batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l39099-l39107

batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l39099-l39107

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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l39099-l39107
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
  label: IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER CV. / ENTITLED, THE ELEPHANT;
    REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 39099-39107
  start: '39099'
  end: '39107'
  translation: The Koran (Al-Qur'an)
  notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
    human review required.
canonical_text:
  quote: HAST thou not seen how thy LORD dealt with the masters of the elephant?
  summary: The passage introduces Chapter CV, titled “The Elephant,” and asks how
    the Lord dealt with the masters of the elephant, making their treacherous design
    lead them into error.
  language: English
  quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: The chapter is titled “The Elephant” and is identified as revealed at Mecca.
  category: setting
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: The passage asks how the Lord dealt with the masters of the elephant.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:3
  text: The passage says their treacherous design was made an occasion of drawing
    them into error.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: the Lord
  description: The divine figure who dealt with the masters of the elephant.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: masters of the elephant
  description: A group associated with the elephant and with a treacherous design.
  role_refs:
  - role:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
  label: divine actor
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: The Lord is described as dealing with the masters of the elephant.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: role:2
  label: group with treacherous design
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  basis: The passage refers to the masters’ treacherous design and its being turned
    into error.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
symbols:
- id: sym:1
  label: elephant
  literal_form: elephant
  associated_figures:
  - fig:2
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
scenes:
- id: scene:1
  label: The Lord deals with the masters of the elephant
  summary: The passage recalls a divine action against the masters of the elephant,
    whose treacherous design is made to lead them into error.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
  label: divine judgment against treacherous actors
  taxonomy_refs:
  - divine_judgment
  basis: The Lord acts against the masters of the elephant, and their treacherous
    design is turned into error.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The excerpt gives only the opening of the chapter and does not include
    the full narrative outcome.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: quote
  locator: lines 39099-39103
  quote_or_summary: "“CHAPTER CV. ENTITLED, THE ELEPHANT; REVEALED AT MECCA.”"
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text; short quotation used for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:2
  type: quote
  locator: lines 39105-39105
  quote_or_summary: "“HAST thou not seen how thy LORD dealt with the masters of the
    elephant?”"
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text; short quotation used for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:3
  type: quote
  locator: lines 39106-39107
  quote_or_summary: "“Did he not make their treacherous design an occasion of drawing
    them into error;”"
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
  rights_note: Public domain source text; short quotation used for extraction evidence.
confidence:
  extraction: high
  motif_candidates: medium
  comparison_claims: uncertain
  notes: Literal extraction is straightforward from the short passage. Motif identification
    is limited by the excerpt’s partial narrative.
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 comparison claims were added because the supplied passage does not itself support a specific cross-textual comparison.
  batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
  custom_id=motif_extract:islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg__l39099-l39107
  passage_sha256=cd8c913a616e779f2eb42d472c33c8e7db8ce8ed0e27117f47ca43a9efe6b10e