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": 5, "summary": "At a cheerful first meeting over a meal the investors elect officers, with the promoter as president, and vote to raise the capital.", "predicament": "A group of small investors happily elects the promoter who is fleecing them to run the company that holds their savings."},
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{"chunk": 46, "story": 5, "summary": "He holds up the tack, praises the young man's contribution and the giant rival's profits, and has the young man read out his glowing references.", "predicament": "A promoter has a trusting partner vouch for him before the investors, reading out glowing references the partner never questioned."},
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{"chunk": 47, "story": 5, "summary": "The sham letterheads impress everyone; a factory is fitted out; the patent agent reports prior claims that cover the idea, and the promoter orders him to get a patent anyway.", "predicament": "A promoter learns his product's legal protection is worthless and tells his adviser to obtain some paper protection anyway."},
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{"chunk": 48, "story": 5, "summary": "The agent admits any patent would not hold; the promoter says he only needs a seal and a ribbon and reminds him to keep quiet, and the agent's conscience goes to sleep.", "predicament": "A needy adviser knows the paper he is asked to obtain is worthless, and is persuaded his duty is simply to keep quiet."},
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{"chunk": 49, "story": 5, "summary": "The directors vote the promoter and the young man sixty thousand in stock for future patents, subscribe for more themselves, and form a larger company.", "predicament": "Investors vote a huge share of their company to the promoter for inventions that do not yet exist, and put in more cash."},
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{"chunk": 50, "story": 5, "summary": "The new company buys the old at double value; the investors glory in doubling their money on paper, while the promoter now holds ninety thousand in stock, a house and a car.", "predicament": "Small investors celebrate doubling their money overnight on paper, while the promoter quietly holds the largest pile of the new shares."},
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{"chunk": 51, "story": 5, "summary": "Merchants extend credit on his house and car, each referring to the last; when the car dealer means to demand payment, the promoter orders a second car for his wife instead.", "predicament": "A creditor who means to demand payment from a showy customer is instead talked into extending him even more credit."},
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{"chunk": 52, "story": 5, "summary": "The first machine works and a patent is granted, but a credit report reveals the promoter has no money at all; he cheerfully admits it and says he needs more.", "predicament": "A partner discovers the rich backer of his venture has no money at all, and is told cheerfully that more is needed."},
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{"chunk": 53, "story": 5, "summary": "The promoter reveals he has sold stock to his car dealer and tailor partly for credit, and the young man realises the venture stalls without him.", "predicament": "A partner learns the promoter has quietly sold off his shares to creditors, and realises the venture collapses if the promoter walks."},
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{"chunk": 54, "story": 5, "summary": "The young man protests the spending; the promoter angrily drives off for the day, leaving the machinists waiting, and the old man arrives because a note he guaranteed is due.", "predicament": "A promoter deliberately walks out on urgent work to show his partners they must now pay for his keep or lose everything."},
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{"chunk": 55, "story": 5, "summary": "The two friends discover the promoter has borrowed from each of them and from another investor, each without telling the others.", "predicament": "Two investors find that the same charming borrower has been quietly taking loans from each of them, and from others besides."},
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{"chunk": 56, "story": 5, "summary": "They total his spending and are aghast at his extravagance, but the old man concludes the company itself is sound.", "predicament": "Investors shocked by the promoter's reckless spending comfort themselves that the venture itself must still be sound."},
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{"chunk": 57, "story": 5, "summary": "The old man calls him a liar but has already mortgaged a house for his stock; they agree to take stock as security for the loans.", "predicament": "A thrifty man who distrusts his partner has already mortgaged his home to buy in, and cannot afford to stop now."},
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{"chunk": 58, "story": 5, "summary": "Faith in the product holds them; the old man, meaning to be stern, ends up mortgaging again and paying the promoter four thousand for stock.", "predicament": "An investor goes to press a debtor for security and comes away having handed over still more money for more shares."},
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{"chunk": 59, "story": 5, "summary": "The promoter knows the covering machine is nearly impossible and that going to market would bring ruinous lawsuits, so he stalls.", "predicament": "A promoter knows his product can never be made and sold safely, and must keep his investors hopeful while he stalls."},
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{"chunk": 60, "story": 5, "summary": "His wife, tired of waiting for the crash, urges him to take every dollar he can and go abroad before this venture ends like the others.", "predicament": "A schemer's partner, weary of waiting for the collapse, begs him to take what he can now and get out."},
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{"chunk": 61, "story": 5, "summary": "He boasts that the law is his friend; she reminds him of all the towns they have fled and tells him to save money this time.", "predicament": "A schemer who boasts the law cannot touch him is reminded by his partner of every town they have had to flee."},
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{"chunk": 62, "story": 5, "summary": "He shows the directors drawings for a covering machine, restores their confidence, and sells fifteen thousand in stock through a new sales agent in another city.", "predicament": "A promoter shows investors plans for a machine that will never be built, restoring their faith while he sells off his shares."}
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