caitlinflatfile.json

{
    "items": [
        {
            "alias": "01",
            "hint": "Single-celled organisms",
            "value": "Archaea"
        },
        {
            "alias": "02",
            "hint": "Prokaryotic microorganisms",
            "value": "Bacteria"
        },
        {
            "alias": "03",
            "hint": "Basically everything else",
            "value": "Eukarya",
            "children": [
                {
                    "alias": "eukarya01_b1",
                    "value": "Human"
                },
                {
                    "alias": "eukarya01_b2",
                    "value": "Oppossum"
                },
                {
                    "alias": "eukarya01_b3",
                    "value": "Extraterrestrial",
                    "children": [
                        {
                            "value": "Little green men"
                        },
                        {
                            "value": "Tentacle monster"
                        }
                    ]     
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}