5.8 cents per pound unspecified sense

William H. Ukers (author)

• coffee costs 5.8 cents per pound ⟨Brazil quotations⟩
  assertsneutralsource: coffee-pg28500

  making the coffee worth 5.8 cents per pound

  judge verdicts (2)

  • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage. The text explicitly states 'making the coffee worth 5.8 cents per pound' in the context of calculating the value of coffee from a Rio quotation of 8$400 with exchange at 7-1/2 d.
  • qualifier_fidelity 1.00 pass — All qualifiers are faithful to the passage. The viewpoint is correctly attributed to the author (the passage presents this as explanatory content without attribution to a named source). The stance is correctly 'asserts' as the passage states this as fact. The sentiment is neutral, matching the passage's objective tone. The time qualifiers are null, consistent with the passage providing no temporal scope. The context 'Brazil quotations' accurately reflects the passage's restriction of this claim to the specific sense of Brazilian coffee valuations. The quote appears verbatim in the passage and directly supports the claim about the price per pound.