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": 721,
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"story": 54,
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"summary": "In a jittery wartime market full of rumours about the firm, a group of nervous directors crowds Torchy's desk before nine demanding to see the old boss, and Torchy tells them bluntly to stop rocking the boat.",
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"predicament": "Someone newly promoted, guarding the boss's door, is besieged by panicky senior backers demanding answers he cannot give."
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},
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{
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"chunk": 722,
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"story": 54,
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"summary": "They blame the often-absent boss's son for the loss of a vital ship charter and want him to resign; he breezes in, beaming, to tell Torchy the singer has accepted him, and Torchy warns him of the angry group.",
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"predicament": "A boss's heir arrives giddy with personal news just as angry backers gather, blaming his neglect for a business loss."
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},
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{
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"chunk": 723,
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"story": 54,
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"summary": "The boss's son greets them all warmly and announces his engagement; asked about the charter, he vaguely thinks someone was told to handle it, and the senior clerk staggers in battered, holding the signed charter.",
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"predicament": "A distracted heir meets his critics' hard question with happy news, and is rescued at the last moment by a colleague's effort."
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},
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{
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"chunk": 724,
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"story": 54,
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"summary": "The senior clerk spent the night on the waterfront, was knocked about, and closed the option two hours before it lapsed, but the boss's son barely notices and keeps telling everyone he is to be married.",
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"predicament": "A loyal senior colleague who pulled off a heroic effort for the firm finds the boss too lovestruck to notice."
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},
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{
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"chunk": 725,
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"story": 54,
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"summary": "The grumblers catch his mood and collect for a wedding present; the singer's snobbish cousin, who had shunned her as a performer, now offers her grand country house for a society wedding.",
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"predicament": "A relative who snubbed a humble woman rushes to claim her once she makes a brilliant match, and offers to stage the wedding."
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},
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{
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"chunk": 726,
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"story": 54,
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"summary": "The cousin and the boss's daughter plan a lavish wedding three weeks off, with a bishop, an organ and a special train; the boss's son protests.",
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"predicament": "A groom finds his relatives have planned a vast, formal wedding around him without asking what he wants."
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},
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{
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"chunk": 727,
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"story": 54,
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"summary": "He denounces solemn weddings as gloomy barbarism and insists on a cheerful one; the next day he tells Torchy the bride agrees and asks him to her apartment.",
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"predicament": "A groom rebels against the solemn ceremony his family is arranging, and insists on a wedding that is actually happy."
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},
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{
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"chunk": 728,
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"story": 54,
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"summary": "The couple make Torchy best man and put him in full charge of a merry wedding anywhere he likes, with his sweetheart as sole bridesmaid and a clergyman friend to officiate.",
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"predicament": "Someone junior is suddenly handed full charge of the boss's own wedding, with only the order to make it merry."
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},
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{
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"chunk": 729,
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"story": 54,
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"summary": "Torchy consults his sweetheart, who suggests a friend's empty estate with an open-air theatre and a nearby country club for lunch.",
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"predicament": "Someone handed a daunting private task by the boss turns to his quick-thinking sweetheart for a plan."
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{
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"chunk": 730,
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"story": 54,
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"summary": "The only idea Torchy can come up with is to hire a dance-hall band; the party sets off, the boss's sister in tow, and the solemn clergyman hopes the affair will not be too unconventional.",
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"predicament": "Someone in charge of a big occasion sets off with only half a plan, trusting to luck to make it work."
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"chunk": 731,
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"story": 54,
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"summary": "At the estate they find a film company already shooting under a permit from the owner, run by Torchy's old newspaper friend.",
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"predicament": "Someone arranging a private occasion arrives to find the chosen spot already taken over by strangers with permission."
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},
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{
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"chunk": 732,
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"story": 54,
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"summary": "The friend is filming a costume village wedding and proposes they combine; Torchy seizes on it, since the boss's son only asked for merriment.",
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"predicament": "Someone whose plan has collided with strangers' business sees a way to merge them, without telling the boss everything."
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},
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{
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"chunk": 733,
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"story": 54,
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"summary": "The bride backs Torchy, and the whole party is dressed in theatrical costumes, the groom in tights and cape, the clergyman in a friar's robe.",
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"predicament": "A doubtful groom is talked into his junior's wild plan by a bride who trusts the junior's flair."
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"chunk": 734,
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"story": 54,
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"summary": "Costumed, everyone grows playful; with hidden cameras rolling and the band striking up, the party and the actors romp across the lawn in a merry procession.",
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"predicament": "A stiff family gathering, dressed up and given music, lets go and turns into a riotous celebration."
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{
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"chunk": 735,
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"story": 54,
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"summary": "The clergyman marries the breathless couple amid cheers and roses, and everyone lunches at the club in costume at the groom's expense; the film director thanks Torchy, who says the boss does not yet know he was filmed. The rest of the chunk is the publisher's advertising.",
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"predicament": "Someone junior gives the boss exactly the joyful day he asked for, without mentioning it was recorded for the public."
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{
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"chunk": 736,
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"story": 54,
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"summary": "Not a scene: the publisher's back-matter advertising other novels, split in with the last story of the volume.",
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"predicament": "No story content here: this is the publisher's advertising for other books and belongs in no group."
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},
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{
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"chunk": 737,
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"story": 54,
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"summary": "Not a scene: more of the publisher's back-matter advertising other novels, split in with the last story of the volume.",
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"predicament": "No story content here: this is the publisher's advertising for other books and belongs in no group."
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}
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