Pausanias Analysis

What happens when interpretable lexical fields are removed

Semantic-Field Ablation

Baseline is the main paper-facing model: lemma vocabulary, books 4 and 8 excluded, proper nouns removed, rhetoric markers retained.

0.692baseline accuracy
5,424sentences
1,000baseline features
Removed FieldTerms RemovedAccuracyDeltaHistorical F1Mythic F1Features
Genealogy and Kinship
Kinship, descent, marriage, and birth terms that drive the genealogical side of mythic narration.
θυγάτηρ, πατήρ, μήτηρ, υἱός, παῖς, γυνή, ἀνήρ, γάμος, γαμέω, τίκτω, γένος, γεννάω, ἀδελφός, ἀδελφή, ἔκγονος, ἀπόγονος 0.678 -0.014 0.661 0.694 1,000
Speech and Reporting
Speech, report, attribution, naming, and knowledge-framing terms.
λέγω, φημί, φάσκω, φάσις, λόγος, ἔπος, ἀκούω, καλέω, ὀνομάζω, ὄνομα, νομίζω, δοκέω, μανθάνω, οἶδα, μῦθος 0.692 -0.001 0.676 0.706 1,000
Memorial, Place, and Ritual
Tombs, shrines, names, cult sites, and place-making vocabulary.
μνῆμα, τάφος, θάπτω, ἡρῷον, ἱερόν, ναός, βωμός, ἄγαλμα, ἄγος, ἀνάθημα, θυσία, θύω, τελετή, ὄνομα, καλέω 0.691 -0.001 0.674 0.706 1,000
War, Politics, and Competition
Military, civic, dynastic, athletic, and victory vocabulary that marks historical narration.
πόλεμος, πολεμέω, πολέμιος, μάχη, στρατός, στρατεύω, νικάω, νίκη, τύραννος, τυραννέω, βασιλεύς, ἀρχή, ἄρχω, πέμπω, ἀποστέλλω, χρῆμα, ἀριθμός, ἀγών, ἀθλητής 0.687 -0.005 0.675 0.698 1,000