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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{
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"chunk": 481,
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"story": 36,
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"summary": "Torchy, still head office boy after nearly four years, announces that his big step up came suddenly one day; he explains that it began with his first made-to-measure suit, bought for cash to impress a girl.",
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"predicament": "Someone long stuck on the bottom rung spends more than he can spare on clothes that make him look ready to rise."
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},
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{
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"chunk": 482,
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"story": 36,
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"summary": "He gets his first barber's shave, feeling watched and green, and the boss's son in the next chair recognises him, laughs kindly and pays for it, then inspects the new suit back at the office.",
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"predicament": "Someone junior caught in a first grown-up ritual is spotted by the boss, who teases him kindly and picks up the bill."
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},
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{
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"chunk": 483,
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"story": 36,
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"summary": "Torchy admits the suit is for his sweetheart, just back from abroad; the boss's son wishes him luck and says, turning serious, that he wishes he could do more for him some day, then goes back to the heavy workload he carries while the old boss is away.",
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"predicament": "A kindly boss who guesses the junior's romance wishes aloud he could do more for him, but promises nothing yet."
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},
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{
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"chunk": 484,
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"story": 36,
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"summary": "The girl's aunt keeps refusing his calls, so Torchy bluffs his way up to her apartment, only to find the aunt at home with a sprained ankle, who icily asks his excuse.",
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"predicament": "A suitor who bluffs his way past the door to see his sweetheart finds her disapproving guardian waiting instead."
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},
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{
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"chunk": 485,
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"story": 36,
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"summary": "He asks outright to take the girl for a walk; the aunt calls the friendship a whim, then presses him on his job and learns he is still an office boy and has never told the girl how humble his post is.",
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"predicament": "A disapproving guardian cross-examines a young suitor about his work and pounces on how lowly his position really is."
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},
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{
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"chunk": 486,
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"story": 36,
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"summary": "The aunt breaks off as if struck by an idea and has him shown out; Torchy worries what she is plotting, while at work the firm is busy with big deals and a paper break-up into many separate companies.",
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"predicament": "A suitor sent packing senses that his sweetheart's guardian has hit on a scheme to shame him, but cannot guess what."
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},
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{
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"chunk": 487,
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"story": 36,
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"summary": "Torchy shows he knows the firm's files better than anyone as he answers the harried boss's son's questions; asked what to do with a waiting inventor, he says the fussy senior clerk would snub him, and is told to hear the man out himself, courteously.",
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"predicament": "A junior who knows the business better than his title suggests is handed a visitor the stuffy senior colleague would snub."
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},
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{
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"chunk": 488,
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"story": 36,
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"summary": "Torchy politely draws out the man's by-product scheme, takes notes, promises a board decision in ten days and sees him off pleased, while the boss's son listens unnoticed and grins.",
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"predicament": "Someone junior trusted with an insistent visitor handles him with polished tact, not knowing the boss is watching the whole performance."
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},
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{
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"chunk": 489,
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"story": 36,
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"summary": "Praised, Torchy is asked to soothe another caller: the girl's aunt, a bondholder alarmed by reorganisation rumours, who is coming at three with someone else; Torchy realises she is bringing the girl and refuses.",
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"predicament": "Someone junior praised for tact is asked to receive a visitor who turns out to be his sweetheart's hostile guardian."
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},
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{
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"chunk": 490,
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"story": 36,
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"summary": "He threatens to quit rather than face them, and explains why: after four years he is still an office boy on paper, and he will not be put on show as a nobody before the girl he loves.",
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"predicament": "Someone faithful for years but still ranked at the bottom refuses to be displayed as a nobody before the woman he loves."
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},
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{
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"chunk": 491,
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"story": 36,
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"summary": "The boss's son admits Torchy's position has been ambiguous; pressed for time, he names him private secretary for a nominal subsidiary company, and Torchy moves into a desk in the inner office.",
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"predicament": "A boss pressed for time settles a loyal junior's grievance by promoting him on the spot, just before an awkward visit."
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},
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{
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"chunk": 492,
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"story": 36,
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"summary": "The aunt and the girl are shown in to find Torchy at a real desk; he starts explaining her bonds, and when he says he is private secretary she calls it absurd and sweeps out, while the girl winks at him.",
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"predicament": "A guardian who came to expose a humble suitor finds him seated in authority, and leaves in a huff while her ward winks."
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},
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{
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"chunk": 493,
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"story": 36,
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"summary": "Torchy offers to resign the stopgap title, but the boss's son says the board has confirmed it and the desk is his for good.",
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"predicament": "Someone who thought a promotion was only a temporary show learns it is permanent, and vows to prove himself in it."
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}
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]
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