story-to-pack: add the corpora and the catalogue v2/v3

Fourteen corpora split and classified: aesop, bierce, chekhov, holmes,
keefe, lawson, lorimer, maupassant, nobody, plaintales, poe, torchy,
wallingford and winesburg, each with its splitter and the hand-written
groups and pages; catalogue v2 and v3; and the shared splitters
gutenberg_chunks.py, se_split.py and se_build.py.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_019rwKTmug58sEsJ72AuWsEi
This commit is contained in:
JesseMarkowitz
2026-10-07 06:05:51 -04:00
co-authored by Claude Opus 5.5
parent e5617b86ba
commit 3a4758172d
566 changed files with 303901 additions and 0 deletions
@@ -0,0 +1,242 @@
[
{
"chunk": 144,
"story": 4,
"summary": "Back from a bad road trip, Jack says the other pitchers don't deserve their pay and suspects a teammate of losing a game for him out of spite.",
"predicament": "Someone on a struggling crew decides the others are shirking and suspects a colleague of sabotaging him out of spite."
},
{
"chunk": 145,
"story": 4,
"summary": "Jack is sure the month-old baby smiled at him; Florrie says it was wind, and they bicker until she walks out.",
"predicament": "A new father insists the baby responds to him specially, and quarrels with the mother who says otherwise."
},
{
"chunk": 146,
"story": 4,
"summary": "When the baby cries at Allen, Jack takes it as proof the child knows its father; Florrie refuses to come and soothe it and tells him to stop fussing and eat.",
"predicament": "A new father reads every infant whim as proof he is right, while the mother refuses to take his fussing seriously."
},
{
"chunk": 147,
"story": 4,
"summary": "Jack skips breakfast to sit with the crying baby, faults Florrie for not knowing babies, and plans to win quickly so he can hurry home to the child.",
"predicament": "A doting new father thinks he understands the baby better than the mother, and wants to rush through work to get home."
},
{
"chunk": 148,
"story": 4,
"summary": "Jack presses Gleason to come and see the baby; Gleason jokes that the child is out of luck, then agrees to come if Florrie is kept away.",
"predicament": "A proud new father badgers a senior colleague to come and admire his child, and gets only teasing in return."
},
{
"chunk": 149,
"story": 4,
"summary": "Jack takes Gleason's joking as proof of esteem, then brags of finally beating every club in the league.",
"predicament": "Someone reads a senior colleague's teasing as proof of high regard, and brags that he has now beaten everyone."
},
{
"chunk": 150,
"story": 4,
"summary": "Jack claims his ten-and-six record would be sixteen and none with support, says he doesn't care about records, and expects a raise despite his three-year deal.",
"predicament": "Someone who says he never thinks about his record explains it away at length, and expects a raise despite a fixed agreement."
},
{
"chunk": 151,
"story": 4,
"summary": "Jack sends the women shopping so he can mind the baby while Gleason visits; Gleason jokes that the baby looks too human to be Jack's.",
"predicament": "A proud father shows off his child to a senior colleague, who uses the occasion to joke at the father's expense."
},
{
"chunk": 152,
"story": 4,
"summary": "Gleason picks the baby up, which Jack has never dared do, and keeps joking; Jack fusses about the soft spot on the baby's head.",
"predicament": "A nervous new father who has never held his baby watches a visitor handle it easily, and fusses over every move."
},
{
"chunk": 153,
"story": 4,
"summary": "Gleason approves of the baby not being named after the left-hander, jokes about the boy's future, and flees when he sees the wives coming.",
"predicament": "A father plans his infant's future career, and a visiting colleague teases him, then flees before the women return."
},
{
"chunk": 154,
"story": 4,
"summary": "Jack hopes Gleason will get him excused from morning practice to help at home, says he doesn't need practice, and plans revenge on Johnson.",
"predicament": "Someone who wants more time at home hopes to be excused from routine duties, sure he does not need them anyway."
},
{
"chunk": 155,
"story": 4,
"summary": "On the road, Jack frets because Florrie hasn't written about the baby, refuses to go out with the others, and complains he was started on short rest.",
"predicament": "A father away on a long trip hears nothing from home and works himself into a state imagining something is wrong."
},
{
"chunk": 156,
"story": 4,
"summary": "Allen says Marie reports the baby cries all night, which worries Jack more; he vows to go home without permission if the child is sick, then Florrie's letter arrives saying the baby is fine.",
"predicament": "A worried father swears he will leave work without permission if his child is ill, then hears everything is fine."
},
{
"chunk": 157,
"story": 4,
"summary": "Jack wasted sixty cents on a telegram and had to pay another sixty for Florrie's collect reply, and grumbles at her lack of judgement.",
"predicament": "A worried father's anxious messages cost him money for news he already had, and he blames his wife's judgement."
},
{
"chunk": 158,
"story": 4,
"summary": "With the pennant lost, Jack is left home to rest for the city series he will open; he mentions that Allen, losing, has been nasty to everyone.",
"predicament": "Someone chosen to lead the big final effort is sent home early to rest, while a struggling relative grows bitter."
},
{
"chunk": 159,
"story": 4,
"summary": "The baby cries through the night and Jack and Florrie bicker over whether milk is upsetting his stomach.",
"predicament": "Sleepless new parents in a crowded home bicker over what is wrong with a crying infant."
},
{
"chunk": 160,
"story": 4,
"summary": "Allen, kept awake, insults the baby; next morning he demands that Jack pay for a summer of free room and board, saying he never meant the invitation as a life sentence.",
"predicament": "A relative who offered free lodging, worn down by a crying baby, demands the guest start paying his share."
},
{
"chunk": 161,
"story": 4,
"summary": "Jack accuses Allen of grafting first and plans to move out after the series; Florrie won't go to Bedford, and says she will use Bertha's handmade dress as a dishrag.",
"predicament": "A guest accused of sponging hurls the charge back, plans to leave, and cannot get his wife to move near his old friends."
},
{
"chunk": 162,
"story": 4,
"summary": "Jack refuses Florrie's and Marie's demand to hire a nurse so the women can attend the series, saying he cannot afford one or trust a stranger with the baby.",
"predicament": "A wife wants to see her husband's big moment, but he refuses to pay for help with the baby and orders her home."
},
{
"chunk": 163,
"story": 4,
"summary": "Jack stays home with the baby while the others go to a show, sure no one else can look after the child; Florrie warns him not to go to the baby every time it cries.",
"predicament": "A father who distrusts everyone else with his baby insists on minding it himself, ignoring the mother's advice."
},
{
"chunk": 164,
"story": 4,
"summary": "Alone with the baby, Jack piles on blankets, and when the baby cries he adds more, sure it has colic.",
"predicament": "A well-meaning father left alone with his infant does exactly the wrong thing, and makes the crying worse."
},
{
"chunk": 165,
"story": 4,
"summary": "The doctor says the baby is simply too hot, charges two dollars and leaves; when the crying resumes Jack fetches a second doctor, who finds nothing wrong.",
"predicament": "An anxious father calls in expert after expert, is told the trouble is his own doing, and resents paying for it."
},
{
"chunk": 166,
"story": 4,
"summary": "Jack doses the baby with Allen's stomach medicine; the second doctor calls him a fool, the baby falls asleep, and Jack credits himself.",
"predicament": "A panicking father gives his infant the wrong medicine, is called a fool, and credits himself when it settles."
},
{
"chunk": 167,
"story": 4,
"summary": "Florrie scolds Jack for nearly killing the baby, Allen jeers, and Jack mocks Allen's pitching; he tells Al there is no room for him to visit during the series.",
"predicament": "A father who blundered with the baby is scolded by his wife and mocked by a relative, and hits back with insults."
},
{
"chunk": 168,
"story": 4,
"summary": "Jack opens the series in top form, retiring the first three batters, and is given a two-run lead.",
"predicament": "Someone chosen to open the most important contest of the year starts brilliantly and is handed an early lead."
},
{
"chunk": 169,
"story": 4,
"summary": "Pitching well through seven innings and thinking of his family, Jack looks up and sees Florrie and Marie cheering in the stands, although they were supposed to be home with the baby.",
"predicament": "At the height of his finest hour, a father sees his wife in the crowd when she should be home with the baby."
},
{
"chunk": 170,
"story": 4,
"summary": "Jack panics that the baby is alone and dying, shouts at Florrie from the field, and demands an explanation from Allen.",
"predicament": "Someone mid-performance panics that his child has been abandoned, and can think of nothing else in front of everyone."
},
{
"chunk": 171,
"story": 4,
"summary": "Jack asks Callahan to take him out because his baby may be alone; Callahan calls him a yellow dog and threatens to take his share of the money if he quits.",
"predicament": "Someone begs to leave his post mid-task over fear for his child, and the boss threatens his pay if he does."
},
{
"chunk": 172,
"story": 4,
"summary": "Distracted, Jack loads the bases and is taken out, runs home, finds a fourteen-year-old girl minding the baby, and berates Florrie until she cries.",
"predicament": "Someone whose distraction costs his side dearly rushes home to find the child safe with a hired girl, and berates his wife."
},
{
"chunk": 173,
"story": 4,
"summary": "Gleason calls, charms Florrie, and says the club depends on Jack; after a private talk with Florrie he says it is all fixed and Jack need not worry about the baby.",
"predicament": "A tactful mentor visits a distraught worker's home and quietly settles the family trouble so he can get back to work."
},
{
"chunk": 174,
"story": 4,
"summary": "Reassured by phone messages that the baby is fine, Jack pitches a shutout and claims credit for the whole club's winnings.",
"predicament": "Reassured about his family, someone does his best work, and then claims credit for everyone's reward."
},
{
"chunk": 175,
"story": 4,
"summary": "The series is won; Jack credits the phone messages for his form and praises Florrie for sacrificing her pleasure to stay with the baby.",
"predicament": "After a triumph, a man praises his wife for the sacrifice he believes she made to stay home for him."
},
{
"chunk": 176,
"story": 4,
"summary": "Jack mocks Allen's beating in relief and plans to move out and give Florrie her way; then he writes that he is through with her because he has been deceived.",
"predicament": "A man who has just praised his wife's loyalty discovers she deceived him, and declares the marriage over."
},
{
"chunk": 177,
"story": 4,
"summary": "Allen comes home drunk after a night out; they quarrel, and Allen hints that Florrie did not stay home with the baby.",
"predicament": "During a bitter quarrel a relative drops a hint that a man's wife has been deceiving him all along."
},
{
"chunk": 178,
"story": 4,
"summary": "Florrie breaks down: the club paid her fifty dollars to stay home, but she hired a nurse, went to every game with Marie, and faked the phone messages; Jack gets drunk overnight.",
"predicament": "A man learns that his boss paid his wife to stay home and that she deceived him, and drinks himself senseless."
},
{
"chunk": 179,
"story": 4,
"summary": "Jack plans to take the baby and leave Florrie; days later he writes that they have made up, left the Allens for a hotel, and will winter in Bedford.",
"predicament": "A deceived husband plans to take the child and leave, then patches it up and moves his family near his old friends."
},
{
"chunk": 180,
"story": 4,
"summary": "At breakfast Florrie and Marie quarrel over the baby's crying and Allen's snoring and who is grafting; Marie orders them out, and Florrie proposes they pack and leave together.",
"predicament": "Two sisters sharing a home fall out over noise and money, and one family is ordered out of the house."
},
{
"chunk": 181,
"story": 4,
"summary": "Jack says he'll take the baby; Florrie threatens to have him arrested and says she only wanted to watch her husband be cheered, and he relents.",
"predicament": "A husband threatening to take the child is outmatched by his wife, and softened when she says she only wanted to see him admired."
},
{
"chunk": 182,
"story": 4,
"summary": "A lawyer charges Jack ten dollars to tell him he cannot take the baby; he 'gives Florrie another chance', and they accept Al's invitation to stay with him.",
"predicament": "A husband who pays to learn he has no case forgives his wife, then accepts a friend's offer to put them up."
},
{
"chunk": 183,
"story": 4,
"summary": "Jack asks Al to arrange a cheap hack from the station and hopes Bertha will cook spareribs and sauerkraut.",
"predicament": "A man going to stay with a generous friend haggles over small costs and hints at the supper he expects."
}
]