batch.motif.buddhist-more-jataka-tales-babbitt-gutenberg-l1308-l1379
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record_id: batch.motif.buddhist-more-jataka-tales-babbitt-gutenberg-l1308-l1379
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/more-jataka-tales-babbitt.md
passage_locator:
label: THE STOLEN PLOW / THE LION IN BAD COMPANY / XVIII / THE WISE GOAT AND THE
WOLF; lines 1308-1379
start: '1308'
end: '1379'
translation: More Jataka Tales
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: A wise wild goat survives after wolves eat the other goats. The wolves
attempt to lure her from her cave with a false mourning trick and a feigned corpse.
The goat suspects danger, sees the male wolf lift his head, and escapes. When
the wolves try again, the goat says she will visit with several dogs, frightening
the wolves away permanently.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Many wild goats live in a cave in the side of a hill near a wolf and his mate.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The wolves catch and eat the goats one by one, leaving only the wisest goat
uncaught.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The male wolf proposes pretending to be dead while his mate asks the goat
to help bury him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The goat initially refuses because her family and friends have been eaten
by the wolf's mate and she feels safer in her cave.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: After persuasion, the goat agrees to go but asks the wolf's mate to walk in
front of her.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The feigning wolf raises his head; the goat sees this and runs back to her
cave.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: The wolves later make a second attempt by claiming the male wolf is better
and inviting the goat to visit as a friend.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: The goat answers that she will come with named dogs and their mates.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: The wolf flees after hearing about the dogs, and the goat never sees either
wolf again.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: wise goat
description: The last surviving wild goat, described as wiser than the others and
able to avoid capture by the wolves.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: male wolf
description: A wolf who eats goats, proposes the false-death trick, pretends to
be dead, and later is said by his mate to have recovered.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: female wolf / wolf's mate
description: The male wolf's mate, who goes to the goat with the deceptive message
and later tries a second invitation.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: other wild goats
description: The goats living near the wolves who are caught and eaten before the
wise goat remains.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Old Gray, Young Tan, Four-Eyes, and their mates
description: Dogs named by the goat as friends she will bring; they are invoked
in speech but do not appear directly in the action.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: surviving prey
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The goat remains after the wolves have eaten the other goats and cannot be
caught by them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: wise counter-deceiver
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The goat suspects the wolves' tricks, escapes the false corpse trap, and
frightens the wolves by naming dogs she will bring.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:3
label: predatory deceivers
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:3
basis: The wolves eat goats and attempt to lure the wise goat with deceptive speech
and a feigned death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: messenger of the trap
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The female wolf carries the male wolf's prepared message to the goat and
later returns with another invitation.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- id: role:5
label: devoured kin and community
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The goat says her family and friends have been eaten by the wolf's mate.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: invoked protectors
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The goat names dogs and their mates as companions she will bring, causing
the wolf to flee.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: cave refuge
literal_form: cave in the side of a hill
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- cave
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: sym:2
label: feigned corpse trap
literal_form: wolf pretending to be dead
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: named dogs as threat
literal_form: Old Gray, Young Tan, Four-Eyes, and their mates
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Goats near the wolves
summary: Wild goats live in a hillside cave near two wolves, who eat all but the
wisest goat.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: False mourning plan
summary: The male wolf tells his mate to lure the goat by claiming he is dead and
asking for help burying him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Goat detects the trick
summary: The goat agrees to go only cautiously, asks the wolf's mate to walk ahead,
sees the supposed corpse raise his head, and runs back to the cave.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Second trick and counter-trick
summary: The wolves try another friendly invitation, but the goat says she will
bring several dogs; the wolf flees and the wolves do not return.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Wisdom preserves the vulnerable from predators
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The goat survives by caution, inference, and a verbal countermeasure against
stronger predators.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is a moral animal tale; no explicit moral statement is included
in the provided excerpt.
- id: motif:2
label: Predator's deceptive lure and counter-trick
taxonomy_refs:
- trickster_boundary
basis: The wolves use false mourning and false friendship to lure the goat, while
the goat answers with her own deceptive claim about bringing dogs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy label is broad; the passage supports trickery but
does not explicitly frame a boundary-crossing trickster figure.
- id: motif:3
label: Safe refuge against dangerous invitation
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The goat identifies the cave as safer than accompanying the wolf and returns
there after detecting the trap.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a passage-level pattern rather than a named taxonomy motif in
the supplied list.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 1312-1317
quote_or_summary: Many wild goats live in a cave in a hill; a wolf and his mate
live nearby, eat goats, and fail to catch the one goat wiser than the others.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/more-jataka-tales-babbitt.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 1318-1326
quote_or_summary: The male wolf tells his mate to say he is dead and ask the goat
to help bury him, intending to spring up and bite the goat.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/more-jataka-tales-babbitt.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 1331-1336
quote_or_summary: '"all my family and friends have been eaten by your mate"; the
goat says she is safer where she is.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/more-jataka-tales-babbitt.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 1338-1344
quote_or_summary: After further words from the wolf's mate, the goat agrees to go
but reflects that she does not know whether the wolf is dead and asks the mate
to go in front.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/more-jataka-tales-babbitt.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 1345-1350
quote_or_summary: The male wolf raises his head; the goat sees him and runs back
to her cave; the mate asks why he raised his head while pretending to be dead.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/more-jataka-tales-babbitt.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 1352-1358
quote_or_summary: 'Hungry again, the wolves make another attempt: the female wolf
says the goat''s coming helped her mate recover and invites the goat to come talk
and be friends.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/more-jataka-tales-babbitt.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 1360-1371
quote_or_summary: 'The goat recognizes another trick and says she will come with
friends: two hounds, Old Gray and Young Tan, the large dog Four-Eyes, and each
dog''s mate.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/more-jataka-tales-babbitt.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 1373-1375
quote_or_summary: The wolf runs back to her mate after hearing this, and the goat
never sees either wolf again.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/more-jataka-tales-babbitt.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied passage. Motif taxonomy assignments
are limited to the available references and should be reviewed.
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 passage itself does not make an explicit comparative link beyond the local animal-tale pattern.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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