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/jataka-tales-babbitt.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: low
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is limited because the passage is a table-of-contents segment
rather than narrative text. Motif identification is 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: |-
Only the supplied passage and metadata were used; no narrative content from the listed tales was inferred.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:buddhist-jataka-tales-babbitt-gutenberg__l127-l143
passage_sha256=95199288bc45c4359b77ffc143e2aa231a24d0103ce02a32e1f84c6666cb0107