JesseMarkowitzandClaude Opus 5.5
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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
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{"chunk": 45, "story": 45, "summary": "A pig squeals when the shepherd seizes him, and tells the complaining sheep and goat that they are handled for wool and milk but he for his life.", "predicament": "Colleagues who are only ever asked for small things scold you for resisting, when what is demanded of you is everything.", "moral": null},
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{"chunk": 46, "story": 46, "summary": "A boy grasps so many filberts that he cannot pull his hand out of the pitcher, and is told to take half.", "predicament": "You have grabbed so much at once that you cannot get any of it out, and letting go of half feels like losing.", "moral": "Do not attempt too much at once."},
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{"chunk": 47, "story": 47, "summary": "Frogs ask Jupiter for a king, scorn the log and the eel he sends, and are given a heron who eats them.", "predicament": "Your group keeps complaining that its mild leader is too weak and demanding a stronger one from above.", "moral": null},
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{"chunk": 48, "story": 48, "summary": "A father who maimed the snake that killed his son offers it peace, and the snake says neither can ever forget.", "predicament": "You and someone you hurt, and who hurt you far worse, both have reason to hate, and you now offer to make peace.", "moral": "No one truly forgets injuries in the presence of him who caused the injury."},
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{"chunk": 49, "story": 49, "summary": "A lion woken by a mouse searches his den in fury, and tells a mocking fox it is the mouse's cheek, not the mouse, he resents.", "predicament": "Someone far beneath you has taken a small liberty, and a bystander mocks you for making so much of it.", "moral": "Little liberties are great offenses."},
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{"chunk": 50, "story": 50, "summary": "A groom curries his horse all day but sells its oats, and the horse asks to be groomed less and fed more.", "predicament": "Someone responsible for you makes a great show of looking after you while quietly skimming off what you actually need.", "moral": null},
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{"chunk": 51, "story": 51, "summary": "A mule refuses to take a little of the struggling ass's load, the ass dies, and the mule must carry all of it and the ass's hide.", "predicament": "A partner struggling under their share asks you to take a little of it, and you could say it is not your job.", "moral": null},
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{"chunk": 52, "story": 52, "summary": "An ass envious of the petted lapdog bursts into the house to fawn on his master and is beaten back to the stable.", "predicament": "You work hard while a charming favourite is pampered for doing little, and you are tempted to try the favourite's tricks.", "moral": null},
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{"chunk": 53, "story": 53, "summary": "Oxen plot to kill the butchers, but an old ox warns that clumsier ones would replace them.", "predicament": "Your group is set on getting rid of the people who harm it, and you suspect whoever replaces them will be worse.", "moral": "Do not be in a hurry to change one evil for another."},
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{"chunk": 54, "story": 54, "summary": "A shepherd boy raises false alarms of a wolf for fun, and when the wolf truly comes nobody answers his cry.", "predicament": "You have raised false alarms before to amuse yourself, and now there is a real crisis and you need everyone to believe you.", "moral": "There is no believing a liar, even when he speaks the truth."},
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{"chunk": 55, "story": 55, "summary": "Boys pelting frogs for fun are told by one frog that their sport is death to the frogs.", "predicament": "People above you are amusing themselves at your expense, and what is a game to them is ruin to you.", "moral": null},
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{"chunk": 56, "story": 56, "summary": "An ass who lightened his salt load by falling in a stream tries the trick with sponges and doubles his burden.", "predicament": "A shortcut that once lightened your load has been noticed, and you are tempted to try it again.", "moral": null},
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{"chunk": 57, "story": 57, "summary": "A biting dog made to wear a warning bell struts proudly with it until an old hound tells him it is a mark of disgrace.", "predicament": "You have been singled out with a mark you take for an honour, and an old hand tells you it is a public warning.", "moral": "Notoriety is often mistaken for fame."},
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{"chunk": 58, "story": 58, "summary": "A goatherd feeds stray wild goats better than his own to win them, and they leave, reasoning he would do the same to them.", "predicament": "Someone courting you treats you better than the people who have served them for years, and you wonder what that means for you.", "moral": "Old friends cannot with impunity be sacrificed for new ones."},
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{"chunk": 59, "story": 59, "summary": "A greying man courts a young and an old woman, who between them pluck out all his hair.", "predicament": "You are courting two parties who want opposite things from you, and each is quietly remaking you to suit themselves.", "moral": "Those who seek to please everybody please nobody."},
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{"chunk": 60, "story": 60, "summary": "A sick stag's many visitors each eat some of his food, so he dies of want rather than illness.", "predicament": "While you are laid low, a stream of well-wishers visits, and each helps themselves to a little of what you need.", "moral": "Evil companions bring more hurt than profit."},
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{"chunk": 61, "story": 61, "summary": "A boy stung after touching a nettle gently is told by his mother to grasp it boldly next time.", "predicament": "You approached a prickly problem timidly and got hurt, and someone tells you only a bold, firm grip will work.", "moral": "Whatever you do, do with all your might."},
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{"chunk": 62, "story": 62, "summary": "An astronomer gazing at the stars falls into a well, and a neighbour asks why he cannot see what is on earth.", "predicament": "You have been so absorbed in lofty plans that you have fallen into trouble right in front of you, and must call for help.", "moral": null},
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{"chunk": 63, "story": 63, "summary": "Wolves persuade the sheep to send away their guard dogs for peace, and then devour the unguarded flock.", "predicament": "Your enemies offer peace if only you dismiss the people who protect you, claiming those protectors are the cause of all trouble.", "moral": null},
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{"chunk": 64, "story": 64, "summary": "A cat disguised as a doctor offers to treat ailing birds, who say they will stay well if he goes away.", "predicament": "Someone known to prey on people like you arrives dressed as a helper, offering to fix your troubles if you let them in.", "moral": null},
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{"chunk": 65, "story": 65, "summary": "A jackdaw decks himself in others' fallen feathers to be chosen king, and the birds pluck them back.", "predicament": "You are presenting yourself for a top post decked out in achievements borrowed from colleagues, who are about to see it.", "moral": null},
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{"chunk": 66, "story": 66, "summary": "A kid on a rooftop taunts a passing wolf, who says it is the roof that mocks him.", "predicament": "You are safely out of reach of someone powerful for the moment, and it is tempting to taunt them while you can.", "moral": "Time and place often give the advantage to the weak over the strong."},
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{"chunk": 67, "story": 67, "summary": "A doctor robs a blind old woman while treating her, and when he sues for his fee she says she still cannot see her goods.", "predicament": "Someone you hired has been quietly robbing you while doing the job, and now demands full payment under your agreement.", "moral": null},
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{"chunk": 68, "story": 68, "summary": "A mother frog puffs herself up to match the ox that killed her son, and is told she would burst first.", "predicament": "Someone far bigger has crushed one of yours, and you are tempted to puff yourself up to look their equal.", "moral": null},
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{"chunk": 69, "story": 69, "summary": "A dying farmer tells his sons treasure lies in the vineyard, and their digging brings a great harvest.", "predicament": "You want those who will take over from you to work as hard as you did, and plain advice will not move them.", "moral": null},
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{"chunk": 70, "story": 70, "summary": "A heifer mocks a working ox for his labour and is then led off to be sacrificed while the ox is freed.", "predicament": "An idle favourite mocks you for how hard you work, not seeing why they have been kept free of work.", "moral": null},
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{"chunk": 71, "story": 71, "summary": "A victorious cock crows on a wall and is carried off by an eagle, leaving the beaten cock to rule.", "predicament": "You have just beaten your rival, and it is tempting to boast about it from the most exposed place you can find.", "moral": "Pride goes before destruction."},
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{"chunk": 72, "story": 72, "summary": "An old warhorse sent to work a mill laments his former glory, and the miller tells him fortune rises and falls.", "predicament": "Age has moved you from a proud post to drudgery, and you keep bemoaning what you had to whoever will listen.", "moral": null},
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{"chunk": 73, "story": 73, "summary": "A jealous fox leads the newly elected monkey king into a trap, then mocks him as unfit to rule.", "predicament": "You have just been raised to a high post, and a jealous colleague brings you a tempting windfall they say they kept for you.", "moral": null},
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{"chunk": 74, "story": 74, "summary": "A soldier pampers his horse in war, drudges it in peace, and finds it cannot carry him when war returns.", "predicament": "Someone valued you highly in a crisis, worked you into the ground when it passed, and now needs you at your best again.", "moral": null},
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{"chunk": 75, "story": 75, "summary": "The limbs rebel against the idle-seeming belly and stop feeding it, and the whole body weakens.", "predicament": "You and your fellow workers resent a part of the organisation that seems to do nothing, and are tempted to stop supplying it.", "moral": null},
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{"chunk": 76, "story": 76, "summary": "Maids kill the cock that wakes their mistress early, and she wakes them even earlier.", "predicament": "Your boss works you too early and too long, and you could get rid of the thing that sets the pace.", "moral": null},
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{"chunk": 77, "story": 77, "summary": "A vine cropped by a goat says she will provide the wine poured over him at his sacrifice.", "predicament": "Someone is stripping you bare without cause, and you know that in time you will have a hand in their downfall.", "moral": null},
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{"chunk": 78, "story": 78, "summary": "A monkey presents her ugly baby for the beauty prize and, laughed at, says he is the most beautiful to her.", "predicament": "You have put forward work of your own that everyone laughs at, and you are sure it is the best there is.", "moral": null},
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{"chunk": 79, "story": 79, "summary": "Pigeons invite a hawk to protect them from a kite, and he kills more of them in a day than the kite did in a year.", "predicament": "Threatened by one predator, your group is ready to invite a powerful protector inside who may prove far worse.", "moral": "Avoid a remedy that is worse than the disease."},
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{"chunk": 80, "story": 80, "summary": "A sprat offers to reconcile warring dolphins and whales, who say they would rather be destroyed than accept him.", "predicament": "Two powerful factions are at war, and you, a nobody, offer to step in and settle their quarrel.", "moral": null},
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{"chunk": 81, "story": 81, "summary": "A swallow nests in the wall of a court of justice, and her young are eaten by a serpent there.", "predicament": "You trusted the one place meant to protect everyone's rights, and it is exactly there that you have been wronged.", "moral": null},
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{"chunk": 82, "story": 82, "summary": "An earthen pot floating downstream begs a brass pot to keep away, since any touch would break her.", "predicament": "Someone much stronger than you wants to travel alongside you, and even friendly contact could break you.", "moral": "Equals make the best friends."},
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{"chunk": 83, "story": 83, "summary": "A shepherd raises a wolf cub to steal lambs from neighbours, and it warns him to watch his own flock.", "predicament": "You have trained someone to take advantage of others for you, and they have just hinted they could do the same to you.", "moral": null},
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{"chunk": 84, "story": 84, "summary": "A crab tells her son to walk straight, and he asks her to show him how.", "predicament": "You are correcting a junior for a fault you plainly share, and they ask you to demonstrate the right way.", "moral": "Example is more powerful than precept."},
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{"chunk": 85, "story": 85, "summary": "A father's two daughters, married to a gardener and a tile-maker, wish for rain and for sun, and he cannot back both.", "predicament": "Two people you care for equally need opposite outcomes, and whichever you support you will be working against the other.", "moral": null},
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{"chunk": 86, "story": 86, "summary": "A mother praises her son's first small thefts, and on his way to execution he bites her ear for not stopping him.", "predicament": "Someone in your charge has brought you a small ill-gotten gain, and you could praise it or stop it now.", "moral": null},
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{"chunk": 87, "story": 87, "summary": "A weary old woodcutter calls for Death, and when Death comes asks only for help lifting his load.", "predicament": "Worn out, you have loudly wished to be done with it all, and now the chance to quit is actually offered.", "moral": null},
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{"chunk": 88, "story": 88, "summary": "A fir scorns a useless bramble, which reminds it of the axes waiting to fell the useful.", "predicament": "Someone important sneers that you are of no use, and you know their usefulness is exactly what marks them to be cut down.", "moral": "Better poverty without care, than riches with."},
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{"chunk": 89, "story": 89, "summary": "A buyer of a black servant, thinking his colour is dirt, scrubs him incessantly and only gives him a cold.", "predicament": "You have taken someone on convinced that their nature is a fault you can scrub away, and your efforts are only hurting them.", "moral": "What’s bred in the bone will stick to the flesh."},
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{"chunk": 90, "story": 90, "summary": "A frog ties a mouse's foot to his own and drowns him, and a hawk carries off both.", "predicament": "A new acquaintance proposes binding your fortunes tightly together, and you would be on their ground, not yours.", "moral": "Harm hatch, harm catch."},
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{"chunk": 91, "story": 91, "summary": "A fisherman's net holds the large fish, but the small ones slip back through the meshes.", "predicament": "A sweep that catches the big players lets the small ones slip away, and you are either doing the sweeping or being swept.", "moral": null}
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