batch.motif.roman-ovid-metamorphoses-books-8-15-riley-gutenberg-l7278-l7290
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record_id: batch.motif.roman-ovid-metamorphoses-books-8-15-riley-gutenberg-l7278-l7290
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/metamorphoses-books-8-15-riley.md
passage_locator:
label: EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7278-7290
start: '7278'
end: '7290'
translation: The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: Two footnotes discuss translations and etymology for lines in which a figure
plunges into the deep and the Latin name of the diver or didapper, “mergus,” is
explained as deriving from diving.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A footnote cites the phrase “Plunges into the deep” and gives Clarke’s rendering
as going down into the deep.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A footnote says the Latin name of the diver or didapper, “mergus,” is accounted
for from its diving.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The commentator distinguishes the likely linguistic origin of the name from
the fiction related by the poet.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: diver or didapper
description: A bird named “mergus” in Latin and associated with diving.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
roles:
- id: role:1
label: diving bird
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The note identifies “mergus” as the Latin name of the diver or didapper and
links it to diving.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: deep
literal_form: the deep
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Plunging into the deep
summary: A cited line describes a figure plunging or going down into the deep; the
note discusses the phrasing of that translation.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Name explained by diving
summary: The note explains the name “mergus” for the diver or didapper as derived
from the act of diving, while cautioning that the word’s origin does not depend
on the poetic fiction.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
candidate_motifs: []
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 7278-7284
quote_or_summary: Footnote 62 discusses “Plunges into the deep” and Clarke’s rendering
of the Latin as going straight down into the deep.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/metamorphoses-books-8-15-riley.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 7286-7290
quote_or_summary: Footnote 63 explains the Latin name “mergus” for the diver or
didapper as from diving, while distinguishing this etymology from the poetic fiction.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/metamorphoses-books-8-15-riley.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: uncertain
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The passage consists only of translator/commentator footnotes, not a continuous
mythic narrative. No clear taxonomy motif candidate or comparison claim is supported
by this excerpt alone.
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 taxonomy symbol was assigned because the available symbol list does not include “deep” or “bird,” and the passage does not explicitly mention water as such.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:roman-ovid-metamorphoses-books-8-15-riley-gutenberg__l7278-l7290
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