diff --git a/.config/dictionary.txt b/.config/dictionary.txt
index 575fa336f8..df6363bdbf 100644
--- a/.config/dictionary.txt
+++ b/.config/dictionary.txt
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ ssbarnea
 stylesheet
 subdir
 subelements
+subfolders
 subresults
 subschema
 subschemas
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/file_utils.py b/src/ansiblelint/file_utils.py
index 89cd896d33..86e331e35d 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/file_utils.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/file_utils.py
@@ -160,7 +160,15 @@ def kind_from_path(path: Path, base: bool = False) -> FileType:
         return ""
 
     if path.is_dir():
-        return "role"
+        known_role_subfolders = ("tasks", "meta", "vars", "defaults", "handlers")
+        for filename in known_role_subfolders:
+            if (path / filename).is_dir():
+                return "role"
+        _logger.debug(
+            "Folder `%s` does not look like a role due to missing any of the common subfolders such: %s.",
+            path,
+            ", ".join(known_role_subfolders),
+        )
 
     if str(path) == "/dev/stdin":
         return "playbook"
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/utils.py b/src/ansiblelint/utils.py
index 9c3a4a5fe6..2a4b84f750 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/utils.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/utils.py
@@ -1017,8 +1017,8 @@ def _extend_with_roles(lintables: list[Lintable]) -> None:
             while role.parent.name != "roles" and role.name:
                 role = role.parent
             if role.exists() and not role.is_file():
-                lintable = Lintable(role, kind="role")
-                if lintable not in lintables:
+                lintable = Lintable(role)
+                if lintable.kind == "role" and lintable not in lintables:
                     _logger.debug("Added role: %s", lintable)
                     lintables.append(lintable)
 
diff --git a/test/fixtures/verbosity-tests/tasks/main.yml b/test/fixtures/verbosity-tests/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/test/test_runner.py b/test/test_runner.py
index 5ca9dc3d88..6917f6cbe7 100644
--- a/test/test_runner.py
+++ b/test/test_runner.py
@@ -124,7 +124,13 @@ def test_runner_unicode_format(
     formatter.format(matches[0])
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("directory_name", ("test/", os.path.abspath("test")))
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "directory_name",
+    (
+        pytest.param("test/fixtures/verbosity-tests", id="rel"),
+        pytest.param(os.path.abspath("test/fixtures/verbosity-tests"), id="abs"),
+    ),
+)
 def test_runner_with_directory(
     default_rules_collection: RulesCollection,
     directory_name: str,
diff --git a/test/test_verbosity.py b/test/test_verbosity.py
index b81b55c218..53cd3410a6 100644
--- a/test/test_verbosity.py
+++ b/test/test_verbosity.py
@@ -14,63 +14,61 @@
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("verbosity", "substrs"),
     (
-        (
+        pytest.param(
             "",
             [
                 ("WARNING  Listing 1 violation(s) that are fatal", False),
                 ("DEBUG ", True),
                 ("INFO ", True),
             ],
+            id="default",
         ),
-        (
+        pytest.param(
             "-q",
             [
                 ("WARNING ", True),
                 ("DEBUG ", True),
                 ("INFO ", True),
             ],
+            id="q",
         ),
-        (
+        pytest.param(
             "-qq",
             [
                 ("WARNING ", True),
                 ("DEBUG ", True),
                 ("INFO ", True),
             ],
+            id="qq",
         ),
-        (
+        pytest.param(
             "-v",
             [
                 ("WARNING  Listing 1 violation(s) that are fatal", False),
                 ("INFO     Set ANSIBLE_LIBRARY=", False),
                 ("DEBUG ", True),
             ],
+            id="v",
         ),
-        (
+        pytest.param(
             "-vv",
             [
                 ("WARNING  Listing 1 violation(s) that are fatal", False),
                 ("INFO     Set ANSIBLE_LIBRARY=", False),
             ],
+            id="really-loquacious",
         ),
-        (
-            "-vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv",
+        pytest.param(
+            "-vv",
             [
                 ("WARNING  Listing 1 violation(s) that are fatal", False),
                 ("INFO     Set ANSIBLE_LIBRARY=", False),
             ],
+            id="vv",
         ),
     ),
-    ids=(
-        "default-verbosity",
-        "quiet",
-        "really-quiet",
-        "loquacious",
-        "really-loquacious",
-        'really-loquacious but with more "v"s -- same as -vv',
-    ),
 )
-def test_default_verbosity(verbosity: str, substrs: list[tuple[str, bool]]) -> None:
+def test_verbosity(verbosity: str, substrs: list[tuple[str, bool]]) -> None:
     """Checks that our default verbosity displays (only) warnings."""
     # Piggyback off the .yamllint in the root of the repo, just for testing.
     # We'll "override" it with the one in the fixture, to produce a warning.