batch.motif.buddhist-more-jataka-tales-babbitt-gutenberg-l867-l998
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record_id: batch.motif.buddhist-more-jataka-tales-babbitt-gutenberg-l867-l998
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/more-jataka-tales-babbitt.md
passage_locator:
label: THE WOODPECKER AND THE LION / THE OTTERS AND THE WOLF / HOW THE MONKEY SAVED
HIS TROOP / THE HAWKS AND THEIR FRIENDS; lines 867-998
start: '867'
end: '998'
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 hawk family living on an island is threatened by hunters who discover
the young birds while making a fire. The Father Hawk summons previously made friends:
a Kingfisher repeatedly quenches the fire with water, a Turtle puts out the fire
with mud and escapes the hunters, and finally a Lion frightens the hunters away.
The hawks thank their friends and state that friends in need are friends indeed.'
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A hawk family lives on an island in a lake, with a Lion on the northern shore,
a Kingfisher on the eastern shore, and a Turtle on the southern shore.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The Mother Hawk advises the Father Hawk to make friends who can help the family
in danger or trouble.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Hunters spend a day hunting unsuccessfully, then stay overnight on the island
beneath the hawks’ nesting tree.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The hunters make a fire to drive away insects; smoke wakes the young birds,
revealing the nest to the hunters.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The Mother Hawk sends the Father Hawk to ask the Kingfisher for help when
the hunters plan to eat the young hawks.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The Kingfisher repeatedly beats the water with his wings and sprinkles water
on the fire, putting it out each time.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: When the Kingfisher becomes tired, the Mother Hawk sends the Father Hawk to
ask the Turtle for help.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: The Turtle dives, gathers mud, puts out the fire with it, and then lies still.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: The hunters try to capture the Turtle with a makeshift net of vines and torn
clothes, but the Turtle dives into deep water and pulls them in.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: The Mother Hawk sends the Father Hawk to tell the Lion when the hunters persist
in planning to eat the young hawks at sunrise.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: The Lion comes roaring; the hunters fear being killed and run away.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: After the hunters flee, the Hawks thank the Kingfisher, Turtle, and Lion,
saying that friends in need are friends indeed.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Mother Hawk
description: Mother of the hawk family; she urges the making of friends and directs
appeals for help during danger.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:10
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Father Hawk
description: Father of the hawk family; he makes friends as advised and carries
messages asking for aid.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:10
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Young Hawks
description: Young birds in the hawks’ nest whom the hunters plan to eat.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:10
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Kingfisher
description: Friend living on the eastern shore; he helps by extinguishing the hunters’
fire with water until tired.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:12
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Turtle
description: Friend living on the southern shore; he helps by using mud to put out
the fire and by escaping into deep water with the hunters’ net.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:12
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Lion
description: King of Beasts living on the northern shore; he comes roaring and frightens
away the hunters.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Hunters
description: Men who hunt unsuccessfully, camp beneath the hawk nest, make fires,
and plan to eat the young hawks.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
roles:
- id: role:1
label: prudent adviser
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The Mother Hawk advises making friends before danger arises.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: protector of young
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The Mother Hawk recognizes threats to the young hawks and directs the Father
Hawk to seek aid.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:10
- id: role:3
label: messenger seeking aid
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The Father Hawk goes to the Kingfisher, Turtle, and Lion to report danger
and ask for help.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:10
- id: role:4
label: endangered offspring
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The hunters identify the young hawks as intended food.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:10
- id: role:5
label: first helper extinguishing fire
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The Kingfisher helps by repeatedly putting out the hunters’ fire with water.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:6
label: second helper and diversion
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The Turtle puts out the fire with mud, draws the hunters’ attention, and
escapes into deep water with their net.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:7
label: final defender by intimidation
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The Lion’s roar causes the hunters to flee.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:8
label: threatening hunters
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The hunters seek food, discover the young hawks, build fires, and plan to
eat them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: nesting tree
literal_form: tree holding the hawks’ nest
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: sym:2
label: hunters’ fire
literal_form: fire made on the shore of the lake and repeatedly rebuilt
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: sym:3
label: lake water
literal_form: lake water used by the Kingfisher and entered by the Turtle
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- ev:9
- id: sym:4
label: mud from the lake
literal_form: mud collected by the Turtle to put out the fire
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:5
label: makeshift net
literal_form: net made from vines and torn clothing
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:6
label: lion’s roar
literal_form: roar of the Lion heard by the hunters
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Friends established around the lake
summary: The Mother Hawk advises the Father Hawk to befriend the Kingfisher, Lion,
and Turtle, each living on a different shore of the lake.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Hunters discover the young hawks
summary: Hunters camp under the hawks’ nesting tree, make a fire against insects,
and hear the young hawks cry after smoke wakes them.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Kingfisher quenches the fires
summary: The Father Hawk summons the Kingfisher, who repeatedly puts out the hunters’
fires with water as they try to climb toward the nest.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: Turtle intervenes and escapes
summary: The Turtle answers the Father Hawk’s request, extinguishes the fire with
mud, then escapes into deep water while the hunters hold a makeshift net.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:5
label: Lion drives hunters away
summary: When the hunters continue their plan, the Father Hawk summons the Lion,
whose roar frightens the hunters into fleeing.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: scene:6
label: Hawks thank their friends
summary: After the hunters are gone, the Kingfisher and Turtle rejoin the Lion and
the Hawks, and the Hawks acknowledge that their friends saved them.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: protective animal friendship network
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The hawk family is saved because the Father Hawk has made friends with neighboring
animals who aid them in sequence during danger.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
confidence: high
cautions: The supplied taxonomy has no exact animal-helper or friendship-network
motif family; the label is descriptive.
- id: motif:2
label: danger averted through practical foresight
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The Mother Hawk’s earlier advice to make friends provides the means of rescue
when the hunters threaten the nest.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:12
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference to wisdom is broad; the passage frames the lesson
primarily as friendship in need.
- id: motif:3
label: successive helpers against repeated threat
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The Kingfisher, Turtle, and Lion each respond in turn as the hunters repeatedly
renew their attempt to reach or eat the young hawks.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: This is a structural motif description, not a named taxonomy item.
- id: motif:4
label: small or different animals use distinct abilities to protect the vulnerable
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The Kingfisher uses water, the Turtle uses mud and diving, and the Lion uses
roaring intimidation to protect the young hawks.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: No inference is made beyond the literal animal actions in the passage.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 867-874
quote_or_summary: A family of Hawks lives on an island in a lake; a Lion lives on
the northern shore, a Kingfisher on the eastern shore, and a Turtle on the southern
shore.
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 875-888
quote_or_summary: The Mother Hawk asks about nearby friends and tells the Father
Hawk to make friends with the Kingfisher, Lion, and Turtle so they can receive
help in danger or trouble.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/more-jataka-tales-babbitt.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 890-900
quote_or_summary: After hunting all day without success, the men camp on the island
and lie down beneath the tree where the Hawks have their nest.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/more-jataka-tales-babbitt.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 902-914
quote_or_summary: The hunters make a fire to drive off flies and mosquitoes; smoke
wakes the birds, the young cry out, and the hunters identify the young in the
nest as breakfast.
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 916-928
quote_or_summary: The Mother Hawk says the men plan to eat their young and sends
the Father Hawk to the Kingfisher, who promises to help.
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 930-943
quote_or_summary: The Kingfisher goes into the lake near the fire and, whenever
a hunter climbs toward the nest, beats the water with his wings and sprinkles
water on the fire until it goes out.
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 945-956
quote_or_summary: Seeing the Kingfisher tired after hours of work, the Mother Hawk
sends the Father Hawk to wake the Turtle and ask him to help.
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 958-963
quote_or_summary: The Turtle agrees to help, goes to the island, dives into the
water, collects mud, puts out the fire with it, and lies still.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/more-jataka-tales-babbitt.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 965-983
quote_or_summary: The hunters decide to kill the Turtle, make a net from vines and
torn clothing, fail to turn him over, and are pulled into deep water when he dives
while they hold the net.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/more-jataka-tales-babbitt.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 984-991
quote_or_summary: The hunters say they will build another fire and eat the young
Hawks at sunrise; the Mother Hawk sends the Father Hawk to tell the Lion the whole
story.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/more-jataka-tales-babbitt.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 992-996
quote_or_summary: The Lion comes roaring; the hunters hear the roar, fear they will
all be killed, and run away.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/more-jataka-tales-babbitt.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: quote
locator: lines 997-998
quote_or_summary: "“You have saved us. Friends in need are friends indeed.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/more-jataka-tales-babbitt.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is straightforward from the supplied passage. Motif labels
are descriptive because the available taxonomy lacks an exact friendship or animal-helper
category. No comparison claims were added because the passage does not itself
establish contact, inheritance, or explicit comparison to another corpus.
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.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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