JesseMarkowitzandClaude Opus 5.5
3a4758172d
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": 572, "story": 13, "summary": "Now overseas and billeted in a freezing barn behind the lines, Keefe complains that a man used to the best hotels is housed like a horse.", "predicament": "Someone used to comfort and special treatment finds himself housed like livestock, and complains that he deserves better."},
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{"chunk": 573, "story": 13, "summary": "He grumbles about travelling in cattle cars on shrieking trains, comparing it with the private sleeping cars of his old life.", "predicament": "A man used to travelling in style is shipped about like cattle, and keeps comparing it with the comforts he has lost."},
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{"chunk": 574, "story": 13, "summary": "Twenty men share the barn with livestock and rats; they watch troops and ambulances pass; the next letter is written in a crowded, warm hut.", "predicament": "Crowded into squalid quarters while waiting to be put to real work, a newcomer watches seasoned people pass by."},
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{"chunk": 575, "story": 13, "summary": "Amid rowdy singing he describes training in practice trenches under foreign instructors teaching what they learned in the first week at home.", "predicament": "A newcomer is made to repeat basics he already knows under instructors he can barely understand, and resents it."},
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{"chunk": 576, "story": 13, "summary": "He mocks the identical little villages they march through and the local way of measuring distance.", "predicament": "A newcomer in a strange land mocks the local customs and the sameness of everything, to cover his boredom and discomfort."},
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{"chunk": 577, "story": 13, "summary": "The front is quiet; he dismisses talk of an enemy spring offensive as bluster, comparing it to a boastful hitter he once retired.", "predicament": "Hearing that a strong opponent plans a big push, someone dismisses it as empty boasting because he once beat a braggart."},
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{"chunk": 578, "story": 13, "summary": "He explains that soldiers can drink openly here, sneers at the weak beer and wine, and plans to try the cheap champagne.", "predicament": "Freed from the rules back home, a newcomer eyes cheap temptations and tells himself they are simply a bargain."},
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{"chunk": 579, "story": 13, "summary": "He chides Al for rarely writing and condescends that nothing ever happens in Al's small town, while he is always at the centre of big events.", "predicament": "Someone far from home scolds an old friend for not writing, and condescends to him for living an uneventful life."},
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{"chunk": 580, "story": 13, "summary": "He complains Florrie ignores his requests for newspapers; next, a war correspondent from his hometown recognises him and interviews him.", "predicament": "Feeling neglected by his wife, a man is recognised by a visiting reporter and eagerly answers his questions."},
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{"chunk": 581, "story": 13, "summary": "The reporter says names cannot be printed unless a man is killed, and jokes about a soldier who is not writing a book; Keefe mentions that he writes poems.", "predicament": "Told that his name will not be printed, a man eager for attention volunteers that he has a hidden talent."},
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{"chunk": 582, "story": 13, "summary": "The reporter suggests he send patriotic verses that might become a hit song; Keefe says he was only stalling, since soldiers have better things to do.", "predicament": "Invited to show off a talent in public, a man says he is too busy and above it, while clearly tempted."},
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{"chunk": 583, "story": 13, "summary": "He garbles the history of a national heroine and vows to bayonet enemies who fake surrender; next, with nothing to do, he decides to write the verses after all.", "predicament": "Someone who scorned a vain project talks tough about his opponents, then quietly sets to work on the project anyway."},
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{"chunk": 584, "story": 13, "summary": "He copies out his clumsy patriotic poem for Al.", "predicament": "A man proudly shows a friend back home the clumsy work he produced after claiming he was above producing it."},
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{"chunk": 585, "story": 13, "summary": "He expects the poem to be recognised as his and asks Al to see his wife gets the royalties if he dies, since she would mock it.", "predicament": "A man dreams of fame and money from a clumsy effort, and keeps it from his wife because she would laugh at it."},
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{"chunk": 586, "story": 13, "summary": "Still hungry after a poor meal, he and his friend Carson go to a cheap charity canteen for a proper feed.", "predicament": "Two hungry colleagues slip off to find a better meal than the one provided, at a place run by volunteers."},
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{"chunk": 587, "story": 13, "summary": "Carson claims the pretty volunteer, but Keefe is sure she only has eyes for him and mocks Carson's French; Carson retaliates by asking loudly about Keefe's wife.", "predicament": "A married man muscles in on a friend's interest in a young woman, sure she prefers him, and the friend mentions his wife aloud."},
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{"chunk": 588, "story": 13, "summary": "The volunteer chats with them; when told who Keefe is, she says she wonders if she ever saw him play, and he boasts of the teams he humiliated.", "predicament": "Told who he is, a pleasant stranger politely wonders whether she has heard of him, and he takes it as admiration."},
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{"chunk": 589, "story": 13, "summary": "He tells himself she is taken with him, that they would make a good pair, and resolves nobly to stay away to spare her.", "predicament": "Mistaking a stranger's politeness for affection, a married man nobly resolves to stay away before she gets hurt."},
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{"chunk": 590, "story": 13, "summary": "He returns to find his barrack-mates roaring drunk on champagne, debating whether to get the rats drunk.", "predicament": "Coming back to his quarters, someone finds his colleagues helplessly drunk and making fools of themselves."},
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{"chunk": 591, "story": 13, "summary": "A soldier spent money sent for blankets on champagne; nearly all of them are docked two-thirds of their pay and confined, and the captain threatens worse.", "predicament": "A colleague blows money meant for necessities on a spree, and nearly everyone who joined in is heavily punished."},
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{"chunk": 592, "story": 13, "summary": "He says he is glad the reporter has not returned, claims he is ready for the front and bored with training, and sneers at the local women.", "predicament": "Someone who secretly wants attention claims he is glad to be forgotten, and says he is wasted on endless basic training."},
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{"chunk": 593, "story": 13, "summary": "He complains of monotony and no mail; next, he runs into the volunteer again, and her teasing questions make him think she is getting personal.", "predicament": "Bored and neglected by his family, a married man meets the pleasant stranger again and reads her small talk as flirtation."},
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{"chunk": 594, "story": 13, "summary": "He flirts with her, claims he went to an elite college, and lets his poem fall from his pocket so she asks to see it.", "predicament": "A married man flirts with a young woman, lies about his education, and contrives to show off his clumsy work."},
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{"chunk": 595, "story": 13, "summary": "She calls him a poet and asks to keep the verses; he tells her to pretend he wrote them for her and promises her a real valentine.", "predicament": "Encouraged by a young woman's apparent admiration, a married man promises to write her something personal."},
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{"chunk": 596, "story": 13, "summary": "He vows to keep away and blames fate for women always pursuing him; he agrees, after pretended reluctance, to give a talk at a camp entertainment.", "predicament": "A married man blames fate for the women he imagines pursue him, and pretends reluctance while agreeing to perform in public."},
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{"chunk": 597, "story": 13, "summary": "He gives the volunteer a sentimental valentine poem, reproduced in full, telling himself it would disappoint her if it were comic.", "predicament": "A married man writes a sentimental note to a young woman, telling himself it is kinder than disappointing her."},
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{"chunk": 598, "story": 13, "summary": "He has an artist friend decorate it with hearts, hands it over, and tells himself it is really a gentle farewell between the lines.", "predicament": "Someone sends a young woman a romantic token and persuades himself it is really a tactful way of saying goodbye."},
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{"chunk": 599, "story": 13, "summary": "He jeers at enemy prisoners; a brief letter from Florrie says little about their son, much about her business, and includes a glamorous photo of herself.", "predicament": "Starved for news, a man gets a short, self-absorbed letter from his wife that never asks how he is."},
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{"chunk": 600, "story": 13, "summary": "Furious, he describes the camp entertainment: he was cheered as he began the talk he had written and memorised.", "predicament": "Given a stage before his colleagues, a man who craves applause is cheered as he begins a speech about himself."},
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{"chunk": 601, "story": 13, "summary": "His speech, quoted, is a boastful account of his career and his enlistment for the greatest game of all.", "predicament": "Invited to say a few words, someone delivers a long boastful account of his own career dressed up as patriotism."},
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{"chunk": 602, "story": 13, "summary": "He tells a self-glorifying anecdote of winning a crucial game at his manager's plea.", "predicament": "Before an audience, a man tells a story in which his boss begs him to save the day and he does."},
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{"chunk": 603, "story": 13, "summary": "Amid applause a sergeant seats him, then announces he is also a poet and reads aloud the valentine he wrote to the volunteer.", "predicament": "At the height of his public triumph, a man is ambushed by a colleague who reads out his private love note."},
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{"chunk": 604, "story": 13, "summary": "The crowd roars with laughter; Keefe insists the poem was not serious, assumes it was stolen from the volunteer, and vows revenge on the thief.", "predicament": "Publicly mocked for a private note, a man insists he did not mean it and assumes it was stolen from the woman."},
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{"chunk": 605, "story": 13, "summary": "The sergeant tells him the volunteer is a rich heiress who gave him the valentine herself, as a joke; Keefe gets drunk and sneaks in after lights out.", "predicament": "Learning the woman he thought adored him handed his note round as a joke, a man drowns his humiliation and risks punishment."},
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{"chunk": 606, "story": 13, "summary": "Too ill to hide it, he reports sick and awaits punishment, vowing to get the men who now call him by a mocking nickname.", "predicament": "Awaiting punishment after a humiliating night, a man vows revenge on the colleagues who mock him with a new nickname."}
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